Super Stoked

I just got back from picking up my little Hog Island Boa - simply beautiful, the colouring, iridescence of her sides, etc. Not sure if it's a male or female and a name (Turbo for male;Layla for female?).He/she is super friendly and can't wait until she is ready to come out for some handling. So pleased with the whole deal - just wished the shop was better to deal with - not a lot of breeders around here.

Piiiiics or it didn't happen :rolleyes: But not if you'd have to handle to get a couple of course. No stress for new babies :D

So much more active than my ball (but still love the ball). She has been all over her new enclosure and is not the least bit shy - can only imagine what he/she will be like as an adult. This will be fun. Gonna have to look more into posting pics as I only have a couple on my BlackBerry at the moment. Also not the easiest thing to get a decent pic of.

And they are much easier to feed than most BPs. The way a guy put feeding boas on another site was "You can have your boa around your shoulders at a rock concert and it will snatch a parachuting rat out of the air." Although my pied BP girl rivals both my boas on the gung ho meter when a rat is brought in the room lol. She stands up like a cobra and slams it the instant I dangle it in her cage. And yeah where are these pics? I've had to go to facebook so I can see pics of boas!!! Facebook is so hectic, its like being at a party with too much booze, people and a very loud band :P

Yes boa's are so cool. They are night and day when compared to ball pythons. I could not keep just one.

Here she is:http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...0/0/6/boa1.jpg

Number 2:http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...0/0/6/boa2.jpg

Nice looking boa! Keep a watch out for mites... especially if you got her/him from a shop. If you see him soaking, it could be mites and you'd need to replace the bedding with paper towel, treat with PAM or similar mite spray, etc. He looks healthy though. :)

I'll keep a close watch for mites - don't need them. He/she does seem healthy and very curious. I'll keep in touch with how things go with her. I'm still a bit shocked that I found one around here. Halifax is not exactly a big, snake town and most people that I know and work with are freaked out by them.

She is a very lovely lady :gj:

Congrats on your Gorgeous girl!

My grandson, who's 2 1/2, is over for the night and he wants to see Turbo so badly!! Kinda hard to explain about her getting accustomed to her new environment, etc. He keeps calling to me "'nake, 'nake" - he's not too good at putting the s's at the start of his words yet. His father actually owns Asia, the ball that we have in the house, although I consider her mine - I do the feeding, cleaning and take her out for exercise (and my entertainment) and the little guy has been around that snake quite abit (very closely monitored). So he is quite thrilled with a new snake which I will be very careful around him with her - totally different speed of snake, sorta like Ferrari vs Mercedes!