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I-got-this-Epicrates_inornatus-(puertorican-boa)-from-the-wild,-I-plan-to-release-in-a-natural-reserve.-But-one-LITTLE-problem-has-presented,-this-species-stinks-like-crazy,-it-stank-up-my-whole-apartment.-I-knew-they-had-that-defensive-strategy-but-I-did-not-expected-it-to-be-so-bad.-So-my-question-to-you-guys-iso-all-Epicrates-species-stink-as-bad-as-this-one?-and-if-so,-how-do-you-deal-with-this-problem?

all-help-will-be-greately-appreciated.

I have several (ok, I have a bunch ) Epicrates Cenchria Cenchria and they don't stink at all. Of course they can drop a load and smell up the snake room, but that goes away with cleaning.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
2.7 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (adult breeders)
2.5 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2004)
4.8 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2005)
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

Rodrod,
....Peurto Rican Boas and Haitian Boas are both noted for being short tempered and for passing lots of smelly musk when annoyed. I think some of the other insular Epicrates produce musk but not as much of it not as smelly as Peurto Rican and Haitian Boas. The Rainbow Boas can produce small amounts of musk when they get really annoyed but it is not particularly smelly.
Jeff

>>I-got-this-Epicrates_inornatus-(puertorican-boa)-from-the-wild,-I-plan-to-release-in-a-natural-reserve.-But-one-LITTLE-problem-has-presented,-this-species-stinks-like-crazy,-it-stank-up-my-whole-apartment.-I-knew-they-had-that-defensive-strategy-but-I-did-not-expected-it-to-be-so-bad.-So-my-question-to-you-guys-iso-all-Epicrates-species-stink-as-bad-as-this-one?-and-if-so,-how-do-you-deal-with-this-problem?
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>>all-help-will-be-greately-appreciated.
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Thanks-for-the-help.

ATT-Rodney-

I have Haitian Boas and the smell can make you gag. These guys are smelly. That's the only problem I have with them, but it's bad enough I've considered selling them a time or two. Problem with that is they are very interesting snakes. Now if only they had something like the ferret Bio-Odor for snakes.

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3.3 Normal Ball pythons (Hoss, Little Man, Adam, Helen, Annabel Lee and the new girl who gets named when she eats)
0.2 Snow corns (Legolas, Eurydice)
1.0 Amel het charcoal (Orlando)
1.0 Hypo het anery het Amel (Antony)
0.1 Amel het Stripe (Cleopatra)
1.0 Caramel Motley poss het Amel (Flick)
0.1 Amber (Amberly)
0.1 Normal Cal King snake (Sidhe which sounds exactly like "she"
0.0.1 GTP (Kissy the Red)
1.1 Haitian Boa (Enkil and Akasha)

And bunches of furry pets

My juvenile cuban boas musk a little, but nothing really bad.
And my adults dont musk at all.
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/ Andreas

My 0.1 Cuban has only musked once and it cleared the room. Otherwsie she isn't bad to handle and soemtiems getting her to stop using me as a perch is hard.

She has reached 5 foot and continues to grow