Ok, lets see if this starts yet another lenghty discussion.
I was on the phone with someone who works alot with sharp strain boas earlier today, and he floated a theory I wanted to get some other peoples opinions of.
He stated the he questions if the sharp strain albino isnt really a guyanna rather then a columbian. He of course said he has not proof, and wouldnt know how to tell this to be true.
So I guess my questions are the followoing.
Does the original sharp strain boa still exits, if soo does anyone know whos collection it is currently in? If so I guess the logiacal thing IF anyone were to believe this theory would be to do a scale count. Wouldnt this be the first step towards clearing this up (if this hasnt allready been done). Also does anyone know where the animal was exported from origianally?
His logic behind the theory is that would explain first the incompatibility of the sharp and kahl strains. Next he has noticed that sharp strain hets have very large, guayanna in apperance, saddles.
I would think that the size would also be a clue, but I havent personally seen an adult sharp in comparison to an adult kahl.
Also Ive never worked with bcc, so my next question is are there breeding requirements much different from a columbians? If so this could be an explination for some of the "difficulty" people claim is involved with the sharp strain (again Ive never bred any boas, let alone sharps or kahls, so I dont know if this is true or not).
And I guess lasty, were it proven the sharp were to be a bcc, then that would make all the currently available sharps "mutts" would it not...lol...had to finish with a bit more controversy.
Me personally I havent seen enough sharps to even guess on this "theory" so I will keep my opinion out of it for now.
Mickey Hinkle
The Lizard King Reptiles
