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does anybody have pics of a colmb/suri adult? i have a 5-6 mo old and was curious how he'll turn out. thanks

Both Colombian and Suriname boas are widely variable in adulthood and it is nearly impossible to determine how they will mature. Your boa can have any given characteristic from either. The big ones won't be in change to the color, but in how the head and over all morphology change. Adult size, body structure, when it reaches maturity, etc. All of these things could be at the extremes of either Colombian or Suriname boas and anywhere in between.
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yea... i was just giving a pic and openly wondering what he would look like as an adult........ not requiring an exact image of my snake as an adult.... it was for fun

Not even a good pic. Looks pretty much like a Colombian Bci. Not much Suriname Bcc in it from what I can tell. You can expect that snake to grow much darker and more uniform in appearance in adulthood.
jsc
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thanks

I used to have a Suriname X Hog Island boa. Interesting snake. Traits of both parents, color of a Hog, contrast of a Suri. Shorter adult size similar to a Hog, but body structure and head more like a Suri. I had a Colombian X Argentine cross that was Argentine in every trait except for color and adult size. Another neat boa.

Because your boa is half BCC I would raise it as if it were a pure BCC. This won't harm the boa in any way, but doing the opposite may. For example, feeding regimens are usually less frequent for a Suriname BCC, and with smaller meals than a Colombian BCI. Suris really have to be raised slowly. While this is a good idea for ALL boas, it is possible to raise Colombians a little faster without any seemingly bad consequences. To be clear, I am not talking about power feeding. To me, take two baby boas, one Colombian and one Suri. Each would get the same size prey, but the Suri would eat every 10-14 days and the Colombian every 7 days.
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thanks

These three are 50/50 Surinam/Columbian crosses...all siblings...

They are 2003 adults, in the 6-7' range. Hope this helps.

male

male and female together

female

the other female

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