Hello,
I was just curious as to whether any of you Candoia enthusiasts have any unusually large ground, tree, or viper boas. If so, can you please post them? Thanks.
Joe
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Large Candoia inquiry
Candoia
Nov 24, 2003 12:27 AM
Replies (4)
jfmoore
Nov 24, 2003 04:52 AM
I don't know what, exactly, constitutes big, but I have one red male Candoia carinata that I got as a wild-caught import in June, 1984. Then, he was 81.5 grams and approximately 23 inches. The last time I weighed him was in August this year and he weighed 1600 grams.
-Joan
jfmoore
Nov 25, 2003 05:20 AM
I tried to take a photo that would disguise how overfed he is. His weight today was 1.66 kg and he's somewhere between three and a half and four feet long. Anybody care to speculate how old he might have been 19 years ago as a wild caught import 23 inches long and 81 grams?
-Joan
Candoia
Nov 25, 2003 10:05 AM
Joan,
That's one gorgeous ground boa! I always love seeing pictures of big ones like that. None of mine are that large, but I've never kept any as long as you have. I'm guessing he's (is it a male?) at least 23 years old. If caught 19 years ago, at the length you mentioned, he coud have been 2, or 5, or...?
Thanks agan for the post.
Joe
SRX
Nov 24, 2003 07:03 AM
Joe,
I currently have a large female C.aspera that is pushing 31" and almost as round in diameter as a beer bottle. She is a beast of a snake; comparable to an adult female P.regius. C.aspera are not for everyone. They are typically "fiesty" little guys.
Hope it helps,
Scott
