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Here are a few pics of my pair of argentine boas. My female is from Don Hamper and the male is from Mike Greathouse. Both are amazing but I cannot really capture their true appearance in pics. Enjoy. (pics may take a minute to load).
here is my female...



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Sincerely,
Jason
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0.2 Green Tree Pythons
2.2 Bismark Ringed Pythons
2.3 Ball Pythons
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.1 Argentine Boas
0.1 Solomon Island Ground Boa
1.2 Hogg Island Boas
1.1 Sonoran Desert Boas
2.2 Nicaraguan Boas
7.8 Cornsnake morphs
1.1 Northern Pine Snakes
2.2 Bairds Rat Snakes
1.2 White-Sided Black Rat Snakes
My Website & Pics (click here)

and the male...he is the strongest of ALL of my snakes.




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Sincerely,
Jason
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0.2 Green Tree Pythons
2.2 Bismark Ringed Pythons
2.3 Ball Pythons
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.1 Argentine Boas
0.1 Solomon Island Ground Boa
1.2 Hogg Island Boas
1.1 Sonoran Desert Boas
2.2 Nicaraguan Boas
7.8 Cornsnake morphs
1.1 Northern Pine Snakes
2.2 Bairds Rat Snakes
1.2 White-Sided Black Rat Snakes
My Website & Pics (click here)

np
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www.chrisolsonreptiles.com

She had somewhat of a rough start but is doing much better. When I first got her, she must have been harboring mite eggs b/c she was covered in them shortly after and I simply could not explain any other possibitly for how she got them. It was my 1st (and hopefully last) exp with mites in 10years of keeping herps. I treated many months ago her successfully and no mites were observed on my other snakes. It really pays to have strict quarantine procedures with new arrivals.

She'll eat f/t small mice or rat pups BUT seems to digest the mice better. Whenever I fed her rat pups, her stool was runny. Someone on this forum once commented how mouse hair may have more helpful proteins/enzymes for a developing boa's digestive tract (I think?). Maybe its true.?

I came close to trading her but just before I made up my mind, she shed and her color was mindblowing, especially the development of more pink. The male is nice too but I simply cannot get his color to show accurately in any pics...Its so hard with this species. I just can't figure out how to successfully photograph them.

Thanks again for the nice comment.
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Sincerely,
Jason
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0.2 Green Tree Pythons
2.2 Bismark Ringed Pythons
2.3 Ball Pythons
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.1 Argentine Boas
0.1 Solomon Island Ground Boa
1.2 Hogg Island Boas
1.1 Sonoran Desert Boas
2.2 Nicaraguan Boas
7.8 Cornsnake morphs
1.1 Northern Pine Snakes
2.2 Bairds Rat Snakes
1.2 White-Sided Black Rat Snakes
My Website & Pics (click here)

Yeah, I remember the comment about the enzymes...I made it...
Your Hog's are really awesome, too. I think I'm going to get some this year at Daytona...

Take care, Chris O
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www.chrisolsonreptiles.com

That Female is a Real Beauty,hey if you think that 03 Male is Strong now wait about Three Year's and you'll know what strong is LOL) ! !Hope everything is going good for you.
Have A Good One ! !
Kenneth