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rainbowsrus
at Wed Mar 8 16:49:44 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rainbowsrus ]
Not a lot of experience with various BCI (Boa Constrictor Imperator), but I do currently have 8 of them (7 purchased within the last year)
The other one is a long time pet, I bought her in October of 1989 as a hatchling. She is a sweet, tame, rather large girl. Now between 10 and 11 feet in length, approaching 17 years old.
She was never power fed, but she still grew fast, after a year she was 3 plus feet long and after two years she was 5 feet long. Still continued to grow and is now getting up there in age.
Never been bred and has also never gone "off" feed for any extended period of time. She has from time to time refused food as all snakes will, maybe just wasn't in the mood to eat, watching her girlish figure.
If you plan on keeping one as a pet and want it large, AKA 10 foot, you will still be chancing it with whatever you get, most just don't get that large.
Like others have posted, breeding can be risky to the health of your animal(s). Only to be attempted if you are willing to accept that risk. I've been breeding BRB's (Brazilian Rainbow Boa) for years and while it is very rewarding to find that pile-o-slime with all the babies poking their heads out of the yolk sack, it is also devestating to find the pile of slugs. Or worse pile of deformed babies and the worst (hasn't happened to me yet....knock on wood) the female dead. That is a decision only you can make.
Only thing I can add is:
1. ASK THE QUESTIONs.
2. Weigh the answers, everyone has their own opinion.
3. Don't take the responses personally, most are not intending to be rude or to criticize, but we can all be short and also not phrase our answers such that it's understood by all.
one more thing.....pics......we all love to look at them
you'll need cages, my brb cage:
If you breed, you'll need racks for hatchling tubs, here's my recently built racks, more for a bit larger than hatchlings.
some various BCI morph pics, sorry but I don't have one of my 17 year old online:
some BRB pics:
I told you dialup beware LOL 
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Thanks,
Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"
0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
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My 2 cents and some pics, dialup beware - rainbowsrus, Wed Mar 8 16:49:44 2006