Vin Russo.

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Originally Posted by Reinz

I've never had that problem. All my snakes ignore my dogs and cat. Whether the snakes are caged or out. Also the dogs and cat show little attention towards the snake.

Now I have had Butch, one of my Boas slam into the glass a few times while in hunger mode when I walked by.

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Butch, Wild Type BI

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Well thats good..... I hear all kinds of stories about the pet snakes let loose down south lke Florida that have been killing wild life.. I know of a couple news stories about neighborhood domestic animals too.. It may be the fact that they are Wild now and hunting.
Not sure why my Burm does it.. But I guess he isnt picky, you can throw anything in there, rat, mouse, Gerbil, Rabbit, guinea pig.. He eats it all without hesitation.
All your snakes ate gorgeous. You have real nice setups.

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Originally Posted by Mr Sully

Hahahaha... I wish i lived in a area where I had Local breeders with good selections. I cant stand all this Shipping and Not even seeing them in Person boloney. The 3 month old albino I bought (Brian Sharps) is less than impressive as far as the claimed "High Contrast". The male I already had who is a plane Albino is brighter for sure. Thank God she is atleast a sweetheart because for me thats what counts. Now I just pray she really is Female as I know its hard to sex them at a couple months old!!

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Unless the boa is an adult, just give your albino some time to mature. Most of the selectively-bred albino morphs don't start showing their true colors until 1-3 years of age. They can go from an ugly drab "regular" albino to bursting with color given just a few years to grow.

As far as dealing with Vin Russo, I never have, but he's certainly dedicated his life to boas. He seems a great source for locality boas, so if that's what you're looking for definitely consider him. Some of his babies are in high demand, so you might have to get to them quickly or he'll sell out.

I've since had several e-mails with Vin about different species of boas and his responses were prompt and informative. I've also purchased his book and it's a good read thus far.

Taking info from his suggestions and some of my own research I decided to obtain a Dumeril and a Caulkers Cay boa this year.

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Originally Posted by Mr Sully

Im near Turning Stone Casino.. UTICA/ROME.
I hear what your saying about something that you can interact with..Im a Burm guy.. I absolutely love them, it wish I could get a midget lmbo.... Like Sauzo said everyone is into Retics now days, but im just not interested in the the attitude even though some are docile they wont be what I have always had.. Burms & Balls are puppy dogs compaired lol. Sorry Sauzo hahahaha... Im getting antsy waiting for this nee enclosure man... I cant beleive its only been like 6 weeks.. Im only like 1/2 way supposedly!!!
PS: the shop is "Wild Things" in New York Mills.. Bug like I said he is just a Ball Breeder & Hobbiest.

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Yeah - just down the thruway from me - I'll check that shop out sometime. Thanks for the heads up. We must've ordered around the same time - I'm at 6 weeks on 3/14. LOL

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Look into a SD retic. You will definitely have your hands full with one of those. They eat more, eat a lot larger and pee all over their cages. Some will pee on you as Gio and Jmcrook can probably verify. I've dodged the bullet so far as Caesar just pisses in his cage all the time but never on me or when outside.

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Sauzo - quite the salesman for rectics LOL

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Originally Posted by BR8080

Sauzo - quite the salesman for rectics LOL

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Lol whenever someone says they want something more active, I'm going to recommend retics. They are definitely busy and really interactive. Whenever Caesar is destroying something or now that he's on paper towels, he is digging under them to play around, he will stop what he is doing and look at me when I check on him and he will sit there with his face on the litter dam just looking at me. Then when nothing exciting happens in about 30 secs, he goes back to whatever he was destroying haha.

Since I put paper towels in, he has decided hides aren't that entertaining to sit in anymore. He now likes to either shove them around or crawl around under the paper towels lol. I think Gio and bcr are that retics do seem to like 'toys'. I need to half fill a 20 oz water bowl for Caesar to push around and play with.
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And no, I don't know which way his head is. I tried peeking behind the water bowl since if he see me peeking around, he will usually come out to see what's up. He didn't move so I'm thinking his head is under the front area. Kind of tired so didn't feel like opening the door to see where his head is as that usually means he wants to come out and see what's shakin.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Lol whenever someone says they want something more active, I'm going to recommend retics. They are definitely busy and really interactive. Whenever Caesar is destroying something or now that he's on paper towels, he is digging under them to play around, he will stop what he is doing and look at me when I check on him and he will sit there with his face on the litter dam just looking at me. Then when nothing exciting happens in about 30 secs, he goes back to whatever he was destroying haha.

Since I put paper towels in, he has decided hides aren't that entertaining to sit in anymore. He now likes to either shove them around or crawl around under the paper towels lol. I think Gio and bcr are that retics do seem to like 'toys'. I need to half fill a 20 oz water bowl for Caesar to push around and play with.
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And no, I don't know which way his head is. I tried peeking behind the water bowl since if he see me peeking around, he will usually come out to see what's up. He didn't move so I'm thinking his head is under the front area. Kind of tired so didn't feel like opening the door to see where his head is as that usually means he wants to come out and see what's shakin.

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hahahahaha.. I got one that drags his hide everywhere.. He gets it pinned so the hide door is against the enclosure wall and he cant get in there... PITA lol.

I ordered his book about two(?) years ago. Because of a screw-up on MY end, he never got payment, even though I had paid PayPal. He sent me an e-mail about a week later asking if I still wanted to buy the book...

After some back and forth communication, he ended up sending me the book the next day, and BEFORE he received payment from PayPal. My stupid mistake, but he trusted me not to scam him.

Next year, I should be ready for a Tarahumara (we need to move first, no more space here), and I will get one of Vin's.

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Originally Posted by distaff

I ordered his book about two(?) years ago. Because of a screw-up on MY end, he never got payment, even though I had paid PayPal. He sent me an e-mail about a week later asking if I still wanted to buy the book...

After some back and forth communication, he ended up sending me the book the next day, and BEFORE he received payment from PayPal. My stupid mistake, but he trusted me not to scam him.

Next year, I should be ready for a Tarahumara (we need to move first, no more space here), and I will get one of Vin's.

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I looked into the Tarahumara as well but liked the Caulkers coloring a bit better. Not to mention that head stamp on the Caulkers is very nice.

Good luck to you.

I just finished the book and overall it was a great and informative read.

I was a little disappointed he never mentioned the Dumeril boa. Understanding the dum is from a completely different continent the book is titled, "The Complete Boa Constrictor; A Comprehensive Guide To The Care, Breeding, and Geographic Races." IMHO it fits the definition of "comprehensive" but.....when you don't even mention a species of boa. I guess he's more focused on the boas of Central and South America.

I should've anticipated this based on my correspondence with him. Oh well, it still contains some great information.