New Arrival!!! Lots of Pics!

Good looking boa. She might be slightly light in terms of weight but still looks to have acceptable proportions so I wouldn't worry about that part. Put some food in her and she will grow. The heat issue is another thing. I'd be very upset at the seller. It sounds like they weren't certified to ship legally and did a crappy job of it. I doubt any harm will come from it since she seemed fine in the unboxing. Congrats on the sweet looking boa and I'd head over to the BOI if I were you.

I would try to talk to the seller about their shipping practices and post an Inquiry on the BOI.

On a side note, am I the only one noticing the ever so subtle bra in the background of the first two pictures? :P (just putting it out there to lighten the mood ;) )

Congrats on her! Glad she got through the cold okay.

Not trying to derail, but when I got my little hypo girl (back in April of last year) she weighed in at only 79 grams and she was a late '10 baby yet she was only 80 grams because the breeder said he cooled her along with his others and she basically didn't eat for those months until I got her. She was also shipped w/o a heat pack and was very cold when I got her, and she almost didn't even want to move when I unboxed her: it took a good couple hours of warming up before I got a couple tongue flicks out of her. I was very nervous! But boas are hardy, and your girl should be fine :)

Plus kudos to you for recording the unboxing, this is VERY good practice for anyone receiving snakes in the mail (it saves your butt in case you get a DOA)!

I noticed, Ruthless ;) lol

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Originally Posted by WifeOfSlasher

Sit still? Lol. Good luck with that :P the only time our guys sit still is when we don't have a camera in hand.

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Of course. Lol. She was like..."Hey! What's that thing!" lol.

Oh, and just an update...I reached in a touched her to see if her body temp was improved and I am happy to report that she is nice and toasty now. :D

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Originally Posted by WarriorPrincess90

I don't want to post anything to the BOI until after I'm sure she's gonna be alright, and after I get her to eat. I'd hate to be on bad terms with the breeder if anything goes wrong. You know? :rolleyes:

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Why wait? The next person may not be as lucky and have a dead boa on their hands.

I totally didn't even notice the bra in the background until I posted them. Lol! :P Oh well. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by MazAnth

Why wait? The next person may not be as lucky and have a dead boa on their hands.

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Very true. Thanks for all the help and feedback everyone!

She is gorgeous. For 2011 she is nice big girl. I don't really see how you think she is on the small side or under weight.
I understand the frustration about the heat pack. My animals shipped from Jeff have all been fine, and they have been shipped during cold months. Jeff has his reasons that he doesn't use them, I was going to leave it for his correspondence but the gist is they have resulted in more DOAs from their use.
I have 6 beauties from Jeff, and have no reservation of doing business with him.

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Originally Posted by minguss

She is gorgeous. For 2011 she is nice big girl. I don't really see how you think she is on the small side or under weight.
I understand the frustration about the heat pack. My animals shipped from Jeff have all been fine, and they have been shipped during cold months. Jeff has his reasons that he doesn't use them, I was going to leave it for his correspondence but the gist is they have resulted in more DOAs from their use.
I have 6 beauties from Jeff, and have no reservation of doing business with him.

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Does Jeff have a website with Terms and Services and shipment info on it? If he does, and this is a known regular shipping standard that he has than you can't be too mad at him. It's a different story if he doesn't have a website and didn't disclose how the snake was going to be sent to you; maybe someone can share a link to his webpage if he has one?