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Just curious as to the diversity of the hobby and all the members of the board. A/S/L? Total # of snakes you have? You make a living off of them? If not, what does everybody do for a living?

me 22/M/central texas/13 snakes total/ Firefighter/paramedic
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0.1.0 Brown Pacman
1.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Juv. leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors
0.0.1 yellow flame Niger uromastyx
1.1.0 Mali Uromastyx
0.1.1 Ball pythons
1.2.0 pastel Columbian boas
0.1.0 monster columbian boa
1.0.0 monster pastel columbian boa
1.1.0 Hypo Hog boas
1.0.0 Hypo pastel boa
1.1.0 Hypo boa babies, Poss. DH sunglow
0.2.0 Hypo poss. DH sunglow
1.0.0 Coral albino boa (my baby)
and
0.2.0 Pomeranians (the wifes babies)

22/ M/ Mo/ 5 boas after Daytona / Actor, singer, dancer

0.2 05 66% poss het Sharp sunglows
1.0 04 Sharp albino
0.1 04 DH Sharp sunglow (pic below)
0.1 02 hypo

Where in MO? Im in Independence right outside of Kansas City.

I live in Pittsburgh, PA and have 19 (When my Leopard arrives) Boa constrictor ssp. I am 17 years old and a Senior in High School, I am going to college for Aerospace Engineering. I referee soccer, and have a part time job to pay for my snakes.

1.1 '04 66% Het Blood (Burke)
1.0 '04 Orange Crush Bolivian amarali (Barnett)
0.1 '03 Blonde Bolivian amarali (Miller)
0.1 '04 Stripeline Albino
1.0 '05 Type II Anery 66% het Albino (Stone)
0.1 '04 Gee line Hypo
1.1 '04 Costa Rican imperator (CITES)
2.2 '05 Panamanian imperator (CITES)
0.1 '04 66% het Leopard (Winner)
1.0 '03 Argentine X Colombian (Kahl)
0.1 '02 Surinam X Hog Island
1.0 '04 Sonoran Desert imperator (Rentfro)
1.0 '01 Anerythristic

I am a 30 year old male from Northern California. I am a Loan Production Manager for a large bank. I keep a little bit of everything: 16 various Boas, nothing too fancy alot of nice normals, 5 Thayeri Kings, a pair of Pueblan milks, a trio of Hognose, a pair of het albino Tangerine Honduran Milks and a couple of Crotalus species....oh and I almost forgot the Leopard Tortoise and Sulcata....I think that's it. I don't have a website but I would like turn my hobby into something more in the future, maybe a retail shop someday. I just got back into reptiles last July and wish I had never left.

I have a female that looks alot like that pattern wise but just a little more pink overall. very pretty normal you got there.
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0.1.0 Brown Pacman
1.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Juv. leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors (one pastel)
0.2.0 juv pastel Columbian boas
0.1.0 monster normal columbian boa
1.1.0 monster pink pastel columbian boas
1.1.0 Hypo Hog boas
1.0.0 Hypo pastel boa
1.1.0 Hypo boa babies, Poss. DH sunglow
0.2.0 Hypo poss. DH sunglow
1.0.0 Coral albino boa (my baby)
and
0.2.0 Pomeranians (the wifes babies)

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Yeah it's a cool idea! I am 41, I make legal perscription drugs for a living..lol...I hope to just breed Boas some day!!!
I am Married have 4 children...21,17,10 (3sons) and one daughter 12.

I have 52 Boas and 5 ball pythons....boas are Albino's, Anerys, Salmons, Harlequin, Hets, etc...

I should have been doing this all along...It feels like a dream come true...please don't pinch me!!!

Take care all! Andy

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AJF Reptiles

What are you dealing on the side to support the habit???? =) I havent heard much about them but have seen a few pics and can only imagine they are pricey. Just curious, how much do they normally run and if you dont mind, how much did you pay for yours?
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0.1.0 Brown Pacman
1.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Juv. leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors (one pastel)
0.2.0 juv pastel Columbian boas
0.1.0 monster normal columbian boa
1.1.0 monster pink pastel columbian boas
1.1.0 Hypo Hog boas
1.0.0 Hypo pastel boa
1.1.0 Hypo boa babies, Poss. DH sunglow
0.2.0 Hypo poss. DH sunglow
1.0.0 Coral albino boa (my baby)
and
0.2.0 Pomeranians (the wifes babies)

There is a considerable range in price. Some of it has to do with the parents to the Leopards, as Leopard X Leopard breeding usually results in a more drastic appearance.
Hans had four price groups for his '05 babies; $1750, $1900, $2200, and $2400. Mine was $1900. A little more than the cheap stuff, but the ones that are $2200 and up blow mine away!

23 y/o male.
12 snakes. soon to be more.
sales rep for marketing firm and student.

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2.3 kenyan sand boas (anery, albino, het snow, normal)
1.1 hogg island boas
0.4 ball python
0.1 brazillian rainbow boa

Me 44/M/Central California/25 current plus one on order total snakes, 16 BRB's 7 (+1) BCI, 2 BP /been breeding BRB's to support my hobby(habit) expanding into morph boas with my profits/+18 baby BRB's born last week...woohoo/work as a engineering technician for IBM

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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife
0.2 kids
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.1 Ball python
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I am 52 and live in Savannah GA. I currently have 74 snakes here. I am impatiently waiting for gravid ones to lay. Most of my collection is Rainbow Boas. I have 6 different subspecies of Rainbows. My Boa Constrictors are Surinams. The money I make from breeding goes back into the hobby. I am a retired army pilot and I work parttime as a nurse.
Jeff

>>Just curious as to the diversity of the hobby and all the members of the board. A/S/L? Total # of snakes you have? You make a living off of them? If not, what does everybody do for a living?
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>>me 22/M/central texas/13 snakes total/ Firefighter/paramedic
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>>0.1.0 Brown Pacman
>>1.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
>>0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
>>1.0.0 Juv. leopard tort
>>0.0.2 Fly river turtles
>>0.0.2 Savannah Monitors
>>0.0.1 yellow flame Niger uromastyx
>>1.1.0 Mali Uromastyx
>>0.1.1 Ball pythons
>>1.2.0 pastel Columbian boas
>>0.1.0 monster columbian boa
>>1.0.0 monster pastel columbian boa
>>1.1.0 Hypo Hog boas
>>1.0.0 Hypo pastel boa
>>1.1.0 Hypo boa babies, Poss. DH sunglow
>>0.2.0 Hypo poss. DH sunglow
>>1.0.0 Coral albino boa (my baby)
>>and
>>0.2.0 Pomeranians (the wifes babies)

Im 17 in IL, although I have lived in PA most of my life. I have 4 boas, and hope to start breeding after college. I work at Circuit City and am going to become an electrical engineer.

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1.0 Columbian (BCI)
0.1 Suriname (BCC)
0.1 Longicauda (BCL)
0.1 Bolivian (BCA)

My families all from Dubuque IA and East DBQ IL if you know where thats at.
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0.1.0 Brown Pacman
1.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Juv. leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors (one pastel)
0.2.0 juv pastel Columbian boas
0.1.0 monster normal columbian boa
1.1.0 monster pink pastel columbian boas
1.1.0 Hypo Hog boas
1.0.0 Hypo pastel boa
1.1.0 Hypo boa babies, Poss. DH sunglow
0.2.0 Hypo poss. DH sunglow
1.0.0 Coral albino boa (my baby)
and
0.2.0 Pomeranians (the wifes babies)

There are several hobbyist/breeders down by Champaign Illinois

Griz

It seems like a good opportunity to put a face with the name.

56 years young / Trafalgar, Indiana / Retired from Information Systems / Primary focus is Boas, but I love it all!

Current Projects:

Snow Boas (this season produced over 100 Snows, Albino 100% Hets, Anerys 100% Hets, and Double Hets)

T-Positive Albino Argentines

Blood Boas

Albino Western Hognose (how did these sneak in?)

My website is coming in September and will "tell it all". (Sorry for the delay, but I had to change web developers a couple of weeks ago.)

gainesreptiles.com

Look me up and introduce yourself to me in Daytona - no table; I need my time to look at everything and socialize.

bill@gainesreptiles.com

Bill, that is one nice looking albino! I am just across the Illinois state line and would love the opportunity to come see your setup! I am just south of Champaign-Urbana about 20 minutes!

I am pretty sure thats a snow boa....

Heres one of my bigger ones..."Pearl"

It is a snow.

Griz

23/male/Asheville, NC I have 44 BCI of different localities and morphs, 1 Occidentalis, 2 BRB's, and one red phase Texas Bullsnake. I work at a Group home for youths with behavioral and emotional disorders. I am going to school for Physical Therapy. I consider this a serious hobby, one that might one day make a little cash, but not one that I will rely on to support myself.

Chris Canada-Smith

CCS Constrictors
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CCS CONSTRICTORS: Specializing in Morph and Island Localities of BCI

31 y/o male, President and CEO of RJT Consulting, currently have 15 boa's and one bp.

Griz, aka Bob Woodard

1.1 Boa c. amarali (silverback)
1.2 Hogge Island
0.4 Normal Colombians
0.1 Surinam
0.1 Thin Saddle Colombian
0.1 Pastel Colombian
1.0 Hypo Boa
0.2 Het Albino Kahl Strain
0.1 66% pos. het. coral albino
1.0 Anery pos. het albino
1.0 Harlequin
1.0 Coral Albino
1.0 100% stripe line albino
0.1 DH Sunglow
1.0 Jungle Boa Swedish line
2.2 100% het coral albino
0.25 normal ball python
0.1 Jungle Ball
2.0 Pastel Ball
1.0 Het Clown

Josh

Name is Josh I am 24 years old and from Salt Lake, UT.
I work for a Bank and I hope to eventually be a full time
snake breeder... But don't we all...=)

>>Just curious as to the diversity of the hobby and all the members of the board. A/S/L? Total # of snakes you have? You make a living off of them? If not, what does everybody do for a living?
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>>me 22/M/central texas/13 snakes total/ Firefighter/paramedic
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>>0.1.0 Brown Pacman
>>1.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
>>0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
>>1.0.0 Juv. leopard tort
>>0.0.2 Fly river turtles
>>0.0.2 Savannah Monitors
>>0.0.1 yellow flame Niger uromastyx
>>1.1.0 Mali Uromastyx
>>0.1.1 Ball pythons
>>1.2.0 pastel Columbian boas
>>0.1.0 monster columbian boa
>>1.0.0 monster pastel columbian boa
>>1.1.0 Hypo Hog boas
>>1.0.0 Hypo pastel boa
>>1.1.0 Hypo boa babies, Poss. DH sunglow
>>0.2.0 Hypo poss. DH sunglow
>>1.0.0 Coral albino boa (my baby)
>>and
>>0.2.0 Pomeranians (the wifes babies)

Hey All!This was a kool idea!I am a disabled dealership mechanic!Wish I was doing this while I was making the big bucks,instead of blowing it on hot rods an drag racing,lol!I am 35 years old an reside in Kentucky about an hour an half from Nashville[Depending on how you drive it,lol]I dont want to live on a government check the rest of my life so I figured I would use my love for my animals to maybe help me an my fiancee get by an maybe just maybe tell tem to stick the check one day!Its been a long an exciting road so far but Ill make it!I have a totall of 15 boa's in our collection!
Thanks Eric
Hypoboa

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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

32 married with two kids .. Network Enginer in Memphis

1 Sanzinia , 10 Suris , 1 25% Suri Albino , 1 Arabesque Coral Albino ,1 Arabesque 100% Het Albino, 1.1 BRB's , 1.1 Hogs

A few other odds and ends..and a silver bengal

ok, this isn't really me below, but i am sure alice would want his favorite colombian posted.

i have 2 suri's, a colombian, and a sharp albino female. after daytona who knows! have had snakes for over 20 years..boas and pythons.

i work in the music business and own an artist management company. i manage rock bands. also design web sites and do search engine promotion..but these days that is mostly for my own companies and for trades for boas...because i travel a good bit.

a wife and 3 kids and i am bringing all of them to daytona...can't wait!

i just hope irene or whatever that storms name is stays away.

Waterfront Artist Mnagement

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www.theboahouse.com
www.myinfoservice.com

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she enjoyed knocking over all my gecko cages and killing the escapees...despite the room being shut up, she always seemed to find a way in...She didn't stay with me for long - gave her back to the breeder and lost all the money I invested on her...she was too aggressive.
Yours sure is pretty.
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Age : 25

Sex : Female

Location : Covington, Louisiana

Number of Boas : I don't know the exact number but it's in excess of a hundred...most of them are Colombian BCI.

Number of Snakes in the EbN Collection : I don't know this exact number either but it's definitely a few thousand.

Occupation : Full-time Reptile Whatever (poop-cleaner, snake-feeder, mouse/rat-breeder, webmaster, photographer, receptionist, sales associate, financial manager, and whatever else comes with the territory LOL!).

Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien

www.BoaConstrictorMorphs.com

Celia Chien Photography

www.ExoticsByNature.com
www.BallPythonMorphs.com
www.CornsnakeMorphs.com

That's really cool, I grew up in Metairie.... Nothing like the North Shore....

My name is Ali/M, I'm a Martial Arts Instructor in Arizona, and I have 2 normal colombians that are just amazing. I'm not planning on making a career out of this, but I do plan on aquiring more snakes as time goes on.

I'm 34..um, I mean 24 (that's my story and I'm sticking to it); have 2 daughters, one of which is Autistic - both rewarding and a challenge; I live in Fort Bend County, TX; I teach the social sciences, but prefer history; and I occationally show my dogs. Oops - almost forgot - I currently have aboout 15 boas and didn't produce anything this year .
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34 years old, male, married 9yrs, three girls(3,3(twins) and 8), one son(5), three dogs (pitbull, staffordshire, boxer), one cat (bengal), 10 boas and 5 balls. I have a BS in CS and I am currently employed as a computer Security Analyst, but feel more comfortable calling myself a unix admin. I live in Melbourne, FL..... yeah I know, you can hate me all weekend long next weekend . I had a few snakes growing up but didn't catch the fever until recently when my son wanted a ball python. Well, one turned into a few more and ...... might as well breed them. I don't plan on making a living at it, not opposed to it, just don't plan on it; I would be happy if the hobby would allow me to buy whatever I am interested in and break even . . . eventually.

Any Skydivers out there?

Cheers,
Al

ok! lol

I am a 29 yr old female living in Las Vegas, NV. I currently work full time as a rep for Farmers Insurance. If all goes well, I will be starting a part time job as a poop-cleaner/helper for a local entertainment group (magic shows with reptiles). I am a hobbiest who sometimes breeds, money goes right back into the hobby. I originally started out with dreams of being a big breeder but reality taught me otherwise. I am happy having a nice collection I can easily manage. I may or may not be single very soon. Anyways here is my list.. I currently have 12 snakes. I got my first snake (adoption) in 1998. My focus is the pair up everyone over the next year or 2 and then I will think about adding some new stuff (maybe sooner if Ruben's perfect anery has some nice babies)! I will eventually add a few more boa morphs, more GTPs and an albino blood python and *maybe* BHP.
I currently have:
2.5 colombian BCI:
1.0 '98 het albino (kahl) proven
1.0 '03 albino (an absoluteconstrictor creation!)
0.1 '98 albino (kahl) proven
0.1 '89 normal proven
0.1 '98 high pink normal
0.1 '01 salmon
0.1 '01 lateral striped normal

others:
1.0 '01 Hog Isle BCi
0.1 '01 Amazon Tree Boa
1.0 '01 GTP lereh type
0.1 '03 GTP jayapura type
0.1 normal corn snake het snow motley

-April
I have a website but it needs updating..
www.absoluteconstrictor.com

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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

Hi April,
I still plan on breeding her to my ghost this year but would like to get some more weight on her. I will keep you posted for sure. While i'm here I guess i'll play. I'm 26 as of a week ago. I work in the construction and odd job field. I have thirty somthing boas and would like to do this full time one day. I'll be going to Daytona in a week and the the Anaheim show a few weeks later.

Ruben Michel

Hi Ruben!
Ahhh, she is so pretty!! You know I have my fingers (and toes)
crossed on that breeding going smoothly.
Maybe I'll make it to Anaheim as well as San Diego. hmm...
you just made my day with that pic! thank you!
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

"I may or may not be single very soon."

All the forum guys will be calling/e-mailing you after seeing that! LOL!
Take care,
John
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"To be the best..........You must lose your mind."

Well, I guess I can jump in here... though I do not have a boa yet I am working on an enclosure to hopefully be filled within the next two months by one.

I am Bryan, a 32 year old former web developer (now "Configuration Management System Analyst"... what ever that means... hopefully my boss will tell me as soon as he figures it out ) within the State of Georgia Government. I have spent the last 14 years institutionalized (in marriage). One day I hope to be free but from what she says it is a life sentence. In my free time I still work on websites (keeps up my skills and I enjoy helping people with them!), beat my boys in video games, skateboarding (no wait, that is the kids that like that, I am the man sitting closest to the door holding their current medical insurance information and $50 x 2 for their deductibles) and with the time I should be sleeping I write science fiction (though not as much as my agent would like, ugh!). All the animals are listed below except for an unnamed bearded dragon I am picking up on the way home. Oh! and did I mention I am terrified of snakes?
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Bryan, Atlanta GA

1-0-0 Ball Python - Apep
0-1-0 Mountain Horned Dragon - Ki
1-1-0 Rats... no wait... ROTTEN Little Cats - Ra, Bastet
0-1-0 Little Angelic Kitten - Isis
1-0-0 Horse... whoops... BIG Golden Retriever - Jake
0-1-0 Wife
2-0-0 Kids

I remember a thread like this when I first found this website about 5-6 years ago..

I live in Miami, FLA. I'm a 36 year old SAS programmer.

I just managed to breed my first pair of hog island boas. I had 17 neonates without a single slug!

Right now I'm completely obsessed with Silverbacks. I've got 01.01 Hog Island Boas, 01.01 Bolivian Silverbacks, & 1.0 Dumerils. I just sold my pair of Guyanans, and want to concentrate on Amarali. I've had a lot of other snakes but I've been pairing down to what I really like most.

I'm in search of another female neonate Silverback. If anyone knows of any please let me know. Thanks....tc
(E-mail me - tcdrover@bellsouth.net)...

Class Reptilia has some. Heres the link http://www.classreptilia.com/available_boas_.htm

Your going to have to cut and paste but the should have what your looking for.

Ruben Michel

Barry Miller; millerreptiles.com

I have an '03 Blonde from him, he has terrific animals!

...than I'd guess.

My name is Linda and I live in Lubbock Texas. I am 36 years old and have never married. I am a Veterinary Technician with 20 years experience with companion animals. Recently I discovered the joys and beauty of BRB's and now have 6.7., of various ages. I also keep many kitties and 2 Rottweiler mix dogs. Flower gardening is my favorite "sport". A pretty little cornsnake that I had for 13 years introduced me to the hobby.

Currently, I am waiting on this to happen again.....

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When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the student is ready, the teachers appears.

I'm 40, male, live a little south of chicago Il. work as a millwright (glorified mechanic) in a factory. I've got 55 snakes all boa's except for a pair of Sinaloan milk snakes. I'd love to make a living off of the snakes but I'm not holding my breath. My wife is still trying to figure out how to build my web-site but when she does it will be at www.thesnakehole.net I may be at the tinley park Il. breeder's expo if my expected litters arrive healthy and in time, I'm expecting Bolivian siverback's, longicauda's, and some colombian's poss. het. for alb. maybe I'll see some of you there
PIC. is of longicauda pair I'm expecting babies from

Frank.53.M.Forestry Techn.Live in north central FL. Plan to expand hobby when I retire in 2 years.

3.2 het albino BCIs, 1.2 Hogg Isl.,1.1 Cay Caulker, 1.1 Tarahumera Mtn boa, 1.0 hypo BCI, 0.1 Nic., many anery Kenyan sand boas, normal KSBs, 1.1 het for snow KSBs, 33 baby anery KSB, 13 baby het anery KSB. Rat colony = about 20 breeders out in an old camper in the shade.

Male 30, Painting Contractor in Lansing Michigan. Currently have 46 snakes. All are bci. Nicaraguan, Panamanian, and "colombian" or unknown origin.

Bob

29/Male/Phila area/biology teacher. I just had my first baby and it has changed my life drastically. I am thinking of cutting back on some of my collection so I can spend more time as a dad than as a snake cleaner (I mean keeper lol).

I'm now starting to have snakes near or at breeding age. I will never make a profit on my animals but maybe someday hope to break even. I've been collecting snakes for over 10 years and I've proudly raised all of my snakes from hatchlings/babies.

I browse this forum daily but rarely have time to post. I always have a few dozen pics to post but by the time I get around to it, the pics are very outdated.lol.

My Collection:
BOAS
1.1 Argentine Boas
1.2.20 Nicaraguan Boas
1.1 Sonoran Desert Dwarf Boas
1.1 Cay Caulker Boas
3.5 Hog Island Boas
1.0 Colombian Boa het. Albino Boa
0.1 Anery Colombian Boa
0.1 Salmon Boa
0.1 Solomon Island Ground Boa
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas

PYTHONS
2.2 Bismarck Ringed Pythons
1.2 Green Tree Pythons
8.25 Ball Pythons
2.0 BP's het Pied/Albino

COLUBRIDS
1.1 Black Pine snakes
1.1 Northern Pine snakes
2.2 Bairds Rat snakes
1.2 White-sided Black Rat snakes
too many Corn Snakes: Blizzard, Bloodreds, Butters, Ghost, Lavenders, Reverse Okeetees, Sunglow, Hypo het Amber, Miami-Phase, Snow, Okeetees, etc

Here is one of my 05 baby Nicaraguan boas...

Here is my newly completed herp room, already filled with snakes since this pic. Set me back about 3,500 but I couldn't be happier with the outcome:

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Sincerely, Jason
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www.NortheastSnakes.com
NortheastSnakes@aol.com

My name is Joe Rollo, otherwise known as Bci Joe, Joey, Juice, Rollo, or 'The Big Boss'.. lol

I will be 29 years old this Monday, August 15th, and will probably celebrate it with overtime at the office! LOL

I was born, raised and live in Brooklyn, New York.

I run a Performance Management / Capacity Analysis team for R&D Systems Programming/Systems Administration Department here at Bloomberg.

Bloomberg is the media company the Mayor of NY owns... well it is much more than just media! Closing in on 10,000 employess and offices worldwide.

I live at home alone, for nearly 10 years now, and have been at Bloomberg for 6 years.

I did live in Miami, Fl for a few years, couldn't really take it at the time, and flew back for the interview to Bloomberg.

My passion is Colombian Boas, and i've also found a sweet spot for these Centrals lately...

I currently have between 125 - 150 snakes. I would say 10-12 are Ball Pythons, the rest are Boas. Tons of Boaphile cages... love them!

I had a wonderful girlfriend not too long ago, and we planned to get married, quit out jobs, and expand the reptile business, but things change, and sometimes people don't.. lol

I still plan to quit work and expand the business sooner or later..

No more wedding plans for anytime soon...

I love music and I love animals. I'll not go into work to save an injured bird I find near my bus stop. I would adopt a limbless dog because I feel bad, and because I would think he deserves so much better, especially for fighting and making it so far.

I've had just about every animal I could get my hands on at one point or another, but now just have time for the snakes.

Some recent aquisitions....

03 Leopard Boa female received last night from Jeremy Stone. AWESOME ANIMAL!!!!!

7.5' long Nicaraguan Boa I received last night from JNJ Reptiles. This animal was a rescue with lots of scars and weighing nothing.. After receiving her and looking her over, she is also awesome and you would never think she had such a rough past.

I also caught a Cockatiel two weeks ago!
NY has been overrun with Quaker Parakeets lately... they are building HUGE nests on all light posts, electrical posts, and they are overwhelming the trees and parks in the area.
I was bike riding through a park, listening and watching them, when i almost ran over the cockatiel!
I scared him and he flew up about 12 feet into a tree.
I tried calling him and such, trying not to scare him, but nothing. I approached closer, and finally was next to the tree and noticed he wasn't scared.
I started to pull down the branches so to get him closer to me, then finally jumped up and was able to grab the bottom of him.
He had a sharp beak abd put a few holes in my fingers! but he is beautiful and healthy and made my cousin very happy.
My cousin caught one last year, and after it became his favorite pet and the house mascot, it escaped, and the family was heart broken. Great to see people smile.

Sory for the rant... it's Friday.. been a looong, rough week.

Hope to see you all in Daytona!

Take care, Joe Rollo - Bci Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Happy early birthday, mine is aug. 18th. I always see your ads on here and at reptileauction, you have somne very pretty snakes. How in the hell do you manage to care for 150 of them though, I only have 15 and they are a handful already.... Jon
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0.1.0 Brown Pacman
1.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Juv. leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors (one pastel)
0.2.0 juv pastel Columbian boas
0.1.0 monster normal columbian boa
1.1.0 monster pink pastel columbian boas
1.1.0 Hypo Hog boas
1.0.0 Hypo pastel boa
1.1.0 Hypo boa babies, Poss. DH sunglow
0.2.0 Hypo poss. DH sunglow
1.0.0 Coral albino boa (my baby)
and
0.2.0 Pomeranians (the wifes babies)

To tell you the truth, my Boaphiles make it very easy and efficient.
Add to that cage liners, similar to what DCL sells, then having a good feeding method.. I feed f/t.
With years of experience, you find out new things and discover new and better ways to do things. You live and learn.

But I think the caging is a major plus... when I had individual, different, home made cages, etc., I couldn't keep more than 15-20 before it was a bit much.

But it kind of is the joke of all my friends....
What are you doing this weekend? Cleaning snake sh!t?

It's quite a committment!

Thanks again, and Happy early Birthday as well!
Joe Rollo - Bci Joe

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

My assistants: Stephanie and the kids (Alex & Roxy)

And me, complete with goofy Indiana Jones vacation hat, on a rare venture out from behind the camera atop Half Dome overlooking Yosemite Valley. Roxy climbed the cables to the top with me - she's a stud!

I am 39 years old and live in Pasadena, California. I currently have about 120 snakes, of which 25 are womas, and the rest are boas - a variety of morphs and hets. At my REAL job I am a chemical engineer and work for a large environmental consulting firm. I work largely on soil and groundwater investigations, and the design, construction and operation of soil and groundwater treatment systems. If I had it all to do over, I'd be a professional baseball player. As it is, I'm relegated to playing shortstop in the co-ed beer-drinker's softball league! Cheers,

Steve Reiners
BoaMorph
www.BoaMorph.com

Well i have been reading this forum for some time now and decided to join today after reading all of this since i will probably be the only one from kentucky on here.

name is patrick derr i am 25 and live in bowling green, ky originally from the big town of boonville, in (as if you know where that is) near evansville. I work as a mechanical engineer but in my free time love to brew beer and take care of my snakes.
I have 1 ball python, 1 argentine boa, 1 normal bci, and coming tuesday a hog island from constrictorsnw.

Hi,
My name is John Rizziello. I am 27 years old. I live on Toledo Ohio. I currently have about 30 boas including albinos and hets and hoggs. I just got into breeding this past year. I also have a few milk snakes and a fox snake, but my true passion is boas.

25yr old husband and dad in Edmonton, Alberta. I have about 40 herps in my apartment, about half are snakes (mostly boas and babies). I'm an animal health technologist, and starting pre-vet school in January.