My oldest boa is going to be 20 years old this coming year, I adopted her in 1998, my first boa. She was 5.5' in 98 and is over 7' now. I don't post pics of Autumn much, but here's some I posted on another forum that are cute. She escaped out of her locked boaphile a few weeks ago (yup, locked! I had put a large tub in there and best I can figure, she used it as leverage to bow out the door and squeeze out). Looking around the snake/storage room, I finally spotted this:





Had to move all the tanks off the bakers rack to expose her hiding place.



She's a smart girl and still acts like she did when she was 9 yrs old. Hopefully she'll stick around at least another 10 years. She was only bred once in 2003 and gave me 34 babies.



I also have a 10 year old albino and het that were originally from PK. I got them in 2002. They are both still going strong. Only bred the albino once in 2003, plan to do it again either this season or next. She was powerfed by her original owner, it took a long time to get her to lose all the fat.

"Lemondrop" my big yellow girl, not a great pic but ah well





"Snodgrass" het albino





Zahara is also 10 years old this year! How could I forget about her? She is one of my favorites. She gave me 18 babies in her first litter 2006, hopefully she'll do the same this coming season.



A lot of my other boas are 2001 editions. I grow them up slow and haven't bred any of them, probably not until next year, I'm hoping that this will help extend their life and let them reach their full potential. We'll see!

Take care,

-April
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