Argentine Boas

Just wondering what if any experience any of you guys have wih B.c.o. I am really considering ordering a single male from Gus at Rio Bravo Reptiles for 200 shipped.

Aggresive unless handled lots. They are neat lookers! Basic requirements as a BCI. They tend to be a heavier bodied Boa and are true stunners as adults.

I havnt got any pics of the pair i had on my comp , but from my experience with them i have to say they were a pleasure to work with :) they are very aggressive feeders but handling wise they were as good as any bci i had mine for 5 years the female was just over 9 ft in lenght and the male 8.5 ft i relunctly had to sell them through no fault of there own ( i was going travelling for 3 months in oz and had no one to take care of them :( ), they tend to be heavier bodied than bci's, when my pair reached adulthood they were taking piglets :eek: with ease i timed them once they took around ten minutes from contriction to swallowing it completly down to there gut :)
The pair i had also seemed to like to climb abit they were always sat on top of there branches and never used there hides, one thing is you will never had feeding probllems with them..they always seems to be hungry they are like dustbins and will eat anyhting :D
i love them they also have very beautiful markings my pair were very light for argies they kept there markings never went darker or anything. ive now heard that the woman i sold them too has bred them twice now if i had the room i would defiantly have a couple of there siblings :D

Ya, I'm hoping to get a very dark male. Not to interested in breeding argies anytime in the near future

cool you wont regret it dude :) just handle them and get them used to you when there young (just like with most snakes really ) and you wont have hardly any problems aggression wise , although you can never say never with any snake ;)

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Originally Posted by steveo

cool you wont regret it dude :) just handle them and get them used to you when there young (just like with most snakes really ) and you wont have hardly any problems aggression wise , although you can never say never with any snake ;)

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I will be ordering from Gus at Rio Bravo Reptiles and I'm sure I won't regret it.

just been checking his site :D i am sure you wont regret getting one from him :)

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

I will be ordering from Gus at Rio Bravo Reptiles and I'm sure I won't regret it.

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I'm jealous! I'd love to get a "Gus" boa someday...=)

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Originally Posted by cassandra

I'm jealous! I'd love to get a "Gus" boa someday...=)

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I saw his argentines at NARBC anaheim. They were stunners! I wanted one bad, but I just couldnt! Some of them have a bit of pink in them, GORGEOUS!

You wont regret it Jake.