Victoria has her first quail!

She's so pretty! I'm not very knowledgeable on boas, but do they lose color as they age like ball pythons or will she be that pretty if not even prettier as she ages (assuming she's not already fully grown out)? o: Those colors are so stunning, I'd never seen such a pretty boa until seeing your posts.

Anyhow, back on topic, good to hear she enjoyed her meal! That last picture makes me laugh, she looks so grumpy from that angle.

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Originally Posted by AlbinoBull

She's so pretty! I'm not very knowledgeable on boas, but do they lose color as they age like ball pythons or will she be that pretty if not even prettier as she ages (assuming she's not already fully grown out)? o: Those colors are so stunning, I'd never seen such a pretty boa until seeing your posts.

Anyhow, back on topic, good to hear she enjoyed her meal! That last picture makes me laugh, she looks so grumpy from that angle.

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All albinos and sunglows yellow out some as they get older. Sharps tend to hold their oranges and reds better and kahls tend to wash out. With that said, Vicky has been mistaken for sharp sunglow a lot. She is actually kahl and about 3 years old so she is pretty much where she will stay. Her mom is an EBV Redgroup and her dad is a Burke Lipstick line sunglow. For comparsion, the first picture is her as a baby when I got her and the bottom picture is her now at almost 3 years old.
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Gorgeous animal. Nice snaps as well.

It will be interesting to see how things progress at the other end in a week or so :)


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She got much better with age, at least in my eyes! She is a beautiful snake, I can't believe how bright and shiny she is! Thank you so much for sharing, it's always so fun to see the colors of other snakes I'm unfamiliar with. I'll need to look up boa morphs sometime.

I'm a BP addict, but I have to say she is gorgeous and I love her eyes!

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It will be interesting to see how things progress at the other end in a week or so :)

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LOL that first feeding with feathers gets real interesting to clean up...

You have an amazing collection Sau! As far as the avian in the diet, variety is the spice of life. Congrats and thanks for sharing. :gj:

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LOL that first feeding with feathers gets real interesting to clean up...

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I've heard this before, but I've fed quail to my rtb and sstp, didn't really notice any difference. Maybe if you feed only birds? I offer mostly rats but have given guinea pig and quail before, I've got a couple piglets in the freezer I'm going to try on my bigger snakes one of these weeks too.

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Originally Posted by GoingPostal

I've heard this before, but I've fed quail to my rtb and sstp, didn't really notice any difference. Maybe if you feed only birds? I offer mostly rats but have given guinea pig and quail before, I've got a couple piglets in the freezer I'm going to try on my bigger snakes one of these weeks too.

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My experience has been that live chicken has nasty results. FT chicken/quail does not. Never tried live quail.