Re: What's a good boa for me?
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TJ_Burton
Hahaha this made me laugh (:
I have a BCI, shes a new addition, and i absolutley am in love with her, she has the most amazing temperment of any snake i have ever held. I cuddle with her when im watching tv, she just lies along my body haha. Shes a great eater on FT, i switched her from live (other owner had been feedin live for her whole life) in a snap! Shes really a great snake! But i agree with all the others, each snake is different (: Good luck! Im sure youll find a perfect boa that you will compleatly adore (:
Re: What's a good boa for me?
Here are some pics of my little nice female. She is a baby obviously but they stay tiny for boas.
My little girl is evil as all hell though.
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Re: What's a good boa for me?
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skinnyrascal
Thank you! I'm still undecided because they're all beautiful, temperament/willingness to be held is of top importance, but I don't want anything that'll get huge. A hog island morph would be really neat. I'm still pretty drawn to the BCIs though, there's just something about them!
But yes, I'd love to go to an expo sometime. :D
Hog Island boas are a specific locality of BCI. And while there are hypo hogs, that's it for morphs with them. If you want a morph - an albino, snow, aztec, or whathaveyou - you'll need to go with a Colombian BCI.
The thing about boas is that sometimes the larger varieties are the ones with the best temperaments. But keep in mind that the size difference isn't that much in the grand scheme of things. A male Colombian will be about the same size as a female Central American even though the CA is considered "dwarf" and the Colombian is not - and the Colombian will likely have the better personality.
This is why it's a good idea to go to an expo to handle several different varieties to figure out what you like. And if you get a baby, by the time it grows up, you'll be quite comfortable handling it.
I am also a small person and not very strong. My all-time favorite boa is my female Colombian BCI. She will likely grow to around 8-ish feet or so which is quite large (at least by my standards, lol). Yes, she is still quite young since I got her as a tiny baby, but because I did so, I am totally comfortable with her and I know her personality quite well. I will have no trouble with her even when she's huge. She's my baby. :gj:
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Evenstar
Now you are tempting me to get one!! While BRB's have my heart, I have had my eye on other boas as well.
Re: What's a good boa for me?
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Evenstar
Hog Island boas are a specific locality of BCI. And while there are hypo hogs, that's it for morphs with them.
Don't quote me on this but I'm 99% sure hypo hogs are a cross and not a "locality morph." I'll ask my gf when she gets home since she's done way more reading on BCI's than I have.
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devildog_dk
Don't quote me on this but I'm 99% sure hypo hogs are a cross and not a "locality morph." I'll ask my gf when she gets home since she's done way more reading on BCI's than I have.
That is correct. Hog Islands are a specific locality of BCI. But hypo hogs have to have some Colombian influence in order to carry the hypo gene. Some hypo hogs are more "hog" than others - once the hypo gene has been introduced, the animal can be bred back to a pure hog and still produce hypos. The hypo gene is dominant, co-dominant actually. So some hypo hogs actually have very little Colombian in them. But all hypo hogs have to have had some Colombian influence in order to get the hypo gene. This is the only gene that has been indroduced in Hogs thus far though. And they are still considered a specific locality - although, if hypo, they are not 100% pure. :gj:
