Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

Boas are great to cuddle with & Behira obviously knows how to charm. :D

Behira at almost 2.4kg dry. She's looking great, if I can say so myself.

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She's an asset to any couch, that's for sure. :D

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Behira at almost 2.4kg dry. She's looking great, if I can say so myself.

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Just yesterday I posted to family about how my BP went from 95 grams to 620 in the span of roughly a year and how he seems so big now. And then I read over 2400 grams for a BCI and it's like, oh...

I know they're different species and all plus mine isn't even a full adult yet (not to mention his gender denotes a smaller size) but still. Mind-boggling. :omg:

She’s looking good! Growing steadily. [emoji16] She’s holding color really well, too, can’t wait to see her fully grown. You’ve been doing a great job working with her, too, with the ups and downs.


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Behira is doing great. She's almost 2.5KG and once she reaches that I plan to switch her to large rats from medium rats. I'll feed every 3-4 weeks at that point for a while. She's been eating every 2-3 weeks on medium rats.

She's still a cuddle bug and looks awesome. She was in her dark phase today when I cleaned her tank and gave her fresh water. I got some pics and a some close ups of her head showing off the dark phase.

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Behira is doing great. She's almost 2.5KG and once she reaches that I plan to switch her to large rats from medium rats. I'll feed every 3-4 weeks at that point for a while. She's been eating every 2-3 weeks on medium rats.

She's still a cuddle bug and looks awesome. She was in her dark phase today when I cleaned her tank and gave her fresh water. I got some pics and a some close ups of her head showing off the dark phase.

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Behira looking great dave

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Looking good.

I'm not getting on the board as often but it is always nice to see boas when I do pop in.

Looking good as ever! I love how well she’s kept her colors and appearance so far!


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Behira ate a medium rat tonight.

And................She shed yesterday as predicted. Not a big deal, right? A 5 year old Boa shedding? Well, this marks 139 days since last shed. The shed before was 77 days. Before that it had been as low as 17 days in the past year, as documented in this thread. Whatever seems to have been bothering her and causing her to shed more appears to be resolved! 4 1/2 months between sheds also makes sense because with all the chaos in the basement, I've been feeding less often. I hope to return to a more regular feeding regiment ASAP once the basement is fixed. You can see my other thread for the fun I am having with the contractors, but I am optimistic.

All around, good news on the Behira front.

That's a HUGE change in frequency of shedding. I'm glad. We'll likely never know what was causing that- maybe it was just hormones out of whack, or fighting off something unknown, or healing something, but it's very reassuring that her sheds have finally slowed down dramatically.

I'm so glad she's back to a normal shedding cycle dave

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Had Behira out for a cage cleaning and some bonding time today. She's looking great. In retrospect, she looks great compared to when she was shedding too often. She was constantly in shed cycle for a while. It's good to see her glowing and being a happy "little" girl.

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Had Behira out for a cage cleaning and some bonding time today. She's looking great. In retrospect, she looks great compared to when she was shedding too often. She was constantly in shed cycle for a while. It's good to see her glowing and being a happy "little" girl.

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Outstanding!

Nice looking snake right there!

Behira's doing great. They are still working on the basement - probably for the next two weeks. The animals are taking it in stride despite spending time in my office at 2-3 day clips every week.

Today was put everyone back in their tanks day as the workers finished for the week.

Got some nice pics of Behira while putting her back. What a sweetheart. Although, she's getting strong!!!!

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She's looking great- I had a couple of my rat snakes snakes outside today for sunshine -it was in the low 70's- totally crazy weather for late December here, but much enjoyed. :cool:

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She's looking great- I had a couple of my rat snakes snakes outside today for sunshine -it was in the low 70's- totally crazy weather for late December here, but much enjoyed. :cool:

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That's great RE rat snakes. Yeah, we have snow on the ground in CT here. Nice and warm inside though.

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That's great RE rat snakes. Yeah, we have snow on the ground in CT here. Nice and warm inside though.

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Brrr! I can do without too much of that white stuff. Better snow than ice though. We never know around here, we get some of everything, but it shouldn't be THIS warm right now.

Looking great as always.


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My Mother holding Behira, and another sneak peek of the almost finished basement.

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Your mom always rocks! :gj: Basement is looking pretty good too, but it won't ever top your mom, modeling snakes! :D Feel free to quote me to her...

Thank you, Boger. My mother is very pleased she's a hit on the forum. She truly does enjoy the reptiles and was showing Behira off to my step-father while she was draped on around her. My step-father isn't as enamored with them as my mom, but he isn't afraid, so it's all good.

Meanwhile, Behira nailed a medium rat tonight and is looking a little darker. Not too close to shed yet, but I think she might be getting there in the next few weeks. No sweat, her last shed was over 3 months ago and she's been eating more regularly now that the basement/reptile area major work is done (and the rest is getting close). So relieved she's back to a normal shed schedule. My "baby" had me worried for a bit.

Behira weighed in dry today at 2,580G. Still growing well on medium rats.

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Behira still hasn't gone into shed, which is fine. She's still darkening up and is looking great. Still a total sweetie too.

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Extremely gorgeous girl Behira. How old is she now?

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Extremely gorgeous girl Behira. How old is she now?

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Thank you!

She's 5 years old. She will turn 6 in June.

She is beautiful as always.


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Here's Behira all spread out on the chair and stool in the reptile area. She's really getting some size to her. Still a puppy dog.

My mother said it looked like she was posing for a magazine spread. I'll have to ask Feliz and Jeff (male Boas) if they want me to a poster of her up in their enclosures! :sarcasm:

Without further ado, Boa of the Month (April), Behira.

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Great pics of behira dave, she's looking great

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She is soooooo beautiful.


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Behira shed. She also turned 6 years old this month and got a nice medium rat for dinner tonight.

She's doing great and will be on large rats soon.

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That's a snake for you- we ask them to smile for the camera & all they want to do is hide their face under a pillow...:D

I had on the perfect shirt for cleaning water bowls today. Everyone came out for a bit and Katie was downstairs watching a movie, so she took some pics of me with Behira.

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Perfect shirt! :cool:

Behira looking awsome mr Dave and definitely a perfect shirt for the photo [emoji7][emoji7][emoji106][emoji106]

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Behira weighed in empty today at 2,550G. She's only gained about 100G in the past 9 months. She's probably averaged eating a medium rat every three weeks over the past year, although I try to feed every two weeks. As many of you know, things have been crazy with the house, especially the basement and reptile area this past year, so it's been difficult to stick to the 2 week regiment.

In any event, I think it's time to move her up to large rats every three weeks versus mediums every two weeks. Any thoughts?

Good looking boa, and so is the other one.

You can easily move up the sizes you feed both of them.

Unless you are feeding something completely unreasonable in size, you won't have an issue.

Behira looks amazing Dave! I agree with bumping up her prey size at this point. As you know I feed my snakes a little on the heavier side but nothing extreme. For contrast, my 2017 male BI and 2018 female BCO have been on large rats since late last year. I feed them every 3-4 weeks. I don’t normally weigh my snakes but I just put the BI on the scale and he’s 2733g. He did have a chick for a snack a week ago so he’s not totally empty.

Thanks for the comments. Behira is moving up to large rats this week!

Behira ate her first large rat tonight.

I had to postpone feeding a week because of Alpha, my dog who was very sick.

From now on, I'll plan to feed every 3 weeks and a large rat.

Behira looks unfazed by her large rat the other day. She's getting big. Katie held her for the first time in a long time today. Was amazed at how thick and heavy she was. My mom held her the other day too. She was sitting down and was a little overwhelmed by her size. She's nervous about her getting bigger, but I reminded her she's a sweetie and that she's the same Behira that was 400G when we got her. We will see. I hope she keeps interacting with her, it's good for both of them.

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My mother came up today and held Behira again. This time standing up and in the middle of the reptile area. This way, Behira could climb on her, but was not trying to get in cabinets and around chairs, etc. It went better.

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I cleaned Behira's tank today and got some good shots of her. She's doing great.

For reference, that's a 6X2X1' Boaphile she is in. That side (water bowl to the left is 3X2'). She's getting big. Weighed in dry today at 2,580G. A peak weight for her.

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She's looking good- what a sweet face she's got.

Behira is looking awesome and growing beautifully Dave! I see she had no problems moving up to large rats. Good for her!!

She is beautiful.

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She's looking good- what a sweet face she's got.

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Behira is looking awesome and growing beautifully Dave! I see she had no problems moving up to large rats. Good for her!!

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She is beautiful.

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Mom is beautiful as well!

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Thank you! Behira is doing great. I am glad I moved up to Large Rats. Although, she was a little disappointed Sunday night when Jeff got his small rat and she has to wait until next week.

Kam - my mother appreciates the comments. She's still a little nervous with the size Behira is now and will be, but she's coping well.

Katie offered to hold Behira today while I cleaned her water.

My two ladies!

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Katie is looking stunning as well. Beautiful lady holding a beautiful boa.

Behira got her second large rat tonight. She's never struck so hard. It felt like the recoil on a .40 caliber. I wasn't expecting it. She was facing towards the front of the tank and I was putting the rat in from the side. She didn't seem to see it and then BAM! She struck sideways, nailed it, and coiled. Katie was 20 feet away in the other part of the room and couldn't see what was happening. She thought Behira had fallen out of the tank striking at the rat the BAM was so loud.

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