Nice... thanks for sharing pics and info!! - np

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Posted by Dwight Good on December 31, 2001 at 23:50:43:

In Reply to: Two Black Rats **PICS** posted by GPGirl on December 31, 2001 at 19:02:50:

: First is Kadin. She was a WC sometime in June '01, very sweet, never refused a meal, died Sept. 16, 2001.
: All pictures for Kadin are from Sept. 14, 2001. She had just shed.
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: She was amazing, would just put her on a tree and she'd stay there like velcro (or for that matter, like an iguana you put on your shirt).
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: I know, it's very dark, but I liked how it showed the scalation (it's a word NOW) of the head.
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: I liked how she contrasted with the bright marigolds.

: Now for Freund: 3 1/2 ft black rat, also WC in Howard County, MD. Released in mid-July.
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: Yes, she had a very unusual pattern for a black rat, I suspect that they were scars and not her natural patterning from what the scales looked like. They were sort of withered and twisted, I have better examples of bites(?) that haven't been uploaded to webshots.
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: As you can see, the posterier part of her ventral had a lot of red in it. She also had checkers.
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: No, that junk wasn't her substrate, my dad caught her in a birdhouse and simply dumped all of the moss, sticks, and snake into a container. This is also a decent head-scalation shot. You can see a bit of the warped red scales on the red line of scales.

: Enjoy!

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: : First is Kadin. She was a WC sometime in June '01, very sweet, never refused a meal, died Sept. 16, 2001. : : All pictures for Kadin are from Sept. 14, 2001. She had just shed. : : <img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/025/d9/rN/6l/Ut81309.jpg"> : : She was amazing, would just put her on a tree and she'd stay there like velcro (or for that matter, like an iguana you put on your shirt). : : <img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/025/d9/rN/6l/UJ97325.jpg"> : : I know, it's very dark, but I liked how it showed the scalation (it's a word NOW) of the head. : : <img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/016/iK/Zw/IR/UJ17363.jpg"> : : I liked how she contrasted with the bright marigolds. : : Now for Freund: 3 1/2 ft black rat, also WC in Howard County, MD. Released in mid-July. : : <img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/020/Ub/m3/Xh/Vv61723.jpg"> : : Yes, she had a very unusual pattern for a black rat, I suspect that they were scars and not her natural patterning from what the scales looked like. They were sort of withered and twisted, I have better examples of bites(?) that haven't been uploaded to webshots. : : <img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/016/wa/Zb/2G/VM95380.jpg"> : : As you can see, the posterier part of her ventral had a lot of red in it. She also had checkers. : : <img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/041/Zm/YR/Ol/Vp31609.jpg"> : : No, that junk wasn't her substrate, my dad caught her in a birdhouse and simply dumped all of the moss, sticks, and snake into a container. This is also a decent head-scalation shot. You can see a bit of the warped red scales on the red line of scales. : : Enjoy!

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