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The small guy should be super sweet as he ages, with that color on his head and tail area. I would imagine it will spread with age and time. He was introduced earlier in the week by Next World Exotics as a Sunfire. He is a farmed Nic.
The female is also farmed and came from Next World Exotics, she has such a strange look to her, I cannot wait till she's about 3 feet!
Thanks for looking.
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Chris & Alliey
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still planning to breed your 66% het Bloods? If so what is your plan with them?
putting them together. But we are going to be putting together 5-7 more pairs of boas as well. No heat and off feed in January - mid Feb. Turn the heat back on and start nailing the food for the girls again....oh yes, the new angle is going to be 80% humidity. In years past we have never worried much about humidity. This year it is one of the top three factors to watch.
Temps, humidity, and food.....
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Chris & Alliey
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Why do you believe high humidity is important?
other breeders, they believe this plays a huge roll in the health and breeding of captive boas.
With the bad luck we have had with breeding trials over the last 5 years, I really do not think it could make things any worse.
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But you already know if things work out I will not be able to take all of the credit!!!!
Post some more pics of those wicked @ss Sharps!
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Chris & Alliey
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Chris,
What age and size are your 66% het bloods. Id they are 04's do you plan to put them together this year?
Are they 100% dwarf or have they been crossed into the Colombians? if they are crossed, what is your opinion on the size of the females for breeding. For example, a female central american will breed at 4ft-5ft, what about a female centralxcolombian? Any opinions?
thanks,
Warren
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Dr Warren Booth
North Carolina State University
Department of Entomology
3309 Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7613
I have several female Central Americans that are pure and I will try and breed them this season at 4' and 2 1/2 years of age. I also have a 4' Colombian X Nicaraguan female that is 4' and will be 2 1/2 years of age that I will try and breed.
I also have some pure and very small Nicaraguans that I will try and breed this season. If anything comes of that I will elaborate more at that time.
On another note I have some 3 & 4 year old Colombian girls that have stayed small (fat but short in length) that I will be attempting to breed.
With the exception of of 2 5-6' salmon males to a 9' female, all of my boa breeding will consist of animals that are hardly longer than 4'.
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Chris & Alliey
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Hi,
thanks for the feedback. I have been thinking about pairing mine this coming season for most of the summer but always worried about the size. If she were a pure central I would not have a problem, however, as she is a cross I wasn't sure. I think I will give her a go. I still have a few months to get a few more adult rats into her. She is certainly bigger than a lot of the sonoran and central americans that I have bred in the past so if she breeds, she breeds. If not, I am happy to wait the extra year. Time will tell.
Similar to you I have several colombians that are under 6ft and refuse to grow any longer, despite their feeding schedule. They get fatter but not longer. Its funny, until yesterday I was happy with the size of these 6ft or under females. Then I picked up an 8ft, 50lb monster het albino female and a 6ft poss het albino female and they dwarf the others. We see variation all around us, so why should we not expect it also in snake size?
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Dr Warren Booth
North Carolina State University
Department of Entomology
3309 Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7613
Born i June '04 I believe. They are from lineage of an El Salvador Blood X Salmon breeding.
The female is over 6 ft. and about the size of a coke can, the male is just over 4ft. and about the size of a watch face.
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