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Quick cell shots of the baby boas

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According to researchers, coordinated critics have mounted a “misinformation campaign designed to purposefully fabricate doubt regarding the harmful impacts of outdoor cats and stymie policies that would remove outdoor cats from the landscape.”

The conflict stems from a groundbreaking study published in 2013 by scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That study evaluated the combined impact of the tens of millions of outdoor cats in the United States. The authors found that roaming outdoor cats kill approximately 2.4 billion birds every year and are the leading source of direct, human-caused mortality to birds in the country. Similar results have since been confirmed in Canada and Australia.

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To those of you still in denial about how bad outdoor cats are to wildlife not just in your own countries but globally here’s the cold hard scientific facts stating that you are apart of a movement of uneducated critics spreading misinformation. 

Here’s the link to the open-source scientific artificial as well:

Responding to misinformation and criticisms regarding United States cat predation estimates (2018). Loss S, Will T, Longcore T, Marra P. Biological Invasions; 20(12): 3385-2296

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Gotta love the babies ❤️

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Mojito - 2017 Sears line Hog Island male.

It was nice and toasty in the sun so I figured I’d get some pics of this boy since I haven’t in a while. He’s growing like a weed and his color is phenomenal.

Mojito was my first boa. I was honestly so hesitant to get a ‘big’ snake and was adamant on finding a male so he’d stay smaller. I was so excited to get him, had done so much research, had set him up a brand new tub and was then devastated when he escaped his first night. I found him that same day, 10 feet up in the closet, tucked into a bag of quilting fabric. It made me realize there was going to be quite a learning curve with these very intelligent animals.

It prompted me to research so much more than I ever planned and now I am working towards starting my own business, educating people about boas, and breeding boas myself. I went from 1 to 7 with no looking back. I still have a lot to learn and a long way to go, but I look forward to every minute of it and sharing my experiences along the way.

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Suns out, boas out

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Just some albino boas~

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Some crummy cell shots of a few of the noodles~

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Some quick cell shots of all the noodles

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Picked up this gorgeous girl this morning. Pure Hog Island female, Bessette line.

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Just a few of the boas out to get some sun ❤️

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Malibu~

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Well, unfortunately my little female Hog, Tequila, turned out to be a male. As gorgeous as ‘she’ was, I didn’t need another male. Luckily I was able to trade him for this gorgeous lil lady today. Meet Tequila 2.0. Hypo BCI.

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Got this handsome little guy in the mail on Wednesday. I can’t wait to see the first clean shed off that tail!

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Moonglow ❤️

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Friendly reminder - as summer temperatures hit their peak, snakes are going to be looking for cool, secluded areas. This may be close to your home. Snakes are not aggressive, but will defend themselves if startled. If you aren’t 110% certain you know what type of snake it is, don’t touch it, don’t kill it. Call animal control or search for a local herpetologist group on Facebook that will safely relocate the snake. And don’t rely on childhood rhymes and tricks! “Red touch black, venom I lack, red touch yellow, I kill a fellow” is not reliable. Coral snakes do have aberrant patterns and may have red touching black. The shape of a snake’s eyes also do not determine venomous vs harmless. Many people are taught that slit ‘cat-eye’ pupils indicate that a snake is venomous and round eyes are harmless. Cobras and mambas, some of the most venomous snakes, have round pupils, meanwhile boas and ball pythons, which are completely harmless, have slit eyes.

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