Some of My Boids

[pitbulllady]

I realized that I haven't made any major photo dumps on here lately, and decided that needed to be fixed, ASAP, lol. Here are some of my Boas and Pythons that I have not yet shared.

First up, my male 2012 Super-Dwarf, het for purple albino Retic. He's currently a hair under four feet in length, very sweet, but typical Retic feeding response.

Next, his hope-to-be-future mate, a 2013 white albino Tiger female Super-Dwarf, het for Snow. If this snake was any sweeter I'd have to take an insulin shot ever time I picked her up.

My female "Jungle Jaya" Carpet(Jungle x Irian Jaya), approximately four feet long at this time. I'm currently trying to find a male Jungle to breed with her down the line, something with really bright yellow, so if any of you has a spare male sitting around, hit me up!

Big male Guyana Red-Tailed Boa I picked up at a recent reptile show, a TRUE Red-Tail(Boa constrictor constrictor; got him paired up now with my female Kahl albino, but haven't seen any serious action yet.

Look at this tail!

Picked up this sub-adult male Green Anaconda(Eunectes murinus) from a buddy of mine at a recent reptile show. He's currently about four feet long, and is a recent import. I'm working to switch him over from small chickens to rodents, since most young Green Anacondas are bird-and-fish eaters. Adult male Greens, in stark contrast to the females, average 6-9 feet in length, the same size as a typical Colombian Boa Constrictor. He has a fantastic, calm disposition, unusual for any Anaconda, especially a wild-caught, but he does need to gain some weight. I don't know which has softer skin, these snakes, or the Retics.

This is "Odin", a BIG male(7ft+) Southern, or Black, White-Lipped Python(Leiopython hoserae) I got awhile back. He, too, is an import, and has his share of scars, and is blind in his left eye. He's a good-natured old guy, but you have to be careful when feeding him because his aim is waaaay off, due to that blind eye. Not long ago all the White-Lips were lumped together as one species, but taxonomists now recognize six distinct Leiopython species, this being the largest. Southerns, in addition to having different coloration from the more-common Northern, or Gold, White-Lips, also have larger heads in proportion to their bodies.

This is an adult male NORTHERN White-Lipped Python(Leiopython albertisii), or D'Albert's Python, probably captive-bred, though the seller didn't know for certain. He's about six feet long, more slender than Odin, and has yet to be named. Very good disposition on this guy. I really love the White-Lips, especially their brilliant iridescence, which is hard to beat. They are a very underrated species, imo, with a bad reputation for being nasty that probably contributes to their lack of popularity.

Last, but not least, and not even a snake-just thought I'd throw his pic in here, too-is my most-recent acquisition, after far too long without a big dog since the death of my last Catahoula Leopard Dog two years ago at the age of 17, I broke down and got another Catahoula, a solid blue male I named "Smoke", just turning 9 weeks of age tomorrow. I have tentative plans to train him as my Service Dog.

pitbulllady

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

Gorgeous snakes!

 

[Najakeeper]

Very cool snakes. Thanks for sharing...

 

[14pokies]

I would urge you not to breed your Guyana with your kahl strain. Guyana boas(bcc) are so beautiful compared to the wild type Columbian boa(bci) your taking him too.. You can get a a male het albino for around 150 or homozygous for 200-250 and take that to your albino and get some albinos in the first clutch.. You can snag a female Guyana any where from 300-500 and produce some beautiful animals that are becoming increasingly rare in the hobby,and have always been available only in small quantity's as captive bred. Those are all really nice snakes, especially your retics and that bcc..breed that d'alberts if you get the chance,indo pythons have become rare because of the ball python market,when it crashes those will be sought after again.

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

I don't see any reason not to pair a male BCC with a female BCI. I plan on pairing my male BCC to my hypo BCI at some point for 50% Guyana hypos, while I only plan to pair my female Guyana with the male for pure Guyana locale BCCs. If the male is a prolific breeder, I see no harm.

 

[pitbulllady]

I would urge you not to breed your Guyana with your kahl strain. Guyana boas(bcc) are so beautiful compared to the wild type Columbian boa(bci) your taking him too.. You can get a a male het albino for around 150 or homozygous for 200-250 and take that to your albino and get some albinos in the first clutch.. You can snag a female Guyana any where from 300-500 and produce some beautiful animals that are becoming increasingly rare in the hobby,and have always been available only in small quantity's as captive bred. Those are all really nice snakes, especially your retics and that bcc..breed that d'alberts if you get the chance,indo pythons have become rare because of the ball python market,when it crashes those will be sought after again.

My Kahl-strain albino female is already 25% Suriname. Very few Boas on the market are pure anything these days. Breeding BCC into an albino line of BCI's brings out the reds and produces an albino down the line with really bright reds and pinks that don't wash out the way they do in pure BCI strains. As for the White-Lips, IF I can find a female, I do plan on breeding at least one, whichever species I can find a mate for. These snakes have become next to impossible to find, due no doubt in part to what you just said: the Ball Python market. There are a lot of people who are "afraid" of the Indo Pythons because of these snakes' reputation for being bad-tempered, sort of like the case with North American Nerodia. Even well-known reptile breeders like Tom Crutchfield have stated that they don't like snake and hate working with them, but I haven't have a problem. They ARE cannibalistic, which makes breeding them tricky and means that both sexes need to be as close to the same size as possible to avoid one becoming a meal for the other, though.

pitbulllady

 

[14pokies]

I don't see any reason not to pair a male BCC with a female BCI. I plan on pairing my male BCC to my hypo BCI at some point for 50% Guyana hypos, while I only plan to pair my female Guyana with the male for pure Guyana locale BCCs. If the male is a prolific breeder, I see no harm.[/QUO]




to answer your question read the first line of post #6. As a breeder its a shame to not be able to say with a hundred percent certainty that my blood lines are pure because of hybridization by casual hobbyist's.

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My Kahl-strain albino female is already 25% Suriname. Very few Boas on the market are pure anything these days. Breeding BCC into an albino line of BCI's brings out the reds and produces an albino down the line with really bright reds and pinks that don't wash out the way they do in pure BCI strains. As for the White-Lips, IF I can find a female, I do plan on breeding at least one, whichever species I can find a mate for. These snakes have become next to impossible to find, due no doubt in part to what you just said: the Ball Python market. There are a lot of people who are "afraid" of the Indo Pythons because of these snakes' reputation for being bad-tempered, sort of like the case with North American Nerodia. Even well-known reptile breeders like Tom Crutchfield have stated that they don't like snake and hate working with them, but I haven't have a problem. They ARE cannibalistic, which makes breeding them tricky and means that both sexes need to be as close to the same size as possible to avoid one becoming a meal for the other, though.

pitbulllady

they have a pretty bad rap for sure! They are more nervous than aggressive. Once you get them out of there enclosure they settle pretty quick with regular gentle interaction..the only time I experienced any type of canabalistic behaviour was when housing neonates together. Sometimes when one struck ,another would strike the striker(say that 3 times fast) and wrap it up like a prey item.so I think its more of a case of baby's taking the opportunity to feed when it comes..well beautiful snakes I hope my opinion on hybrids doesn't bother you to much its just an opinion.