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I've been breeding some gorgeous peruvians for years,
but invariably some(usually the best looking ones )
are viscious as they can be from day one.
Does anybody know if this can be turned around.
Are all BCC born viscious or is it mines heredity?
I know frequent handling helps, but I wonder if
it has anything to do with my husbantry.
When born I separate them into separate shoeboxes,
at which point they are generally docile. Days later,
they are generally quite viscious, recoiling in their
cages and hissing loadly.

That is very common for neonates to do this. Most of the time they mellow out after a year or two.
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Snake room janitor

I leave all my neos together in a tub at least on there first shed. they calm together at least in my experience until there 1st shed or after they have there 1st meal then i seperated them.
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Albert
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I've separated after birth, and kept them together after birth until their first shed. I noticed a MARKED difference in their temperaments when being kept together until the first shed.

Try keeping them together and I think you'll see the difference too.

jb
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What's written above is purely my opinion. In fact, MOST of what you read on the internet is someone's opinion. Don't take it too seriously

Jonathan Brady
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I pulled an experiment to prove this exact point , not with Bcc but Bci Colombian type boas.

I produced a litter and left them with mom.

They were all docile and nice then at about day 12 or whatever fist feeding
I separated those individuals that did not
take their first meal right away.

I found that the group that stayed with mom continued acting calm and
sweet while the group I separated became snippy and hissy.

As I continued to separate babies they would generally become more snippy.

Down to a last 1.1 M/F baby pair that I left with mom until the 10 month mark about then I took the male out.
(I could swear he started acting mature did not want any breeding accidents)

I believe keeping groups together might have a calming effect on Boas!

. . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz

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Either:

1) the boas being in constant contact with each other makes them less "jumpy" through a physical-touch-desensitization, or

2) the idea that boas in groups have less of a chance of being eaten either due to the "odds", or because they appear larger, or because there are multiple heads which can confuse some predators

Or of course, theories 3 and 4...

3) both 1 & 2

4) neither 1, nor 2, and I'm an idiot! lol

I think it's number 1 as I notice that my animals that are a little "reactive" to touch, become less so during breeding and I theorize it's because they're constantly being touched by another animal and become desensitized to it.

Basically, this "security" calms them (via desensitization) and makes them less prone to react defensively. Same idea as "handling your boa calms them down over time".

jb
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What's written above is purely my opinion. In fact, MOST of what you read on the internet is someone's opinion. Don't take it too seriously

Jonathan Brady
DeviantConstrictors.com
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