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This girl is over 5' and looking beautiful as ever, I still have a heck of a time capturing colors but I give it a shot in the later pics with the flash just turned completely off. The pics are dark because of this, but its the only way I can get the colors to show. I need to find a exceptional sub, or adult male to pair her with...I would LOVE to find one that has some stiping of his own or comes from striped parents...

Throughout these pics you can see the striping running down each side of her neck and trying to connect on either side of the saddles ...

Heres a few pics of her partial stripe tail, she has a few black lines running down her neck from the base of her head to her first saddle on either side of her body, also. Im estimating they run about three inches down.

Now for my sorry attempt at color shots ... like I said, these are dark .. I tried some by a window, but its a severly overcast day, I tried some away from the windows ... anyway .. you get the idea, she has TONS of color.

First pic off the bat CHECK OUT THE PATCH OF PIGMENT RIGHT BEHIND HER HEAD! She has color patches like this all througout her body ...

Caudal (tail) striping and striping in general can be genetic or the result of environmental factors during incubation..

I think there are enough examples of it in the Hog Island boas and some related groups that it can be accepted there is in fact a genetic tendency for it in those animals. So far I haven't seen a case where breeding boas with caudal striping has led to a striped boa, Hog or otherwise.

Your HOGG is a very pretty animal.... but be aware that it displays some characteristics of known Hog Is. X Colombian or mainland BCI crosses. If it is important to you to breed real Hog is. boas (and it is not to everybody) you should check in to the heritage of that snake and carefully compare how it looks to examples of known Hog Is. boas.

Good luck with that project.

Gus

interesting ... will do, she was born in Aug. of '01 I know that .... but thats about the extent of her background thats known to me ... will check into it..

You know - its funny you say that ..... I originally purchased this animal from Mike Wilibanks, The funny thing is - I remember thinking that as a neonate it was unusually large, had her for awhile, sold her to a friend of mine and never gave it second thought. I got her back last week in a trade ...

I guess I just assumed that she was pure ... and I know many people dont mind integrades, and Im not hacking on anyone that is for them either... but personally Im not on that bandwagon and would rather keep localities pure.. if its going to be sold as a hogg, it needs to be a hogg.

Ill have to check into it and see what I can drum up .. other than that, I guess Ill just have to let her go as a pet.. I guess I got the short end of the deal on this one, I should have known because now that you say that it does ring a bell - I do specifically remember thinking she was a big neo ... my memories a big foggy but I think I also remember mike saying something about him getting this litter from a buddy??

Anyhow Ill see what I can find out...

I still have this pic from around that same time period, Im not 100% certain it is her as the tail is under the water bowl, but if you look at the animal with its head in the corner closely, you can see the black striping type borders on the edges of the saddles, I bought two pairs of hoggs in this time period ... Im guessing about 85% this is her as a neo (top animal).

with a snake as beautiful as that. Man, I'm a real Hogg fan and that is one of the prettiest snakes I've seen. Good luck with finding out the bloodline.

I agree - Shes gorgeous!! But unfortunately I wont be able to breed her if she does have other blood in her, and that is part of the reason I took her back on trade - I would love to have some little "piglets" around ... LOL

Worst case scenario shell make a good pet -

Thanks!!