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What do you guys think of the Tiger Boas?

The Tiger trait appears to be co-dominant in nature. These babies were produced from a normal appearing female breed to a Tiger Male.

Some people have mention, the fact that aberancies such as the ones observed in these babies occur from temperature fluctuations when the female is gravid.

However, let me state that that is not the case here. This female was maintained through-out her pregnetcy in a controlled environment. She was housed in a 4'ft Vision cage heated with a Pro Products Radiant Heat Pannel Controlled by a Proportional Thermostat. She had water available at all times and she had a Humidity Box half filled with moist Cypress Mulch.

I strongly believe that the appearance of these babies are a genetic trait from that Tiger looking male the mother was breed to.

I think only time will tell... Like if I breed these three females to say a completely unrelated Hypo male And produce Hypo Tiger Boas.

Well, here are the pictures...

Female Stock Number 01TB080403LT

02T080403BLT

Female Stock Number 03TB080403LT

This next two pics are of the only stillborn baby in the litter. I am glad of the babies I got I just wish he would have made it too.

Male Stock Number 00TB080403LT

Let me know what do you guys think.

Regards, Luis.

The uniform nature of the aberrancies (they are all odd in the same way) almost rules out environmental factors as the cause. Temperature extremes would usually cause more random pattern mutation. It would be more likely that the genetics of one or both of the parents combined to produce the trait.

Without wanting to cause argument I still must ask.. Why Tiger Boas.. why not 1/3 or 2/5 stripers, or some other name? Neat boas but what makes these Tiger boas?

I have seen Guyana redtails and GuyanaXBolivian crosses that looked much like these, though I could not say how many of each of those particular litters displayed the trait.

Good luck with that..

Gus

Gus,

I did not coin the Tiger Boa name. It is my understanding that there is a pattern aberancy of conected saddles and ofthen times missing saddles which was called Tiger Boa.

Now, I do not know if this is the same gene as the called Tiger Boa. But, they do appear to be like those Tiger boas I have seen before. This trait is supposed to be codominant.

And it has expresed it self in a codominant way in this litter. The fact that the male who produced this offspring appears to be a Tiger Boa since he has Reverse Striping and Missing Saddles. While the female is a completely unrelated, she was a Rescue Animal of unknown origen. I do not know... It makes me wonder.

Like I said I would have to breed them to know for sure.

Thanks for the comment, Luis.

jklh
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Gus
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Very beautiful!!!
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most of the tigers I have seen get dark with age. Once that is resolved with selective breeding..........They will be even more amazing in my book. Great babies!!!!!
John
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