i just picked up a gorgeous female sub adult columbian boa (ill post pics later) and am new to boa keeping. i have had all kinds of snakes, from retics to chondros to emerald trees and of course ball. everything under the sun, but for some reason, i never got a boa. this girl fell into my lap. she belonged to a friend of mine who can no longer keep her. ive watched her grow up from a baby, and must say, that she is the finest "normal" colombian that ive ever seen. anyway, i want to get a male for her, but dont fully understand the boa morphs. what is dom or codom. im looking to spend up to 500 bucks for a yearling or baby. what comes to mind to all you vets out there? i wouldnt mind just getting a screamer normal, but would like to know what morph options i have. i will post pics soon. and thanx in advance for opinions and suggestions.
joe
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Keep an eye on the classifieds section.
Albino...$800-1000
Anery....$
Sorry, for some reason the picture cut out the text.
Since you mentioned dom or codom, I'll assume you want to produce morphs with first gen offspring.
With a $500 budget, you are fairly limited. Only dom or co-dom I can think of in that price range would be a salmon or Hypo.
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Thanks,
Dave Colling
www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
20.28 BRB
13.18 BCI
And those are only the breeders 
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats 
thanx guys. i might splurge and buy a male albino and make hets. then again, ill be happy with a super nice normal for her. we shall see. check out my pics above.
joe
hey welcome to the world of boas.
my first thought is for $500 you could git a really nice hypo male. If you breed it to tour female you will get around half the litter hypos and the other half normals
If you were to breed two hypos together you should get around 50%hypos 25% normals and 25% super hypos(dom) if you breed one of the supers(dom) to a normal you will get all hypos(the dominant gene is just that dominant)
hope this helps a little but I would definitely look into the hypos
