Maia - Merry Christmas to Me!

Merry Christmas to me from my wonderful hubby!

This is Maia, an early 2015 female hypo jaguar jungle 50% pos het anery BCI:

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That is an absolutely adorable face. And it's attached to a gorgeous young lady.

Sweet! Congrats

Those eyes are awesome!

Very nice boa. What a great Christmas gift!

Congrats! She's gorgeous!

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Check out those eyes!

Very interesting and pretty snake. I also like color differences between the sides and top of the back.

Score!

Maia has a not so small weight problem that goes way beyond the "hypo spread" that others have noted with that morph. Her front end is all BCI but her back end reminds me of a ball python. I considered naming her "Miss Piggy" and putting a "WIDE LOAD" sign on the car when I brought her home.

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Maia has been put on a diet, effective immediately. She had been on a rat fuzzy every two weeks, I'm thinking a rat pinky or mouse fuzzy every two to three weeks instead.

Also, she'll be getting more exercise. She had been in a 12-qt tub in a rack setup which didn't give her many opportunities to move around. A lot of snakes seem to do ok in racks and tubs - I have several of those setups - but I have the feeling she will always need more room to move around to maintain a trim figure. I've got her in a 36"x24"x18" Boaphile arboreal for quarantine so she can move around more as she wishes. She has discovered the PVC poles for climbing, perching, and basking under the RHP.

She obviously hasn't been handled much as she flips out a bit when you pick her up. She's not nasty or defensive but she's clearly uncomfortable and she tries to flee. After giving her a few weeks to settle in I plan on handling her a lot more, probably for 15-30 minutes every day, both so she gets used to being handled and for exercise.

If anyone has other ideas on how to melt the grams off of an obese boa I would appreciate them! Until she clears QT I'm a bit limited on what I can do with her though. For instance, my other snakes climb on the bannister for the staircase but she'll have to wait.

I understand your quarentine/exercise problem. My last three snake purchases were each 1-2 months apart. Thus, I had to make two quarentine rooms. This severely impacts exercise/playtime for all of the snakes now


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