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Found an old pic....aawwwww.....

rainbowsrus Nov 12, 2008 11:13 PM

This is a pic from the summer of '95. My Daughter (now almost 17) would have been three and Elvira, my first BCI would have been 8. Elvira passed away 4 years ago at 17 years old.

These are Elvira's sheds on my office wall....



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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Replies (10)

LarM Nov 12, 2008 11:34 PM

So that's who the sheds came from. She was beautiful Dave.
Did you get any offspring from her by any chance?
What a cute picture of your daughter,LOL precious.
. . . . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz
Boas By Klevitz

rainbowsrus Nov 12, 2008 11:57 PM

She was just a pet and never was bred. And even though she was tame as can be, she was huge and solid muscle. When she wanted to go somewhere, she went!!!!
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

nickstone Nov 13, 2008 12:39 AM

Great pic

LarM Nov 13, 2008 01:12 AM

That's part of what makes her so pretty. Her square muscular build.
How I wish some of her offspring were around.
I'd say she was one of those "real" colombian Boas.
. . . . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz
Boas By Klevitz

Joel_Thomas Nov 13, 2008 04:45 AM

That is precious Dave.... Time flies by so fast, the blink of your eye and things change so fast. Oh and the snake is nice too.

Thanks for sharing.
best wishes to you and yours.

Joel

PHFaust Nov 13, 2008 09:42 AM

>>This is a pic from the summer of '95. My Daughter (now almost 17) would have been three and Elvira, my first BCI would have been 8. Elvira passed away 4 years ago at 17 years old.
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>>These are Elvira's sheds on my office wall....

How big was she? She looks huge over all, but with some of the sheds its amazing! I love to see the growth levels. Thanks a ton for sharing.
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Cindy
PHFaust

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rainbowsrus Nov 13, 2008 02:14 PM

That pic was likely almost 9 feet and 60 lbs. She topped out at 11 feet.

I did not keep dates on all the sheds but the top one is 2005 and the fifth one down is 1991. I believe that pic with my daughter corresponds to about the third one down.

I should get new pics of my wall as I did get one more good shed from her and redid the whole thing. You can imagine at her size a full shed was rare, would typically get torn. Also, had th find it relatively fresh to allow me to right it out and flatten it under magazines (many) diagonally across my snakeroom floor. Tripping over it for a week or so while it dried.

>>>>This is a pic from the summer of '95. My Daughter (now almost 17) would have been three and Elvira, my first BCI would have been 8. Elvira passed away 4 years ago at 17 years old.
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>>>>These are Elvira's sheds on my office wall....
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>>How big was she? She looks huge over all, but with some of the sheds its amazing! I love to see the growth levels. Thanks a ton for sharing.
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>>Cindy
>>PHFaust
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>>Email Cindy
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>>Land of the Outcasts!
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

lexxxx300 Nov 13, 2008 06:09 PM

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luckydog Nov 15, 2008 07:11 AM

VERY IMPRESSIVE,
THANK YOU DAVE.
TNT Mead.

minicopilot Nov 30, 2008 05:49 PM

DAMN! That's a beautiful HUGE snake! RIP!

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