I know of several people who have Rainbow Boas that are over 30 years old. My oldest ones were imported as adults in 1991 and 1992 and are probably around 25 years old. They are still doing great and reproducing today. If you get the husbandry right snakes can live a long time. I think we are just now exploring the limits because for the first time in history there are many snakes in captivity that are over 30 years old and some even older. 20 years from now some of these snakes may still be alive and we may be saying that snakes live 50 years. BTW, my oldest Boa Constrictor, a Surinam is 10 years old. I got rid of my Boa Constrictors in 1993. Some of them were 15 or more years old. So my collection of Surinams is relatively young.

Jeff





>>I hear that boas can live 30 years in captivity, but I have not seen anyone post pictures of one anywhere near that old. Is that because of IBD? I heard that 1/2 of the imported boas have IBD, so is that why it is rare to see one older than 10, or am I really wrong and many of you out there have older boas but you just don't post pictures of them? Thanks

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