viper!...boa

Does anyone breed or keep viper boas? I have a male who is absolutely sweet and I just want to know what kind of colors there are or albinos or anything I think they would be amazing if there are albinos being bred though I know they are hard to breed in captivity

i'd love to know if there's anyone breeding or keeping viper boas as well because they're on my wish list.

I have one female that has the personality of a bp, i was worried about all people saying there mean and what not but the only time i see that is when i feed. :O Ive done a little research and only to find that very very few people breed them. from my understanding they can be a pain to get eating but defiantly not impossible, guess people just don't wanna deal with it.

as far as colors albinos would be great!:bow: unfortunately there all dull brown red and black.

And of course i jinxed myself talking about her being all sweet,...she got my pinkie finger for dinner last night!:D

Haven't heard of any binos yet,but im sure they'll be around one day. Show some pix of y'alls vipers...don't see many around here.

Here's my Quickstrike


http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5...0491picsay.jpg

they are cool.. Id be interested in getting a pair

More pics and links to care sheets or general care information would be appreciated. It's hard to find anything about them.

I had looked into them a couple years ago but backed out of getting any when I found out they rarely live long in captivity and there are so few CB babies out there. I also read that they are not forgiving if husbandry issues and stress easily.

Im waiting a few mire years until I can collect enough firm data proving people are able to keep these long term before getting into them.

Same thing with ring neck snakes and sunbeam snakes. They were all the craze at shows but they drop like flies when you get them home. If more than just a lucky few of these animals actually survived a reasonable number of years then they would be worth having.

We have two that are about 4 months old now. They were from a gravid import. They are hard to keep in captivity and are not for new keeper. They will die in a warm room or on heat. We have had luck to far and both eat good.

That's why I got ahold of you guys and asked for info and for you to let me know how they do for awhile. Im thinking the ones born in captivity may do better as long as the husbandry is kept right. I just hope the other people here realize that they don't do well if they are handled or if they are not allowed a deep, semi-humid substrate to hide in.

I think they are fascinating and I wish there was more info out there on them. I do. I just don't want to jump into getting one unless I'm certain it will do well. I've seen too many other people say they've gotten one and then it just died, or gotten blisters like the sunbeams and ring necks do and just stop eating.

my girl is going on 2 year soon as long as you keep high humidity and don't mess with them to mush there not bad to keep. Fair warning if you want a snake that moves around viper boas are far from that only time i see her move is when she smells food and thats not often due to there low metabolism. she will get nice and deep in the substrate and sit there for days.
And as far as breeding i think ill be picking up a male next year and give it a shot

Yes I picked up 9 of these guys and gals from a wc shipment and picked another from a local store. I am looking to try to breed successfully. with all other breeders I have talked to they have had more then 90% die within the first 6 months. I think the main issues are the food source: trying to get them on mice or rats first. We searched for their food sources in the wild and found these babies will go after frogs and small lizards. So I think the ideal thing to do is to get a small population of strictly water based frogs, and say house geckos together and have some frozen and live. Then when attempting rats/mice doesn't work you can try the live frogs/geckos since this is what they would be typically eating in the wild. Just MHO. I have mine in a rack system with the only opening for light to come is at the front and on coconut husk medium courseness and mixed with terrarium dirt the ground up coco type. This is kept pretty damp and humid, shallow water dish just enough for them to be submerged and able to just poke their heads up and grab food. These guys eat and sleep in the water. Again all this is what has worked for me, also all my snakes were wild caught except one of them, they did eventually all switch to frozen/thawed rats. Have fun guys

I saw a male and female for sale in my local petstore once. I asked to see them (since they were buried deep in the subsrtate hiding) and held one. It was very docile and curious, crawled right up my arm. That was the female i think, the guy said the male wasnt as friendly but still handable. They were cool looking snakes but their colors were dull brown which doesnt exactly appeal to me lol. They both seemed pretty small though, idk much about them though so maybe they dont get that big?

I like the contrast of the orange/red bellies on some of them. Very interesting snakes

I don't keep viper boas in particular, but keep other Candoia.

There are (or is) albino viper boas. Albinos Unlimited Inc, recently imported an albino and posted a pic of it on the Candoia forums on Kingsnake.

If anyone's having trouble keeping them you can send me a pm and I can send you a care sheet. I recently wrote and submitted an article for publication up against a PhD writing an article on them (cross your fingers :))

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Originally Posted by dirdad

my girl is going on 2 year soon as long as you keep high humidity and don't mess with them to mush there not bad to keep. Fair warning if you want a snake that moves around viper boas are far from that only time i see her move is when she smells food and thats not often due to there low metabolism. she will get nice and deep in the substrate and sit there for days.
And as far as breeding i think ill be picking up a male next year and give it a shot

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this lol remind me when I took my guy outside for the first time haha he felt that grass and took off! by far the fastest snake I have ever owned NEVER doubt their speed Im warning you right now I had to speed walk to retrieve him lol

hmm tempting.. there is an ad on kingsnake for captive bred viper boas right now actually for $400pair
http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=62&de=988401
I really would like to add these to my collection

Thread has been dead for 1+ years.

First post.

Post really only stating "hey look at these animals for sale!" and nothing else.

Ad was posted only yesterday.

Why can't I shake this feeling that you're the seller?