rubber boa

Does anybody know of a few reliable rubber boa breeders?

I just posted a couple weeks ago on the same topic. There are very few Rubber Boa breeders. I have been in the hobby for a few years now and have only found 4 from reputable breeders. I currently have two pairs.

You could contact South Mountain Reptiles. He breeds some rubber boas. Just keep looking around and eventually you will find one. Just make sure you get a captive bred specimen. I have seen many wild caught Rubber Boas for sale and they usually look pretty rough. Usually, wild caught Rubber Boas have a lot of scarring, especially around the tail. They explore burrows to find baby mice and voles and sometimes they get attacked.

I will eventually have some available but they seem to grow very slowly. I would estimate it will take me at least four years to get these to breeder size.

Oh, I forgot. Check out www.rubberboas.com

That site is a wealth of information and I can't say enough good things about the research that has been done and documented on that site.

Ryan Hoyer is the guy who runs that site. His father has been researching Rubber Boas longer than I have been alive.

Thanks for the info. i wonder why there are so little breeders i had lots of trouble trying to find one.

i have also been looking for some cant find them

They generally give birth in Aug and Sept. You'll babies on KS then.

They are very cool but very secretive snakes.

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Originally Posted by likebull1

Thanks for the info. i wonder why there are so little breeders i had lots of trouble trying to find one.

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Not much demand. Compared to so many other snakes, they're not that colorful and there's not many (if any) morphs, so except the select few that absolutely love them, most don't want to invest in breeding them.

But I do agree that they are very unique snakes.

When I first saw a picture of a rubber boa, I fell in love. But given how hard they are to find, etc. I ended up with one each of their two cousins - Rosy Boas and Kenyan Sand Boas. These three are related species.