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Can anyone guess what kind of boa I am?

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I'm gonna guess it ain't a Honduran, since there's no blood dripping down your arm. The tail looks sorta Salmon like, but what I can see from the sides, almost has a Hog type of look.


I'm gonna guess it's of the Constrictor variety. Final Answer. :thumbsup:
 
I would like to remind the contestants to phrase your answers in the form of a question!!LOL Lets see some more guesses before I reveal myself. The intrigue, the suspense!!
 
I am a Striped Salmon Poss Het Blood.


Here she is as a baby
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And here are some more shots that were taken today. She has really changed since she was a baby. She has a lot more black coming in and her belly caught fire cause it wasn't that red when she was a baby. She had a lot more color on her dorsal and sides when she was a baby but it has gotten darker as she has gotten older.

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I plan to breed her this fall to a Salmon Het Blood/Het Anery to try and prove her out. I wonder if all the black coming in can be a marker, maybe she is het anery also? This breeding will produce at least Super Salmons, Salmons, and Normals all 50% Het Blood/Het Anery. At best, I might have some more Pewters and Bloody Salmons.

Thanks to those of you who played Snake Jeopardy!!
 
bigdogg said:
I was close. El Salvadorian Blood line crossed salmon right lol. She is very pretty that is for sure. Be cool to see some more pewters
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Yes you were very close,and thanks for the comp. If she proves out then El Salvadorian Blood Boa genes are definitely present. And yes, it will be cool to see some more Pewter Boas. I guess we will find out in June/July 2009 if all goes well.
 
Striped Super Bloody Salmons?

Here is a breeding update on Sienna. Sorry about the dark pictures. I am totally excited about this girl. She is a 2005 and I estimate her to be a little over 4ft, and she is gravid!! She has refused food since the end of December yet she is nice and plump!! The father is Salmon Double Het Blood/Het Anery(AKA Het Pewter). She always was kind of small compared to some of the other boas in her group so I suspected that she had more Central American influence in her in terms of the smaller size. She has always been a strong feeder.

I had spoken with Rich Ihle awhile back about the Blood Boas and Bloody Salmons and he told me that he was seeing females topping out at 4 to 5 feet long. That is why I took a shot at breeding her at 4ft. She was already 3years old when I decided to breed her, but the 4ft thing had me a little concerned. She was bred in her 3ft Vision cage. What if she proves out to be het anery also? A Super Salmon Pewter baby in the litter maybe? How crazy would that be?

The father is over 5ft long and I had my doubts about if a larger male would have problems breeding a smaller female, looks like he did the job!

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She's looking great Alex. Has that full look to her in the right places too. Good luck getting a nice litter from her.

BTW, if it was me, I wouldn't be handling her if she is indeed gravid. Going to get Aurora while she was set to pop, was the scariest thing I've ever had to do.

Anyway, good luck on the outcome. Hopefully you'll get a surprise or two.
 
Boa4u said:
her belly caught fire cause it wasn't that red when she was a baby.
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This may sound silly but it reminds me of the blood trait in corn snakes where, if memory serves correctly, hets sometimes show slight blood traits and get red bellies and an overall red wash as they age.

That is a very exciting breeding, hope it all goes well (and if she's a het anery too, that would be extra sweeeeeeet)
good luck!
-April
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
She's looking great Alex. Has that full look to her in the right places too. Good luck getting a nice litter from her.

BTW, if it was me, I wouldn't be handling her if she is indeed gravid. Going to get Aurora while she was set to pop, was the scariest thing I've ever had to do.

Anyway, good luck on the outcome. Hopefully you'll get a surprise or two.
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Thanks Rick. I figure she has about another month and a half or so before she drops her babies so I didn't think that handling her at this point would be too much of a problem. But I know what you mean, I was nervous holding her, precious cargo there!!
 
April Yohn said:
This may sound silly but it reminds me of the blood trait in corn snakes where, if memory serves correctly, hets sometimes show slight blood traits and get red bellies and an overall red wash as they age.

That is a very exciting breeding, hope it all goes well (and if she's a het anery too, that would be extra sweeeeeeet)
good luck!
-April
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That's not silly at all. I have seen others who subscribe to that theory as far as het blood markers for boas go. That is part of my excitement here, to see if there is in fact a correlation. Thanks for the good wishes.
 
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