Boelens python

He shed! And in one big beautiful piece.
So I got him out for the first time for a couple pictures. He's really nice to handle, not shy or defensive at all. Hopefully he keeps that as he grows.

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He's still got a tad bit of his baby coloring.

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Hope everyone enjoys the pictures!

-Jessica

He looks beautiful! One of these decades I think I'm going to transition my herp focus towards scrubs and boelens, and seeing stuff like that really makes me drool :P

Arent they the most beautiful. I picked a female up about 6 months ago. She is amazing.. I will try and get some pictures to you next week. She just ate today and will look like she swallowed a football for a few days..

Thanks! I adore him, and (when my bank account recovers from buying him) I'd like to find a girl too.

Oh I know what you mean! Im hoping to pick up a Male later in the year and or next. I wanted this female to get started first and get some time under her.

I love the way they move around when you have them out. Very calm and non aggressive. But I will tell you .. Im not sure how long you have had yours but the feeding response is amazing!!

i think i may hate you a little bit!! j/k

awsome animal!!

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Oh I know what you mean! Im hoping to pick up a Male later in the year and or next. I wanted this female to get started first and get some time under her.

I love the way they move around when you have them out. Very calm and non aggressive. But I will tell you .. Im not sure how long you have had yours but the feeding response is amazing!!

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It's funny, the first time I fed him he was an absolute gentleman. Cruised up, gently took the rat, and ate.
But after that every time I open the cage he gives me a hungry look and comes right up to the front. So we'll see if he was just being nice the first time.

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It's funny, the first time I fed him he was an absolute gentleman. Cruised up, gently took the rat, and ate.
But after that every time I open the cage he gives me a hungry look and comes right up to the front. So we'll see if he was just being nice the first time.

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Oh I will tell you now. My girl senses feeding time in the room .. and is waiting at the glass by the time I get to her. I will completely admit that EVEN I'm a bit timid when first trying to get her out. Cause if she thinks its feeding time she is moves pretty fast for a long snake.

Nice to talk with a fellow owner .. not many around.

Richie

That is one beautiful animal. Congratulations.

That is one awesome looking snake!

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Oh I will tell you now. My girl senses feeding time in the room .. and is waiting at the glass by the time I get to her. I will completely admit that EVEN I'm a bit timid when first trying to get her out. Cause if she thinks its feeding time she is moves pretty fast for a long snake.

Nice to talk with a fellow owner .. not many around.

Richie

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I'm beginning to see what you mean. It's not feeding day, but the second I reach for the latches on his cage he's front and center with his head up waiting for food. It's a bit scary honestly lol. He's soooooo interested in everything I do, little bugger just watches me. But he's still calm and sweet out of the cage. I've been using a hook to tap him to let him know it's not feeding time when I'm working in the cage. He seems pretty smart.

I envy you, gorgeous snake :D

HUGE CONGRATS!!!! One of my all time wanted and coveted snake!!! You are a lucky woman!!!

O wow... everyday we learn something new.. That a first time I see that One..Is just stunning :bow: Can you tell us little bit more... How big they grow.. what are habitat requirements... and how much they go around on the market ???( i suspect because of they rarity they are expensive)

One more time amazing Animal :gj::gj::gj:

WOW! :O What a snake!

Aww, I love that last pic, he looks so sweet!! Beautiful snake, and that's awesome that he's friendly!! :D

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O wow... everyday we learn something new.. That a first time I see that One..Is just stunning :bow: Can you tell us little bit more... How big they grow.. what are habitat requirements... and how much they go around on the market ???( i suspect because of they rarity they are expensive)

One more time amazing Animal :gj::gj::gj:

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Right now. there are a couple of good web sites that give some data on housing. I have mine in a four foot cage to start with a couple of hides and a basking light, water. I will try to get some video of it and post it. Ive been meaning to get some pictures posted. Temps are around 75 with a roof heat pad. The basking light gets the area mid 90s.. I read they can get in upwards of 10-12feet.

Im going to start saving for a 8-10 foot cage soon.

I saw one of these at a show and immediately fell in love.

Then I learned the price tag and fell out of love.

I still lust...

Look at this iridescence!!!

http://www.boelenspythons.com/images...%20boeleni.jpg

I'm still in love...regardless of price tag...some day I will have one...someday...

I had never heard of these before. Amazing looking snake. Kinda like a really low pattern jungle carpet. THis post is kinda old but please post more pics if you get this. I tired googling it but most pics weren't that good.

Their personality is very different from a jungle carpet though. Also, the have the most adorable little bulldog heads.
Here's one recent-ish picture of him. He just shed, so I'll post a couple new photos soon.
Thanks for the nice comments everyone! He's really something special.

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I finally went to take pics and she is in shed today. I will get some soon..sorry for the delay.

Richie

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I finally went to take pics and she is in shed today. I will get some soon..sorry for the delay.

Richie

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No worries, I have the exact same luck. Little buggers decide to shed at the worst possible times.

How do you have your girl set up? I've heard a lot of different things regarding lighting etc. and I'm curious how you do it.

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No worries, I have the exact same luck. Little buggers decide to shed at the worst possible times.

How do you have your girl set up? I've heard a lot of different things regarding lighting etc. and I'm curious how you do it.

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Right now, I have her set up in a 4 foot cage. On paper. I have a over head heat source at 75 degrees. then i have a UAB basking light, only comes on for 6 hours, that gets to about 95 degrees. a couple of hides and water. She gets one medium crawler rat once a week.

When she sheds this weekend I will get some pictures posted.

Richie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yTbkMbl1Ac


Testing this out .. see if you can see her..

Richie

What a beautiful face!

Has anyone ever figured out how to get these to reproduce in captivity yet?

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Has anyone ever figured out how to get these to reproduce in captivity yet?

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I've been looking for one of these guys and the few breeders I have talked to haven't had any luck and a couple are giving up the project. I believe Pro Exotics has their pair for sale. I will have one some day:)

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I've been looking for one of these guys and the few breeders I have talked to haven't had any luck and a couple are giving up the project. I believe Pro Exotics has their pair for sale. I will have one some day:)

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Saw those two in person a few weeks ago and they are gorgeous! I definitely want one some day as well.

Richie, she's beautiful!!!! How old is she?

And yeah, no one's found out how to breed them yet. There's been a couple successful clutches but nothing regular. There are some guys working on it though.

Something like only 3 people have ever produced this species in captivity, and I don't think any have done it twice (though I may be wrong). Over at moreliapythons.com, Marc Spataro posted some pics of lock-ups back in March. I recall reading however that in April his female decided that it wanted to kill (maybe eat?) the male placed in her cage, biting the male's head and constricting, but luckily they were able to be separated. I think I read that the male is damaged but alive and should heal up, maybe with some scarring and some eye damage.

I have read that getting them to lock up is not the problem, but producing fertile clutches is, along with apparent incubation issues. I guess it's kinda hard to know what incubation parameters you need with so few captive clutches ever produced.

It looks like Canadiancoldblood.com has them. Yes they are amazing.

Just gorgeous.