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Boa Forum

Archive (read-only): Viewing posts from 2007.
Photo: Boa constrictor
2007 Photo contest winner - mack1time

The Boidae are a family of non-venomous snakes found in Northern, Central and South America, the Caribbean, southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, Northern, Central and East Africa, Madagascar and Reunion Island, the Arabian Peninsula, Central and southwestern Asia, India and Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea through to Melanesia and Samoa. Relatively primitive snakes, adults are medium to large in size, with females usually larger than the males. Two subfamilies comprising eight genera and 43 species are currently recognized. Prey is killed by a process known as constriction with the prey eventually succumbing due to asphyxiation. Prey is swallowed whole, and may take anywhere from several days or even weeks to fully digest. Despite their intimidating size and power, they are generally not dangerous to humans. Here you may post messages or questions pertaining to all aspects and issues regarding the keeping, breeding, health, and conservation of all Boas. Don't forget to check out our other boa related forums. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service.

Photo: The first Sharp Strain Snow
2007 Photo contest winner - kblumenthal
Topic Replies Last Post
breading related snakes?
by SW_Reptiles_ - Nov 17, 2007 03:18 PM
1 Nov 17, 2007 03:40 PM
by NUCCIZ_BOAS
Contact info for Kelly Haller?
by SoCal-619 - Nov 17, 2007 03:07 PM
0 No replies
My favorite pairing of this season:
by boaphile - Nov 17, 2007 10:41 AM
10 Nov 18, 2007 03:18 PM
by boaphile
T positive argentine question
by NUCCIZ_BOAS - Nov 17, 2007 12:12 AM
1 Nov 17, 2007 11:00 AM
by PBM
07' Guyana babies
by kitchi - Nov 16, 2007 10:25 PM
2 Nov 17, 2007 09:28 AM
by PGoss
South Brazil's #1-#3
by kitchi - Nov 16, 2007 10:17 PM
2 Nov 17, 2007 11:34 AM
by DarrenHamill
North Brazil's #7-#9
by kitchi - Nov 16, 2007 10:08 PM
1 Nov 16, 2007 11:00 PM
by ceniceros
North Brazil's #4-#6
by kitchi - Nov 16, 2007 10:07 PM
2 Nov 17, 2007 08:45 AM
by kitchi
North Brazil's #1-#3
by kitchi - Nov 16, 2007 10:05 PM
3 Nov 17, 2007 11:31 AM
by DarrenHamill
Male Jungle Het Albino
by doralreptile305 - Nov 16, 2007 05:52 PM
1 Nov 17, 2007 01:02 AM
by JaredHorenstein
BLACK KNIGHT IS BACK !!!
by TnK - Nov 16, 2007 05:49 PM
10 Nov 19, 2007 06:57 PM
by Ghireptiles
Some early action..
by doralreptile305 - Nov 16, 2007 05:46 PM
1 Nov 17, 2007 01:44 PM
by danktat
Albino Pastel and/or Coral Albino
by medusah - Nov 16, 2007 03:24 PM
12 Nov 18, 2007 12:57 AM
by BoaMorph
Throwing some color into these...
by doralreptile305 - Nov 16, 2007 02:16 PM
2 Nov 17, 2007 01:07 AM
by JaredHorenstein
Cleaning Day Pics .. d/u warning.
by JasonRobeck - Nov 16, 2007 02:10 PM
1 Nov 16, 2007 02:29 PM
by Gregory
All it took was a cold snap- 2nd try
by Fvcallstar - Nov 16, 2007 01:08 PM
1 Nov 16, 2007 01:51 PM
by Randall_Turner
how to post pics on the forum?
by fvcallstar - Nov 16, 2007 12:22 PM
2 Nov 16, 2007 01:00 PM
by Fvcallstar
all it takes is a little cold snap
by fvcallstar - Nov 16, 2007 12:19 PM
0 No replies
? on new '05 kids
by Buggzter - Nov 16, 2007 10:32 AM
3 Nov 19, 2007 07:38 AM
by jscrick
Some of this season's hopefuls...enjoy!
by MontyM - Nov 15, 2007 11:48 PM
12 Nov 16, 2007 11:40 PM
by MontyM
Just a nice BCC
by koky6869 - Nov 15, 2007 09:20 PM
6 Nov 16, 2007 02:34 PM
by Gregory
What's wrong with this Motley?
by boaphile - Nov 15, 2007 08:33 PM
17 Nov 17, 2007 04:19 AM
by Slithering_Serpents
Love is in the air...
by rainbowsrus - Nov 15, 2007 07:29 PM
12 Nov 17, 2007 11:18 PM
by danktat
Nice baby boa
by Tracy Barker - Nov 15, 2007 06:36 AM
6 Nov 15, 2007 11:47 AM
by Guy Scavone II
New Anery pics
by volkmann59 - Nov 15, 2007 03:05 AM
8 Nov 16, 2007 12:44 AM
by chaz-schilens
Gravid body temp questions
by danktat - Nov 15, 2007 01:03 AM
8 Nov 17, 2007 01:14 PM
by danktat
sharing an enclosure?
by vet2010 - Nov 14, 2007 10:24 PM
6 Nov 16, 2007 05:25 AM
by Conners
SUBSTRATE and MITES!!!
by JustinM. - Nov 14, 2007 08:23 PM
3 Nov 15, 2007 07:32 AM
by liquidleaf
Waste of Surinams
by kitchi - Nov 14, 2007 03:35 PM
9 Nov 16, 2007 11:35 AM
by kitchi
Hog x Bci cross
by Escapethisall - Nov 14, 2007 03:04 AM
3 Nov 14, 2007 09:27 PM
by Escapethisall
Hot Hypo
by Hissenia - Nov 13, 2007 10:45 PM
2 Nov 15, 2007 04:41 PM
by strictly4fun
Making a living as a snake breeder
by escapethisall - Nov 13, 2007 10:15 PM
14 Nov 22, 2007 11:54 AM
by CrestedGecko.com
Question about albino breeding
by escapethisall - Nov 13, 2007 09:57 PM
5 Nov 14, 2007 08:51 AM
by PGoss
Alcoholic Suri
by danktat - Nov 13, 2007 08:38 PM
4 Nov 14, 2007 01:25 AM
by danktat
My latest additions...
by JasonGonzalez - Nov 13, 2007 07:17 PM
0 No replies
thermostat probe..
by bergmantis - Nov 13, 2007 06:36 PM
1 Nov 14, 2007 08:08 AM
by liquidleaf
Pastel Albinos 2007 and maybe 2008???
by boaphile - Nov 13, 2007 05:29 PM
7 Nov 14, 2007 11:59 AM
by jscrick
my tripple het finaly dropped
by SW_Reptiles_ - Nov 13, 2007 04:10 PM
4 Nov 14, 2007 09:59 AM
by SW_Reptiles_
Isabel Island Boa (Candoia c. paulsoni)
by snakecharmer23 - Nov 13, 2007 12:40 PM
7 Nov 14, 2007 09:01 PM
by snakecharmer23
Finally...wish me luck
by amiemac9 - Nov 13, 2007 07:41 AM
4 Nov 14, 2007 06:00 AM
by amiemac9
aquired red tail boa
by dwendler4 - Nov 13, 2007 02:03 AM
12 Nov 14, 2007 07:55 AM
by liquidleaf
Inca Nic
by TSKinc - Nov 12, 2007 10:55 PM
4 Nov 14, 2007 08:21 PM
by boabrainchild
pics and decision, ev1's opinion please
by johnnyblazekfd - Nov 12, 2007 09:20 PM
25 Nov 15, 2007 10:06 PM
by brettb
type 2 anery?
by JackJebus - Nov 12, 2007 09:12 PM
4 Nov 13, 2007 03:03 PM
by tcdrover
Somehow I feel like I'm naked...
by boaphile - Nov 12, 2007 09:05 PM
1 Nov 12, 2007 10:33 PM
by jscrick
new poster, new bci
by wolfcry72 - Nov 12, 2007 07:31 PM
1 Nov 13, 2007 03:14 PM
by killr_silhouette
OT pics (Mini pin)
by dmac - Nov 12, 2007 05:52 PM
4 Nov 12, 2007 09:42 PM
by PGoss
Blizzards this season ?!
by Siegi - Nov 12, 2007 12:31 PM
6 Nov 13, 2007 06:41 PM
by boabrainchild
What ever happened......
by MontyM - Nov 12, 2007 12:31 PM
8 Nov 16, 2007 05:01 PM
by rainbowsrus
Odd pattern Surinam...fresh shed pics
by RoswellBoa - Nov 12, 2007 12:56 AM
2 Nov 12, 2007 07:43 PM
by billw
Snake hasn't eaten in 3 months...HELP
by Noir - Nov 11, 2007 11:30 PM
14 Nov 13, 2007 12:18 AM
by Noir
New/better pics of my new albino motley!
by NUCCIZ_BOAS - Nov 11, 2007 09:13 PM
0 No replies
My humble leap into bcc's
by ReBall1 - Nov 11, 2007 05:36 PM
4 Nov 12, 2007 01:25 PM
by ReBall1
Not exactly red, but...
by jscrick - Nov 11, 2007 05:21 PM
3 Nov 12, 2007 08:56 AM
by jscrick
Hog Island Breeders?
by Rob_G - Nov 11, 2007 05:12 PM
5 Nov 13, 2007 07:30 PM
by Rob_G
Female has gone crazy! Is this normal?
by boachris - Nov 11, 2007 04:49 PM
10 Nov 12, 2007 10:46 PM
by boachris
Male breeding size/weight?
by Cyn - Nov 11, 2007 04:30 PM
4 Nov 12, 2007 03:52 PM
by Cyn
very bad pics of a very red snake
by davel - Nov 11, 2007 02:14 PM
5 Nov 12, 2007 01:35 PM
by ReBall1
sunglow
by davel - Nov 11, 2007 01:55 PM
4 Nov 11, 2007 07:19 PM
by strictly4fun
colorful arabesque
by davel - Nov 11, 2007 01:48 PM
2 Nov 11, 2007 08:40 PM
by jscrick
Miscellaneous Boa Morphs Updated Pics
by TopNotchBoas - Nov 11, 2007 12:50 PM
1 Nov 11, 2007 01:58 PM
by davel
one of my ghosts
by mpollard - Nov 11, 2007 12:02 PM
4 Nov 12, 2007 09:49 PM
by mpollard
One of a kind...
by RoswellBoa - Nov 11, 2007 04:02 AM
5 Nov 12, 2007 12:53 AM
by RoswellBoa
18 Month Old Albino Motley Is..........
by fgs - Nov 11, 2007 12:02 AM
14 Nov 12, 2007 08:54 PM
by strictly4fun
SLOW MO OVULATION??
by jerseyserpents - Nov 10, 2007 08:31 PM
2 Nov 12, 2007 10:32 AM
by AbsoluteApril
24 hours later
by danktat - Nov 10, 2007 08:26 PM
0 No replies
Lets have story time?????
by NUCCIZ_BOAS - Nov 10, 2007 07:33 PM
0 No replies
Panic - big female has an RI
by Conners - Nov 10, 2007 05:08 AM
7 Nov 15, 2007 04:22 PM
by Conners
Panic - big female has an RI
by Conners - Nov 10, 2007 05:03 AM
0 No replies
More BCC love
by danktat - Nov 09, 2007 11:46 PM
1 Nov 10, 2007 02:25 PM
by MontyM
Share some pictures.
by tibor - Nov 09, 2007 09:28 PM
4 Nov 10, 2007 09:40 PM
by jerseyserpents
What makes a pastel
by EvoMorphs - Nov 09, 2007 08:57 PM
12 Nov 11, 2007 11:14 PM
by boachris
anybody going to the show in denver this
by micahdenton - Nov 09, 2007 06:34 PM
5 Nov 09, 2007 09:40 PM
by micahdenton
Just Showin Off....
by NUCCIZ_BOAS - Nov 09, 2007 04:15 PM
3 Nov 09, 2007 08:37 PM
by Guy Scavone II
Outdoor pics...
by Gerryssscales - Nov 09, 2007 10:32 AM
2 Nov 09, 2007 09:36 PM
by tibor
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