pics of drake!

he is very chocolate in colour... what do you think he's crossed with?

Probably a colombian BCI.

He could be a hog.. I don't have a lot of experience with young ones, though most of the pictures of pure baby hogs you see are obviously pure.. pearly white heads and rich orange tails.

you mean a red tailed? like the big long red tails??? :eek:

colombian red tail.. the most common, generic red tail. Males can occasionally get to 8', but crossed with a hog probably not.

Still, yours could just be a dark pure hog. He's got the head of a hoggie.. very light color, it's just his tail. But, there are a lot of dark tailed hog islands out there. I just don't care for them so I tend to forget seeing them..

hahahaha forget seeing them? i wonder where i can get some pictures... off to search the net.

Heh.. sorry but I'm extremely particular about hog island boas. I like very few of them. In fact, I disliked them until I saw Diva (my female hoggie)

here's a nice ugly one.. I would not think 'hog island' if I saw him. http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/pp_c...&cat=11&page=1

'nother dark one. http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/pp_c...&cat=11&page=1

average babies http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/pp_c...&cat=11&page=1

a couple decent looking babies http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/pp_c...&cat=11&page=2

thanks april... i posted drake's pics on a boa forum and no one has responded yet. hopefully i'll be able to find out if he's pure or crossed.

so i have a story to share... i thought i'd take drake out and see what colour he is (since they change colours depending on the time of day) and i wondered if he would be more orange at night... so i opened his enclosure and took him out. held him for a while and then he started to explore the couch. i took a few pics... and i went to pick him up. he hissed at me!!! scared the sh** out of me and then i was too scared to pick him up and get him back into his enclosure. so... i ended up pushing him off the couch into his enclosure... what a chicken i am. my son... who's 12 was a bigger chicken than me though... he was NO help at all... except to suggest i put on gloves which... if drake wanted to bite me he wouldn't be biting my hands which would be behind him... instead he'd be going for my eyes :eek:

well,... here's the pic... and yes... i've lived to tell the story *faints*

(please note he was guarding the phone so i could not call for help!!!)

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...raketheman.jpg

Lol... yay Hoggy attitude! They always think they're so tough :)

so will they strike or just pretend to?

and how do you all handle them when they do this? tips and suggestions for the next time is appreciated!