Just for the Record: remreps is Jimmy "G" and he is currently 65 years of age. At least that is what he claims. I did get some skin scrapings from him that he left on the edge of a cage when he made a hasty retreat from a Monster Tail Hypo some time back. I sent those samples in to the Museum of Natural History in Chicago where they are soon to complete the Carbon-14 dating to verify is disputed age. The process used is accurate back to 60,000 years old so we should know something a bit more definitive soon.

It sounds you beat Jimmy "G", Tommy C to be the first one to own a Boa constrictor having gotten your first one at eight years of age in about 1956 if my math is correct.

Jimmy "G" is 65 years of age though, so I think may have everyone else beat on the straight old age contest.

The oldest Boa I own is a wild caught female Bolivian Boa that I obtained in 1991. She was about 6' long at that time. So I have had her for 18 years and she was probably at least 6 years old when I got her and more likely closer to ten.
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• Who is the oldest Boa keeper on here? - hissenia, Mon Mar 23 15:56:41 2009
• RE: Who is the oldest Boa keeper on here? - fgs, Mon Mar 23 16:35:20 2009
• He's lying..... - rainbowsrus, Mon Mar 23 16:40:27 2009
• RE: Who is the oldest Boa keeper on here? - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Mon Mar 23 16:43:50 2009
• RE: Who is the oldest Boa keeper on here - hissenia, Mon Mar 23 18:08:40 2009
• RE: Who is the oldest Boa keeper on here? - tibor, Mon Mar 23 17:56:19 2009
• RE: Who is the oldest Boa keeper on here? - esglobalherp, Mon Mar 23 19:25:15 2009
• Now that depends... - boaphile, Mon Mar 23 20:32:45 2009
• RE: Now that depends... - hissenia, Mon Mar 23 20:37:08 2009
• RE: Now that depends... - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Mon Mar 23 20:54:02 2009
• RE: Now that depends... GREAT! - RioBravoReptiles, Tue Mar 24 14:13:07 2009
• RE: Now that depends... - minicopilot, Thu Mar 26 15:53:28 2009
• RE: Now that depends... - remreps, Mon Mar 23 21:40:41 2009
• remreps is Jimmy G and he is 66. more - boaphile, Tue Mar 24 08:12:16 2009
• RE: Now that depends... - kirby, Tue Mar 24 21:29:35 2009
• RE: Who is the oldest Boa keeper on here? - johnberry, Wed Mar 25 11:50:36 2009
• Thanks everyone for the info! NP. - hissenia, Wed Mar 25 21:59:15 2009