2018 0.1 Boa Constrictor Occidentalis, Argentine Boa, Progression

So stoked that this critter is using her playground. Can’t wait to see her perched at 6-7’
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She is such a stunner jmcrook!

She's going to be awesome at size!

WOW - those pinks! Just wow. One of the nicest Boas on the site.

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She is such a stunner jmcrook!

She's going to be awesome at size!

WOW - those pinks! Just wow. One of the nicest Boas on the site.

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Thanks so much man! I actually just sent Bob Guerriere who produced her some pics the other day and he was floored. He didn’t at all expect she would have stayed this light in background color at this age given the pairing she came from. I can’t wait to see her when she’s big enough to fill out the full 6’ cage she’s in a half of right now


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She is the cat's meow for sure Crook. I'll have to add some perches for my boas :gj: . Is that a 6x2x2 she's in?

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She is the cat's meow for sure Crook. I'll have to add some perches for my boas :gj: . Is that a 6x2x2 she's in?

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Thanks Ziggy!
She and my Surinam are both in opposite halves of a divided T25 right now. 6x2.5x1.5’ total so they’ve both got 3x2.5x1.5 each at the moment.


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That was the perfect choice for an addition to your collection. Argentines are one of the largest and most impressive species of boa in nature and captivity.

It's nice to be able to have an impressive, alternative to the previous species you kept. And not have to deal with the extra curricular activities that went along with it.

I imagine in years to come we'll see some over the shoulder photos of this beauty with you.

I love seeing the perches being utilized!

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Thanks Ziggy!
She and my Surinam are both in opposite halves of a divided T25 right now. 6x2.5x1.5’ total so they’ve both got 3x2.5x1.5 each at the moment.


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Wow! Two super stars in the same enclosure. Very Nice! I can see where the added depth of that enclosure would be nice for boas. I was thinking 8x2x2 or 6x2x2 for my large adults. I might have to reconfigure things a bit.

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Wow! Two super stars in the same enclosure. Very Nice! I can see where the added depth of that enclosure would be nice for boas. I was thinking 8x2x2 or 6x2x2 for my large adults. I might have to reconfigure things a bit.

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I think either of those sizes would work depending on how big your boas get. My plan is to move Mira into the full 6’ cage eventually and Lenny gets a 4x2.5x2’ cage as will Sally Jo.

If either boa gets big enough to need a larger cage then mirabelle gets the full 8x2.5x2’ cage, Leonard gets the T25, and I get something else for Sally Jo. I think she’d be fine in my spare 4x2x1’ but I want to give her some height as she’s always on her perches at night.


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She's looking badass!! Those pinks are bonkers!!!

Fresh coat of paint on this growing beast. She seems like she doubled in girth overnight too. Stockiest proportioned animal here aside from my Royal Python. Will be a sight to behold at 15-20lbs
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That color is awesome!

Such an amazing colour, love the argies [emoji7][emoji7]

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Fresh coat of paint on this growing beast. She seems like she doubled in girth overnight too. Stockiest proportioned animal here aside from my Royal Python. Will be a sight to behold at 15-20lbs
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How much more pink can there be?

Spinal Tap answer: "None, none more pinker" LOL!

That is a beautiful animal.


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Stunning! :bow:

So much pink! What a beautiful boa you got there JM.

She's definitely pretty in pink JC! She looks bigger than my girl. Any idea how much she weighs?

Wow that is an absolutly stunning boa!

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She's definitely pretty in pink JC! She looks bigger than my girl. Any idea how much she weighs?

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Thanks, Ziggy! She's been growing quite a bit since moving up to weaned rats the last few months. She dropped a bomb yesterday and I got what I felt to be a mostly empty weight on her. 434 grams and right around the 3' mark.

My jaw drops every time I see a new pic.

Spot cleaning, having a beer and sorta half cleaning enclosures tonight, and this gal looked exceptionally pink and a tad darker. May be approaching a shed soon but she’s occasionally sporadic with shed cycles. Squirmy, blurry pics tonight but that’s animals for ya
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Those pinks are amazing!

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Spot cleaning, having a beer and sorta half cleaning enclosures tonight, and this gal looked exceptionally pink and a tad darker. May be approaching a shed soon but she’s occasionally sporadic with shed cycles. Squirmy, blurry pics tonight but that’s animals for ya
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All of my temptations come from your posts brother.

I wish I could take on more, at least just one!

Them pinks are just outstanding mate

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This gorgeous chunk of a boa turned 2yrs old yesterday. Easily the chillest animal to hang out with most any day here. Still will give me a firm hiss here and there but turns off like a switch once she’s hooked and in hand. Looking forward to the next 20+yrs, Mirabelle Rose!
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Man JM, she is such a stunner.

Amazing example of the species. Just unreal.

She really is outstanding, fantastic colour and markings

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Thanks y’all! I know you’re not supposed to pick favorites but this girl is up there for sure. I even talked to Bob Guerriere recently and he said she’s just as good as any of his holdbacks from that generation of animals


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She sure is a looker, that’s for sure.

God I love this animal. Was looking around the cage floor thinking it was odd she wasn’t out hunting/stalking yet tonight... then I looked up!

Over all spends the majority of the time on the floor but when she is up on her shelf and perch she’s invariably stalking the enclosure floor. The Surinam however has yet to be observed stalking from an elevated area.

Just some interesting observations I thought I’d share.

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Seriously, I have snake envy over this girl more than most snakes I see. She's just awesome.

Between her and a few of RichardHind1972's Boas, along with a few others on this site, it's hard not to want another one.

Of course, I am super happy with Behira, Feliz, and Jeff, and have no plans to add now, but looking never hurt anyone.

Your girl is going to look ridiculously awesome at size! I cannot wait to see her full grown (as I am sure you cannot either).

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Seriously, I have snake envy over this girl more than most snakes I see. She's just awesome.

Between her and a few of RichardHind1972's Boas, along with a few others on this site, it's hard not to want another one.

Of course, I am super happy with Behira, Feliz, and Jeff, and have no plans to add now, but looking never hurt anyone.

Your girl is going to look ridiculously awesome at size! I cannot wait to see her full grown (as I am sure you cannot either).

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Thanks brother! She’s definitely a favorite here.

I’m always envious of Richards boa posts too. Especially his IMG girl Medusa. [emoji7]

You’ve got a great gang of boas too man! I haven’t really been a morph person with my personal collection in a while but Jeff is grabbing my attention more and more every time I see him. He’s going to look awesome at 5-6’.

Can’t wait to see this girl with some serious size. Curious if she’ll ever darken up or stay really light in the background like she is now.


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Thanks brother! She’s definitely a favorite here.

I’m always envious of Richards boa posts too. Especially his IMG girl Medusa. [emoji7]

You’ve got a great gang of boas too man! I haven’t really been a morph person with my personal collection in a while but Jeff is grabbing my attention more and more every time I see him. He’s going to look awesome at 5-6’.

Can’t wait to see this girl with some serious size. Curious if she’ll ever darken up or stay really light in the background like she is now.


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Thanks mate,
That bco is just so cool, love how pink she is already, I follow someone on Instagram with some amazing max pink
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Thanks mate,
That bco is just so cool, love how pink she is already, I follow someone on Instagram with some amazing max pink
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Yep! Bob/Ancient Reproductions is the breeder who I got Mirabelle from. He’s who started the Maxx Pink line of BCO and had been working on that project for ~26yrs. Stunning animals to say the least


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Yes they just outstanding

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God I love this animal. Was looking around the cage floor thinking it was odd she wasn’t out hunting/stalking yet tonight... then I looked up!

Over all spends the majority of the time on the floor but when she is up on her shelf and perch she’s invariably stalking the enclosure floor. The Surinam however has yet to be observed stalking from an elevated area.

Just some interesting observations I thought I’d share.

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Death from above...
This is great boa. Absolute bulldozer's.
I have never seen a boa with as much confidence as BCO. If you opened the door of the enclosure opposite of where my big girl was she would put her boots on and come straight over to see what was going on. If I was spot cleaning she would put that massive head about two inches away and supervise all movements. I knew because of they way she was that there wasn't any risk but that didn't stop me from having misgivings about an 8 foot + boa with zero give-a-damns about me injecting herself in my space. -It didn't help knowing what she was capable of either...When tossing a 4 pound FT rabbit in there she would hit and wrap so hard that the wife has asked what happened in there from the other room?

The male is the same. Completely confident, comes straight to the door when you open it and both are perfectly calm as long as you let them check things out before touching them. I don't own a hook but neither of these two would respond to hook training. If you touched before they checked things out you were in for a wide open mouth and hiss that would send shivers. -There is no question in my mind that they would back it up but I always meet them on there terms and neither ever bit me as adults.

One cool sunny day I put my big girl in the back yard. The conditions were perfect for her to bask and she crawled out of some tree shade into the sun and stayed there for about 45 minutes. (She travels in a straight line -inch worm style) After she was warmed up and started heading off I went to go get her. She stopped forward motion and started twitching her tail. I decided I would touch the tail and see what happened. I bent over towards her tail and she didn't move except for the tail twitch until I touched her tail then she spun around with her mouth open like a shot! Had she really wanted a piece of me...she'd could have. After I stood up she followed me with her head but soon lost interest and I picked her up without incident.

There is a picture of the male in my gallery...my female was 'average' looking the male is gorgeous. I say 'was' because the female had a complication while gravid with her first litter. I waited 13 years to pair them and was more excited for that litter than the first Suriname litter.

Really cool snakes and yours is beautiful.

Thanks for sharing bns! I’ve noticed a lot of the same things with my bco girl. Very boldly confident but mostly at night when in stalking mode. During the day she’s a tad shy.
I’ve been hook training her from day one with good success. When she’s feeling pissy she’s certainly not shy about making it known. Sounds like a tractor tire stuck with a nail and can hear her from outside my snake room.
Once she’s been tapped with a hook and given a second to acknowledge what’s going on she’s calm as can be. Will go from mouth open loudly hissing to dead silence in two seconds once she’s in my hands.
Can’t wait to see her with the physique and mass of a boat anchor. If her grandmother is any indication of size potential then she could become an absolute tank of an animal. I’ll get some new pics of her up soon.


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This girl is getting big. Excited to see her at 7’ eventually
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Yeah. She’s going to be a real stunner. Of course she already is, so goes without saying.

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This girl is getting big. Excited to see her at 7’ eventually
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She's stunning already, think she will be a big girl, that's for sure

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Thanks Dave and Richard! She’s definitely a favorite here


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Misread her shed cycle recently and apparently caught the tail end of it, not her going into shed. Shed out yesterday afternoon and went up to the canopy for some Death From Above stalking this morning. We’ll see if I can get an arboreal attack when I feed tonight. Good god I love this critter.
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That colour is just so cool, she's awsome

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She’s absolutely gorgeous!


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Beautiful she is.


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Love it brother!

Sorry I've been absent a bit. It's that busy time of year here at the plant.

Beautiful snake and lovely cage setup.

Thanks, y’all!

I hear ya, Gio. Gonna be putting in some hellish hours at the salt mines here as well. The critters help make it all a little bit more bearable though.


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Looking good! :gj:

JM, I continue to absolutely love this girl. So beautiful.

Mirabelle Rose
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