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He's looking sharp dakski!
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Looking great dave,looks to be getting some girth too mate.
Looks so chilled out
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Originally Posted by richardhind1972
Looking great dave,looks to be getting some girth too mate.
Looks so chilled out
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Yes and Yes.
Definitely putting on some weight and girth. He is super chill. Has been since day one, but is even more so now. Very inquisitive and interested in what is going on around him.
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Looks like everything you could want in a boa...mellow, curious & handsome.
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Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Looks like everything you could want in a boa...mellow, curious & handsome.
Absolutley. And.......small size.
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.... And.......small size.
Yes, especially the smaller size! ;)
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Feliz is looking nice and bright Dave
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Feliz is looking nice and bright Dave
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Thanks Rich! He's growing too! He's really started to put on weight since he went to Rat Fuzzy's.
He could take a rat pup now, but I am feeding weekly still, and am going to wait a bit to move in prey size. No need to rush, especially with a BCC.
I'll tell you what though, he's got the fastest strike I've ever seen. Last night, I had the rat a few inches to his front/right. His head was at the acrylic door and I had the rat basically next to him. I expected him to turn and strike. NOPE! He struck sideways, grabbed the rat, and did a 90 degree move while wrapping it and ended up in the middle of the tank. This all happened in less than a second. WOW.
He does strike hard and fast, but he also strikes quickly, so there's no waiting and I don't get anxious. Behira sometimes stalks the prey for a minute and then strikes. That makes me crazy! Is she going to strike? When is she going to strike? Quick strikers don't make me anxious at all.
Alfred Hitchcock said, "The anticipation of the bang is worse than the bang itself."
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Hasn't quite got the "hand-cuff" move down yet...just wait. ;)
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Love the clean pattern and the red, red, tail. Gorgeous creature, and with a disposition like his... looks like you got the perfect pet boa!
Still waiting to hear back from TC Reptile on my anticipated acquisition...
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Feliz is getting a little too happy to see me. In other words - he thinks food a lot now! Good thing he's hook trained already. Calms right down the second he sees/feels the hook handle. No striking or anything, but I know the look and the movement of a Boa wanting food :).
Once out, as with Behira, he's a total puppy dog.
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"I can touch the sky, Dad!"
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What a clean pattern!
Good looking boa!
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Originally Posted by Gio
What a clean pattern!
Good looking boa!
Thanks Gio.
He was a holdback for color. Tommy Carpenter (TC Reptile) held him and his brother back (he's the first picture of the thread, with a dog bone in his tail pattern) and could only keep one. I twisted his arm for Feliz. I send him updates and he says, I think semi-jokingly, that he regrets selling him.
I think it's only Tommy and one other breeder in the USA of True Venezuelan Red Tails, the real dwarf BCC's.
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Great pics dave , really love his clean saddles, the dslr camera really brings his colours out.
never noticed the sunglasses on his markings before, looks like someone spray tanned round them so coooool
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He's a beautiful boa, love the nice contrast.
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Feliz was a goofball last night. I offered him his first rat pup - 20G - and it barely left a dent. He could eat bigger, but I am growing him slow, or trying too. He's still growing like a weed.
Anyway, on to the goofball part. He struck, and missed - his first miss. He was apparently frustrated (:)). He struck past it, pulled his head back, and was right next to it, grabbed it by the neck, and yanked it off the tongs and coiled.
Good thing it wasn't alive!
BTW - the spots on my tank doors are not because they are dirty. I mist the tanks for the boas and pythons (and sometimes Solana and Figment if in shed) sometimes, especially in the winter, and found one of the best ways to keep the humidity up in the boaphiles is to mist the door(s). The doors are vented around and the air moves around them and distributes the humidity. This way, I am not getting substrate too wet (and since I use printless newspaper, it dries out fast anyway), but keeping humidity up for a while.
For the record, the tanks do a great job of keeping humidity over 50% down to 25-30% in the winter here in my dry, heated, basement. However, at least every few days, and in shed, I get it over 60% for the boas and pythons. How far over depends on the species.
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It's funny how mad they seem to get when they miss it first time, I presume they think they gonna get away if they don't nail.it first time. Which I suppose it would if it was live
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Mum looks great with feliz, so glad mum enjoys all your critter's
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Spent some quality time with Feliz yesterday. He's very curious, but so gentle.
He loves to boop noses!
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I am going to boop you!
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Great photo mr Dave.his tail looks so great against his light coloured sides
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Great photo mr Dave.his tail looks so great against his light coloured sides
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Thanks Rich. Yeah, he's a stunner. Nature did a good job with him. No morphs here.
His tail is nuts, but his contrast is off the charts. He's really just an all around beautiful boa.
He's also looking really sturdy. He's going to be a well built and strong bodied snake.
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Yes he is gonna be an even better stunner as adult
Weird question
Does your bcc feel different to your bci, my Gomez scales almost feel finer
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Yes he is gonna be an even better stunner as adult
Weird question
Does your bcc feel different to your bci, my Gomez scales almost feel finer
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Yes, he feels "softer." However, Behira was 400G when I got her and Feliz is just 210G now. Behira is still soft, but not as much as when she was younger. So, I wouldn't be comparing apples to apples.
At 1,400G will his body feel softer than Behira's does now? I don't know. Sorry if that isn't helpful.
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Dude, he looks awesome! Does he have light and dark phases like some other boas? He's growing well too. I need to weigh my boas again now that I think about it.
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Love how golden he’s getting dave, definitely filling out
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Dude, he looks awesome! Does he have light and dark phases like some other boas? He's growing well too. I need to weigh my boas again now that I think about it.
If he has light and dark phases they are not as noticeable as Behira (BCI).
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His colours are great in the natural sunlight dave, really brings the reds out on his tail
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Feliz is doing great. However, he's begun taking after his older sister, Behira.
He struck the acrylic door last week, but I was hoping it was a fluke. Today, though, same thing. Starts striking at the key when I turn it in the door. Several strikes before I got the rat in there. He seems fine and devoured the rat.
I'll advise if I do what I did for Behira - a drape, but I'll see if it continues.
Man, these Boas are ravenous!
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Hopefully he will settle down again like behira has
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Hopefully he will settle down again like behira has
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Exactly. He's growing like a weed now. Hopefully, it's a phase.
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Exactly. He's growing like a weed now. Hopefully, it's a phase.
Right now my male BP is off feed and it is terribly frustrating. He hasn't eaten in two months. A ravenous snake sounds like a good problem to me right now! But grass is always greener, ya know.
About how big would you say Feliz is now?
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Right now my male BP is off feed and it is terribly frustrating. He hasn't eaten in two months. A ravenous snake sounds like a good problem to me right now! But grass is always greener, ya know.
About how big would you say Feliz is now?
Feliz is about 250g now.
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Feliz is doing great. However, he's begun taking after his older sister, Behira.
He struck the acrylic door last week, but I was hoping it was a fluke. Today, though, same thing. Starts striking at the key when I turn it in the door. Several strikes before I got the rat in there. He seems fine and devoured the rat.
I'll advise if I do what I did for Behira - a drape, but I'll see if it continues.
Man, these Boas are ravenous!
"Teenagers"! The same everywhere...:rofl: Just can't fill them up. :snake:
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Feliz weighed in at 270G dry yesterday. I'll post pictures soon, but he's doing great.
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WOW - Feliz is the most aggressive feeder I have. He's nuts.
Today, he struck as soon as I offered, and not only did he strike, he grabbed and wrapped in no time. In the process, he ripped the rat pup (F/T) off the tongs and left me holding a big piece of skin (on the tong tips). I was holding the rat by the neck - not an appendage. That's a first for me.
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I've often had bits of skin or fur attached the tongs where they been too fast to release them, glad he's eating so well dave
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I've often had bits of skin or fur attached the tongs where they been too fast to release them, glad he's eating so well dave
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LOL. Yeah, it caught me off guard Rich.
I think I am going to move him up to weaned rats soon. The rat pups are getting a little small for him. I need to be careful though. Nothing too big. He is a BCC and although the Venezuelan BCC are supposedly not prone to regurgitation syndrome and are more like BI, I don't want to risk it.
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LOL. Yeah, it caught me off guard Rich.
I think I am going to move him up to weaned rats soon. The rat pups are getting a little small for him. I need to be careful though. Nothing too big. He is a BCC and although the Venezuelan BCC are supposedly not prone to regurgitation syndrome and are more like BI, I don't want to risk it.
Definitely not worth pushing as you say
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Definitely not worth pushing as you say
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Agreed and I am still feeding weekly and he is growing like a weed. Maybe wait a bit.
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Agreed and I am still feeding weekly and he is growing like a weed. Maybe wait a bit.
Gomez on large weeners every fortnight now but I think I may have to start give him small rats Soon they not filling him he's 2 in June so been nicely grown
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