You are only 21!?!? I have underwear older than you! LOL Just kidding but seriously folks...

I have two Boas older than you are! One is a wild caught Bolivian female that I obtained as a 6' adult in 1992. She must have been at least six years old at that time and maybe more like ten. Wild caught Bolivians do not get very big and at 6' there really is no way to know for sure. I just assume she must be at least 21 years old but is probably more than 25 years of age. She produced her most recent litter in 2003. Here she is last year being bred by a much smaller fellow:



She did ovulate in 2006, but alas just produced slugs. You would not know it to look at her, but she is that old. She is not a great eater unfortunately so it will be two more years likely before she will be hefty enough to try to breed again. I may try her again, I may not.

I also have a male Bolivian Boa that was born at Joe Terry's place in Fort Lauderdale Florida in 1985. The first litter of captive born Bolivian Boas ever. He is on the left in the middle picture in this page from an article in Reptiles magazine that was published 11 years ago now. He is riding the large female trying to make a few little ones. I acquired him in 1991, if I remember correctly, and have bred him several times since then. This past winter he spent in California breeding some young babe at Derek Yagi's place in Sacramento. You know what they say about those "California Girls". Here is that page:



I'm just going to double check some stuff in my underwear drawer now...
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