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[Bikingmomof3]

<quiet little hopeful voice> The U.W. still has my GRE scores in my undergrad file! And they are official! Now I'm waiting from a call from the library school to tell me if they will accept such old scores. <end quiet voice>
Knot-riding-the-roller-coaster-of-life

I just PMd you about this. I should read before writing. I do so hope they accept them. Whe I wanted to go back for a 2nd masters, I was told my scores were too old. They needed to be within 5 years. I have no idea if that is a universal standard or not.

Upside, being a non-tradition student and me being semi-hysterical at the grad school office, they were willing to find me a GRE testing facility asap, so I could apply.

After that rollercoaster (try finding 3 professional refverences when you are a SAHM), we ended up moving. Now my scores are too "old again. At least for here.

Wishing you far greater successful and peace.

[spokewench]

Knot - Hopefully, they will take your old scores! If not, you'll do way better the second time!

Nanci: Glad Addy is eating. When does a snake like her have to eat again?

Xray: I pm'd you re Cindarella - you should do it. I'm thinking about traveling out to ride it

[Nanci]

You probably know this, but Dave Zabriske (prob sp wrong) has a corgi named Chloe!

Nanci

[Nanci]

Adult snakes are fed every 10-14 days.

Young snakes are fed weekly.

Very young snakes are fed every 5 days.

I think I'm going to aim for every 5 days for Addy until she has regained the weight she lost. Also, she can voluntarily swallow a much bigger item than what I can put in her mouth- so I will feed more, smaller until she learns to eat by herself.

Nanci

[mimitabby]

i have to ask. Why do snakes have to learn to eat by themselves?
even turkeys can eat on their own!

[spokewench]

Very soon, I'm going to know more about snakes than I ever thought I needed to know!

Thanks Nanci.

[Nanci]

Mimi, she has to learn to eat an unnatural prey. In the wild (Addy is wild-caught) she would be eating frogs and toads and maybe lizards. I don't want to feed her those- they carry parasites and are an unguaranteeable food source. I have to get her to switch to mice. Same thing with a lot of other pet snakes hatched in captivity like kingsnakes- they normally would be eating other snakes, so you have to sometimes help the babies learn that they will be eating mice. Snake breeders optimally have babies feeding on unscented (with lizard or toad) mice when they are sold. If the babies have not been fed, or have refused to eat for the breeder, they are often sold very, very cheaply or given away. Take tri-color hognoses like Zee for instance. A fresh-hatched baby that hasn't been offered a meal costs $100. A baby that feeds on unscented mice costs $350. Hatchlings that eat toads, or mice scented with toads, cost somewhere in between.

Nanci

[mtbdarby]

You're dedicated Nanci - that sounds like a lot of work to me. I like feeding my dogs dry dogfood

[Nanci]

Can't leave your dogs home for the weekend! And I bet they'd be _really_ upset if you were a couple days late with a feeding...

Nanci

[mtbdarby]

Can't leave your dogs home for the weekend! And I bet they'd be _really_ upset if you were a couple days late with a feeding...

Nanci

I can for the weekend because I have good neighbors but you got me on the last one So how did you get interested in snakes? How long have you had them as pets?

I just heard our neighboring county doesn't have the funds to keep their Humane Society open. They will have to close next month unless they get funds and put down 80 dogs and cats Now that's sad.....

[KnottedYet]

GRE SCORES ARE GOOOOOOOD!!!!

Yes yes yes! I talked to 2 different people in graduate admissions, and they both said my old scores were still good!

So, my score report getting shredded, and my scores being purged after 5 years from the testing center, didn't hurt anything!

Now I gotta do the app! OmiGAWD!

(no new running pants, sigh. gotta pay the admissions filing fee!)

[snapdragen]

You probably know this, but Dave Zabriske (prob sp wrong) has a corgi named Chloe!

Nanci

No! I didn't know that! How cool. I think Floyd Landis has a corgi too.

[snapdragen]

GRE SCORES ARE GOOOOOOOD!!!!

WooHoo!!!!! Go Knot! Go Knot!

[spokewench]

All Right Knot - Congrats one step closer!

[Nanci]

Dar, I have been interested in snakes for as long as I can remember. My daughter, too. I have a picture of her sitting on a potty chair, camping, holding a snake high above her head with both hands. She wouldn't put it down for anything. Interested in snakes means not being able to walk past snake habitat and not look for one. Jumping off my bike to capture one at every opportunity. Riding my MTB for a mile through the woods dangling a big snake to show my friends. I was under control till I found Maizey in my yard a year ago July. And still pretty under control until a friend gave me Choco in September. Then I went shopping for Inez, and the same friend gave me Addy, then I got Zee for my birthday- now I want more! I think just one or two or three more, though. I don't really want to keep them in tubs in racks- I like the natural, pretty vivs.