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.....of the new arrival (0.1 Suriname BCC)

Thanks for looking
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Nice one!
Did you say that she was an 04?
I didn't think that Suris could handle the type of feeding that it took to get that female that size in less than 3 years.
I have female BCI's from 04 smaller by quite a bit!
Have you decided on her future mate yet?

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Jason Dowell

I have a 64 inch, almost 5 pound suriname female who is an early '05 and she has never been pushed at all. She is a perfect eater though. Recently for the very first time in a shed she refused a rat. She usually eats no matter what. She's a real big girl. She's about as big around as a softball or bigger too. Sorr i don't have a current pic but she looks almost the same as danktat's new one. : )

Caden
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Caden Chapman
slithering.serpents@gmail.com

Well get this....."she" probed out to be a "he"....9 scales on one side and 11 on the other.

Probe insertion

Probe next to tail to get scale count

Clearly male...Now that is putting on some size!!
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Hard to believe sometimes but fact is fact.
I am still laughing!

There's your proof folks that no matter what the seller says, or what the snake looks like, probe them yourself anyway. ha ha ha
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Caden Chapman
slithering.serpents@gmail.com

....I am definately keeping him. I was "looking" for a female but even if he were sold as a male I would have bought such a stunning, natural, classic specimine. But I always like to probe myself after a couple of days to settle in. I still have one that was sold as a "male" to me that is probing 7 scales (for a suri you would expect 4 or even 3 for a female - 9 to 12 for a male). No real spurs to speek of and that shallow (even being deep for a female) "He" may be a "she". I will have to prove that out as a sub adult to see if "he" tries to lock up with a female in season or to see if a male tries to lock up with "him".
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