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Originally Posted by Helenthereef
Wow, that is small. With C bibroni the males stay under 4 feet, but the females get much larger. How big do male caritina get?
Her face is much more angular then the Fiji boas, really sharp!
Finding food for the tiny neonates isn't easy: mine needed TINY newly hatched house geckos. See feeding shots below from when they were about 6 months old.
They did occasionally take dropped tails from larger geckos, so there is a renewable food source if you have the heart......  There's a guy in the UK who got his new born C bibroni australis straight onto mice, so it is possible. |
I haven't read anything about how big the males get but I talked to a guy who had one a while ago and said it was tiny and I know males are much smaller. The maxium size for adult c. carinata is 18-24", but they normally average between 16-20'', so the males would most likely be in the 16'' to 18'' range. They are itty bitty things.
Their angular faces are one of the things I love about them. I wasn't planing on getting carinata carinata I really wanted carinata paulsoni but after seeing the patterns of the c. carinata I had to get one. I plan on getting a Solomon Island Ground Boa (Candoia Carinata paulsoni) next. They average 2-4 feet, they are the ones I fell in love with first.
My girl has no problem taking mice but I believe she started of with frogs then moved to scented pinkies and now she eats plain live fuzzies. I don't think I'd be able to feed them geckos or frogs, I like them to much but we'll see maybe in a couple years that will change I used to not want snakes because I liked mice lol.
Here's a picture of her chowing down.
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