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Im seeing more posts on Dwarf boas. When where they produced and are they readily available now? How big do they get? and can they be house in racks as adults? I see people posting pics of these boas but I dont see any in the classifieds so where are they coming from? Something else I notice is that they are morph dwarfs like hypos, do they come in other morps? Is there anywhere I can read about these about how they came about?

Basically the "dwarf boas" that I and several other people have were produced when someone bred a salmon to a central american boa. So the hypo gene is completely compatible with the salmons. The boas though have quite a different look then the normal salmons, much more red, and usually not as clean. The normals in the litters look exactly like central american boas. I bred the female that I originally got at 18mos old, and she dropped her first litter before the age of two. These boas do outgrow most racks, but I keep many of mine in an oversized drawer system. The largest female I own is almost 6 foot, but not nearly as heavy as my colombians, she just dropped a litter of 21 on the fourth and babies will be posted for sale in a couple weeks. Last October I took one of my f2's to the Tinley park show and was very surprised how positive the response was, many people on this forum saw him there. As far as other morphs, I am expecting a litter of these hypos to be born from an albino. I believe these will produce some of the best sunglows ever, because of the amount of red these guys get. If you have any more questions I would be happy to try to answer them. Craig

Thanks for posting Craig. Many breeders bred morphs of various imperator to Centrals, or if they were C.A. to Colombians. While I like the pure forms of both, I can in no way say the crosses aren't killer! The Colombian influence into Rich Ihle's Bloods, the same Burkes work with, has created a neat look and added stripeing not common to El Salvador boas. Then there are the albinos from Jeremy's blizzard project, some look like little Nics, and they are awesome!

I can help you with your questions about the dwarf hypos. It is a project that I started about 4 years ago. You can email me at rdww@qwest.net and I will answer all questions you may have. Check out the pic, these guys are red. Expecting mom to deliver more of these beauties in about 30 days. Richard Wilson

that one turned out smokin hot. I was not sure you wanted your name on this or not, otherwise I would have stated it in my post that you were the original source. I can't wait to see sunglows with these guys. Craig

>>Im seeing more posts on Dwarf boas. When where they produced and are they readily available now? How big do they get? and can they be house in racks as adults? I see people posting pics of these boas but I dont see any in the classifieds so where are they coming from? Something else I notice is that they are morph dwarfs like hypos, do they come in other morps? Is there anywhere I can read about these about how they came about?

This will be my 3rd year producing Sonoran Bci. My adult female is just a hair under 6' and 8lbs. The male is 5' and 6lbs. I have each one housed individually in 3' x 2' boaphile cages.
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