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ok my friend recently aquired a very nice (IMHO) red tail boa..it is a five year old female and was bought as a columbian but to me she doesn't look like any normal columbian i have seen here is a pic:

any ideas what she might be or is she just normal...

also how large should she be at five years in weight and length so i can be sure she is healthy as theh guy who previously owned her didn't know too much about boas beyond their basic care

Any help would be appreciated Thanks
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awesome looking animal, its a colombian, my guess is a pastel, thats an awesome looking animal, is it the pic or is there really that much red in the face?
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That's AWESOME! Definitely outside the realm of normal. She has great color. She looks to be in good shape. Boas grow at different rates... depending on genetics, husbandry and feeding rates. So, my answer will be vague. At 5yrs she could be between 5-9ft and 12-35 lbs. I'd say as long as you can't see vertebrae, loose stools or lethargy... you got a good deal. I would be more than happy to add that to my collection... Great pick... and with all beautiful normals, should you decide to rid yourself of such beauty... you know where to come.
Regards,
Ray
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Quit? Never will I ever... forever 'til the end. Always keep on moving... never stop my friend.

I agree with everything ray said about that animals hey Ray that animal will go great with your speacial male but dude if your looking to part with her send her right here i'll pay for shipping lol
john peraza

That is an exceptional Boa constrictor imperator.
In other words "YOWZA, What a Beauty!"

I love that boa, keep an eye out for weak muscle tone, wheezing, runnny and/or smelly stools and discharge from the mouth, but it looks very healthy to me.

Please don't call it a pastel though, despite the possibility that it may be a "pastel", whatever that means.

"IF" There is a "genetic" pastel, then we don't want to confuse the issue by saying anything exhibiting those traits is a pastel (without knowledge of it's ancestry).

I maintain that pastels are a myth, and one that is not maliciously, nor nefariously perpetrated, but misunderstood.
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Jeremy J. Anderson
No one in the world ever gets what they want, and that is beautiful. Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful.

Looks like some advanced blister disease on the belly...but other than that it looks awesome.....

I agree with Jeremy....Pastels are are just boas with some really well chosen alleles...

Take care, Chris Olson
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isnt like that of ball pythons, its not a proven trait such as albino or hypo, I could be wrong? Thats the way I have always understoud it, I never seen an issue with throwing the pastel term around in boas like you see some doing it with imported balls and what not, correct me if I am wrong
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I'm glad you guys like her

how do you tell if they have blister disease on the belly? when my friend brings her over tomorrow i will take more pics and they won't be as blurry...also if she does have blister disease can you treat it? if so how? Thanks again!

oh one last Q: what is breeding size in columbian boas?
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~~~Amy~~~
my zoo LOL
corns
1.0 caramel/amber het butter motley-Phoenix 1.0 sunglow motley-Eli 1.0 ghost-Alex(kinked) 0.1 charcoal-Siva 0.1 caramel het butter-Kilowea 0.1 butter 50% het motley-Mango 0.1 ghost-Pandora 1.0 hypo motley-Vishnu
leopard geckos
0.1 hypo tang-Ms. Cleo 0.1 normal-Valentine
others
1.1 dauchshunds 1.0 cat 2.10 fancy mice(and way too many babies to count LOL)

My Photos
My E-Mail

>> My Website Siva*s Serpents

Brown/orange swollen scales originating from her vent. Yes it's treatable...but it takes along time. Anti-fungal spray (not the powder) works over time. Keep her enclosure spotless/santitized.
She is plenty big enough to breed...

Good luck, Chris Olson
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