Ok, I'll get this forum started! :P

I just picked up an amazon tree boa tonight.. It's a male, about 5'5" long adult.

The owner before me said he NEVER held him once since he got him (in January last year). That's pretty sad if ask me. Anyway, it's my first arboreal, and you have to start somewhere; considering I want breeding colonies of chondro's one day. :lol: He is actually VERY tame for never being held. :) I'm lovin' it.

Here are a few quick shots I took of him; sorry for the blurriness; these lttle guys don't like stayin' still!

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v...ul/ATB-003.jpg

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v...ul/ATB-024.jpg

Enjoy,
Jennifer

How long will the amazon tree boa get? u said he's 5'5" and a adult, so is that all the larger he'll get?

-Chris

Well, I was told he is an adult. I have also heard that they usually are inbetween 4-5 feet fully grown, but in captivity can reach up to 7 feet. ;) So who knows if he is done growing or not; considering I don't know his exact age. I guess we'll see.

Jennifer

are u gunna go for an all out aboreal cage???

He's definately a beaut :) I think imma get atleast one, probably two more BP's in the next couple months and have them for a while before i venture into other hyp's.

I'd be interested to know how long urs gets just so I have a reference. 4-8 feet I don't think would be THAT big of a deal to handle... but when u get to 12+' boa's that could take some serious space up.

-Chris

For now he is in just a tall rubbermaid with 3 perches and paper towels. I'm going to do the whole display thing when I get my own place. ;) I'm kinda packed in around here nowadays...lol..

haha i understand
space is always an issue
they are very nice display animals and you can get them in so many patterns and colors
one of my fav boa's

Like I just wrote elsewhere in a forum, you got some brass ones! ATB's are notoriously snappy, and you handle it after it hasn't been handled for a year! Good score! Keep us updated....I have been considering an arboreal for quite some time, but I just don't know that I have the time to devote to their care.

ya they require alot of work i'll bet
they need really high hummidity right???

Kind of, yeah. He won't be too hard to take care of, with my brass ones, hehe....:D J/K! I've done research, and with enough time, it won't be difficult, at all.

ya its definitly doable
i would get one someday there's just so many other snakes on this want list
its rediculas really i can't see any end at all!!!!
i need to win the lottery
10.5 million
oh boy then i could get some serious snakes and be able to devote all my time to them!
wouldn't that be sweet!!

onyl 10.5? Ours is up to 61 million ;) (which reminds me to go buy my weekly 5 tickets tommorow morning after i cash my check) :)

-Chris

P.S. If I win I'll buy each of u (everyone) a snake :)

-Chris

That's every herpers dream, my friend. :)

I'll hold you to that. I want a Piebald!

I want a clown!

I'm tellin ya :) If i manage to beat the odds of 1:135,145,920 (http://www.mdlottery.com/h2p_megamillions.html) and win :) Everyone on here will get their dream snake :).. for me, i just want a couple more bp's ;) Maybe one of those wild morphs too.

-Chris

i want a clownpied
hehe
i'm not sure what mines actually up to but 10 mill would be more than enough for me to do what i want.....................................but hey 61 million would be 6 times better!! haha
i don't even know what i would do with all that money
a clownpied would be no problem with that kind of money!!!! J/k

I want my own Reptile Store, Then you will have a place to get your freebies from pimp_n_python, hehehe

I'd have to open a reptile store in my area and hire u guys to come work there :) Boy wouldn't that just be the dream job for some of you (alright... most/all of you?) workin with snakes 24/7 ;)

-Chris

You guys can volunteer here...lol
rusty

if i lived near CT i would volunteer there in a heart beat!!!
all those snakes
hehe i might even try to smuggle a few out under my shirt J/K

As pimp_n_python said, If I lived near ya I would do it also. Dont think you can move CT alot closer to Illinois do ya?

lol,
The first pet store I managed, there was this kid just walking around like nothing was going on, he was asking about fish so on and so forth, the whole time he had something squirming under his shirt, I answerd his questions for about fifteen minutes before he tried to make his grand escape, I nicely asked him as he starting turning toward the door if he could possible return the stolen ball python that was under his shirt, because if you take two more steps for the door, I'll throw you to the gators in the basement. The tactic worked well..lol
Rusty
Oh ps, No Ball Pythons were harmed during that situation..lol

I dont think I would have the ball's (pun intended) to try to steal a snake from a pet store.....Heck it was hard enough just to sneak a piece of candy out of a store when i was young.

stealing's not worth it
hmmmmmm a BP or a criminal record for the rest of my life??

i think i'll just pay for the BP

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hmmm... a bp for sure ;)

:twisted: lol J/K

you guys are so funny, That poor kid couldn't even talk, he just kind of stumbled over to me and handed the lil bp over. I accually felt bad for the kid, he was THAT freiked out, well hopefully he will never steal again..lol
We would love to move, we're really starting to dislike CT, but money is so tight, we run the rescue out of our private home with no outside funding, hell we just moved in October from the next town over, It literrally took the whole month (lots o' cages)
anyhow I'm just rambeling
RUSTY

oh, hey I forgot to ask, has anyone ever had a cooks tree boa??

I allready got in trouble for eating rattlesnake, dont want to cook a tree boa now. :mrgreen:

Oh, your talking about a Cooks tree boa......

Sorry, I just had to, it's in my nature to be a dip.

Holy crap, that's a weird lookin ATB! Nice tho!

LOL Ironhead... I'm sure tree boa's are not as tasty...probably more muscle than fat...too tough.

:lol: haha...ha....
Jennifer

Here's one more of kinda his head...He just won't sit still!

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v...ul/ATB-041.jpg

Jennifer

Im glad you laughed at that Jennifer (about the cooks tree boa)....After I submitted that post I thought to myself, if she could get ahold of me right now she would probably slit my throat. I just hope no one here ever takes me to seriously. Except when im telling a story, then that is the truth, at least from the way I remember them.

LOL I can't ever be serious, even if my life depended on it.

Sorry for any inconvienances. :P

Jennifer

I'm with you guys,
I'm serious at what I do, but when I'm chatting I need the humor..lol

me to, me to :lol: i want a albino bp :wink:
Jesús

Hey jesus you can buy one from me in a couple years when I produce my own....heh... yeah right, if I actually produce a homo albino, I'm keepin' it 'til it dies!

:lol: Jennifer

I would do the same thing :wink:
Jesús

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You guys can volunteer here...lol
rusty

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Man, if i was closer, or if u can find me a part time job for when i'm not volunteering i'm IN!

-Chris

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Hey jesus you can buy one from me in a couple years when I produce my own....heh... yeah right, if I actually produce a homo albino, I'm keepin' it 'til it dies!

:lol: Jennifer

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Homo albino? ;) lol

-Chris

Homozygous* :)


Arboreals are hands down the best looking snakes around. no doubt.

Yup :)

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Arboreals are hands down the best looking snakes around. no doubt.

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that's true. :P
I would love to have a GTP
Jesús

Those are my favs

I'm not shure but I think their mine fav. to, but I'm not really shure because everytime I look a snake that i haven't seen I just fall in love again, and again, and again, and again everytime.LOL :roll:
Jesús

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everytime I look a snake that i haven't seen I just fall in love again, and again, and again, and again everytime.LOL :roll:
Jesús

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I hear ya, man. I'm the exact same way. I couldn't even START a wishlist, there would be HUNDREDS. Ok, I'll try- Woma python, black head python, Hog Island boa, Brazilian rainbow boa, umm.... LOL I WANT THEM ALL!! heh... not to mention GTP, ETB, other ATB's, Aru Chondro, Biak Chondro, BCI's, LOL ok I'll stop. :P See what happens when I get carried away? :P