Updated pics - Snow female and WC Suriname

I haven't posted in a while, so here are some images. I love them both. They are the sweetest snakes and the WC Suri girl is a fairly new addition. She is a long term captive - no health issues and super sweet personality. The only downside to her is that she doesn't have very pronounced peaks. My male, however, has peaks galore. She's a 2009 and the snow girl is a 2011 (about 4/5 months old) who is growing like a weed. She was produced by Joe Ellis. As always, thanks for looking!
Jim

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Suriname Female (WC)

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Gorgeous!! I want a snow one day. They are both really nice - that suri's tail is wonderful!

The Suri's gorgeous.

I'm dying for a Suri some day.....that red......that REEEEED! :gj:

Very beautiful boa's.....:gj:

that snow is unlike any other i have seen! very impressive

plenty of captive bred out there. Why wild caught? Cheaper?

That is an amazing Snow, but I like the Suri a little more. I might just be a sucker for the red tails.

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Originally Posted by grizzlybear

plenty of captive bred out there. Why wild caught? Cheaper?

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Good question! This particular female was attractive to me because she was a long term captive (raised in captivity since a baby.) Having been around and thriving with no issues for that long means that she can establish a new bloodline of Suri's in captivity. If I'm going to breed a locality specific animal, a WC is #1 a guarantee that there's nothing else mixed in there, and #2 is not carrying any existing (as far as I know) genes from other lines. While she's not as peaked out as some, I love her pinks and her tail as well as her disposition. These are all traits that I would like to produce in a breeding. If I can find a pink male with nice peaks and a killer tail, it will be a nice match. She's a cool snake as well and she wasn't any cheaper than a captive bred animal.

Both are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.