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I was curious as to how big is the biggest Kenyan, anyone here have some unusually big boas?

My Female Rosey is 37 inches long? While not too big, it is 1 inch over teh average full adult length and still growing.
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Sarah Kafel
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There is a cricket loose in my house somewhere driving me crazy!
And a partridge in a pair tree!!!!!!!!!

I was about to pull out my biggest girl.. but at the time she is locked up with her mate.. wasn't expecting that so soon. Anyone get babies from breeding this late in the year? Anyhow at last wiegh in she was 540 grams.
Roxanne

old picture of her.....

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I've heard of some December mating, so I'd think that it's more of an early breeding for next year then a late breeding this year. Not common, but it happens.

Thanks. Well guess I they are just getting an early start
I did get a chance to measure her a few minutes ago. She is a 2001 and now just under 30 inches. Not huge.. but compared to my other girls she is a monster shoulda named her jabba the hutt LMAO
Roxanne

I have a really bland, kinda homely colored 6 year old Kenyan aka "Smokie". She's 550 grams, I don't know how long she is.

BTW I only have 2 snakes with names, one came with one that the breeder's kid named it and "Smokie" named after the Marboro cigarrette box the seller used to demonstrate her size. Just thought that would be amusing for you.

Here's a link to a photo Dave Barker put in Reptiles magazine a few years back of their 20 year old female. It is about as big as I have seen a colubrinus.

Of course, johnii and tataricus get bigger than Kenyans anyway. Supposedly johnii reach 4 feet and I have had a big female tataricus that was well over 30 inches. I never measured her, but she was a horse! She readily consumed weanling rats. Here is her pic -

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Big Kenyan at the Barkers

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

my two oldest are 96's ones 39 and the other is 42 at the moment but my first kenyan (past away now) was close to 45 inches. all my others are closer to 24-25. sometimes you just get monsters. last year the biggest girl had 26 live, 3 stills, and 2 slugs and she was eat onde of stills when i found the litter so maybe she had even more stills. and she was ovualting this morning!

I've had 'Big Momma' for 12 years now. She's bred 11 out of the 12 years. When breeding season comes around, she'll be about 1050g. She varies from 750g - 1050g. She's about 38" long and eats 2 large mice a week. Tamest snakes I've ever seen. She's been doing presentations and shows with me for over 8 years and she's always a favorite and has never once thrashed/jumped/bit/etc.
This past year she had 26 live babies and 0 slugs...the first year I can remember that I've gone slug-less.
Take care,
Jason

Do you have to go to the chiropractor after lifting her? LOL. Big huge girl.