Went in for a boa...

Went in for a boa but came out with this baby.

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Name coming soon.
And more pictures when he's had some time to distressed.

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He's gorgeous! Nice find :gj:

<3 <3 <3

Very cool!! Congrats!

Awesome looking pied! I love the head stamp.

Thanks all. He really is quite a looker.
Just got home from the expo. Played with him for a little bit to inspect him closer and straight to his QT tub he went.
Name frontrunner is Pie Chef to go with my G-Stipe, Chef Rogers
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Pie Chef, I love it!

A BP over a boa......you're dead to me :P Nice looking little pied though and I'm kidding, I wouldn't trade my Dottie monster even though I was offering $1300 for her :)

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

A BP over a boa......you're dead to me [emoji14] Nice looking little pied though and I'm kidding, I wouldn't trade my Dottie monster even though I was offering $1300 for her :)

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Haha hold on now, they are all beautiful in their own way [emoji14]
I just didn't see any BCI that I fell in love with. I'm not sure if it's just not their season but there were practically no boas. Saw maybe 6 or 10 of them. Specially no Dumeril's Boa which I want to see one before deciding on a BCI. A pied was always in the future for me. I just made it happen sooner rather than later 😆

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Originally Posted by Bassball Fever

Pie Chef, I love it!

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Lol unless I come up with something better that will probably be it 😅

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I really like the bright orange. Really cool snake.

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Originally Posted by iLikeSneks

Haha hold on now, they are all beautiful in their own way [emoji14]
I just didn't see any BCI that I fell in love with. I'm not sure if it's just not their season but there were practically no boas. Saw maybe 6 or 10 of them. Specially no Dumeril's Boa which I want to see one before deciding on a BCI. A pied was always in the future for me. I just made it happen sooner rather than later 😆

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Yeah boas are starting to breed now so you wont see a lot neonate start popping up for sale around end of summer/fall. Vin Russo and Joel Diaz both should have Pucallpa Peruvian BCC neonates around then when I talked to them so I got awhile to wait lol.

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Originally Posted by cletus

I really like the bright orange. Really cool snake.

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Thanks!

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Yeah boas are starting to breed now so you wont see a lot neonate start popping up for sale around end of summer/fall. Vin Russo and Joel Diaz both should have Pucallpa Peruvian BCC neonates around then when I talked to them so I got awhile to wait lol.

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I am pretty sure I'll go for a BCI but I really, really want to see and hold a Dumeril's before committing. I will be calling it quits at 3 snakes so the next one is it >.< haha

If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay and is it a male or a female.

Piebald is my favorite morph but I'm to cheep to buy one. I have a normal het pied female and an albino het pied male. The plan is to make one myself.

Beautiful snake I'm extremely jealous.

Pieds are a lot cheaper now if you go for a baby. I've seen males for a couple hundred and females for about $400. Also you can find deals sometimes. I know in my area, a guy was selling a female about 150ish grams for $350. I picked up Dottie for $200 on a Black Friday deal. She was a 90g worm, about 12 inches long. 2.5 years later, 3 ft longer and 1630g, I've been offered $1300 for her and others have told me that I should be able to get $1500 for her. She is unproven though so that's why she is a little cheaper.

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I am pretty sure I'll go for a BCI but I really, really want to see and hold a Dumeril's before committing. I will be calling it quits at 3 snakes so the next one is it >.< haha

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That's what I said too and here I am planning a Pucallpa Peruvian later this year from Vin Russo or Joel Diaz and also a female snow BCI to go with Rango and maybe try my hand at making some Snow Glows, Sharp Sunglows, Snows and Ghosts.

It never ends man :P

well it is a beautiful so clan't blame you grats man enjoy your little dood. but question is you still getting that boa eventually?

I was thinking seriously about getting a boa but ended up with a dwarf reticulated python LOL. Should get much bigger than a boa, I think I decided that I liked the shape of the retic better than the blockiness of a boa. I also have a bunch of pieds too LOL. You can never have too many snakes. I may get a boa someday. Now that I'm breeding my own rats I have tons of food, plenty for a few more snakes LOL. That's a great looking pied, I actually went to my first NARBC and was just going to look around and bought my first pair of pieds. Ever since then I've been hooked. I'm always on the hunt for a pied with a new gene in the mix, I actually started with three normal pieds, then expanded to other genes + pied. Should get some cool pied combos someday.

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If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay and is it a male or a female.

Piebald is my favorite morph but I'm to cheep to buy one. I have a normal het pied female and an albino het pied male. The plan is to make one myself.

Beautiful snake I'm extremely jealous.

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This guy was $325, I also saw some for $200 and $250 but they were really, really low white. I thought about making them myself too since hets can be $50- $100 but I'm not really trying to get into breeding so I bit the bullet on this one. If there any expos near you I definitely recommend you check them out, definitely the cheapest you can probably get.

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That's what I said too and here I am planning a Pucallpa Peruvian later this year from Vin Russo or Joel Diaz and also a female snow BCI to go with Rango and maybe try my hand at making some Snow Glows, Sharp Sunglows, Snows and Ghosts.

It never ends man :P

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Haha probably but right now I have 2 babies. I want to let them grow and do this for a bit longer before I get in any deeper 😂

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well it is a beautiful so clan't blame you grats man enjoy your little dood. but question is you still getting that boa eventually?

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For sure!! I'm really looking forward to that personality everyone says they have, I'm just going to be patient and wait until I can check out all my options.

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I was thinking seriously about getting a boa but ended up with a dwarf reticulated python LOL. Should get much bigger than a boa, I think I decided that I liked the shape of the retic better than the blockiness of a boa. I also have a bunch of pieds too LOL. You can never have too many snakes. I may get a boa someday. Now that I'm breeding my own rats I have tons of food, plenty for a few more snakes LOL. That's a great looking pied, I actually went to my first NARBC and was just going to look around and bought my first pair of pieds. Ever since then I've been hooked. I'm always on the hunt for a pied with a new gene in the mix, I actually started with three normal pieds, then expanded to other genes + pied. Should get some cool pied combos someday.

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Haha retic is too much for me, even a dwarf. I'm in for the boas for the slightly larger size and mellow personality.

Pieds were always a dream of mine, in my opinion the best ball morph, specially since I'm sure we have not seen the best of it yet, as more genes are mixed with it like you are trying to do!

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Haha probably but right now I have 2 babies. I want to let them grow and do this for a bit longer before I get in any deeper 😂

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That's what I said too....I'm up to 6 now and planning to add 2 more lol. You'll realize, after 2, adding another really doesn't change much in the routine lol.

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Haha retic is too much for me, even a dwarf. I'm in for the boas for the slightly larger size and mellow personality.

Pieds were always a dream of mine, in my opinion the best ball morph, specially since I'm sure we have not seen the best of it yet, as more genes are mixed with it like you are trying to do!

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Retics are awesome. Just get a superdwarf dwarf. A plain dwarf still has the potential to get big from what I've heard. Superdwarf, you are looking at around 10' which is a couple feet longer than a big female boa. Get a male superdwarf if you do. Also make sure you get one from a reputable breeder or you could end up being screwed with a not true superdwarf. I advise either Kris at Vital Exotics where Gio and I got our guys or Daniel Solis where Jmcrook got his girl at. Also find out the temperament of the snake. You want one that is relaxed.

Once your retic settles in, they are nothing like BPs. Caesar is always out just laying around lol. Heck my boas more or less lounge around too. Only one who isn't out in the day is Dottie but she is out at night destroying stuff lol. Heres Caesar doing the second best thing he does.....laying around lol.
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Retics are awesome. Just get a superdwarf dwarf. A plain dwarf still has the potential to get big from what I've heard. Superdwarf, you are looking at around 10' which is a couple feet longer than a big female boa. Get a male superdwarf if you do. Also make sure you get one from a reputable breeder or you could end up being screwed with a not true superdwarf. I advise either Kris at Vital Exotics where Gio and I got our guys or Daniel Solis where Jmcrook got his girl at. Also find out the temperament of the snake. You want one that is relaxed.

Once your retic settles in, they are nothing like BPs. Caesar is always out just laying around lol. Heck my boas more or less lounge around too. Only one who isn't out in the day is Dottie but she is out at night destroying stuff lol. Heres Caesar doing the second best thing he does.....laying around lol.
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I love your water bowl 😂 lol
Also what substrate is that?

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I love your water bowl 😂 lol
Also what substrate is that?

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Thanks. The substrate is ReptiChips aka Coco Husk. The water bowl is a dog bowl from Tractor Supply Company. They work awesome for my snakes. Allows them to sit in it or on top of it.

Very nice, congratulations. Man I'm getting the itch. I want a pied.:P:P I need a pied. ;)

Aww, sweetheart! Congrats.

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Thanks. The substrate is ReptiChips aka Coco Husk. The water bowl is a dog bowl from Tractor Supply Company. They work awesome for my snakes. Allows them to sit in it or on top of it.

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Lol too bad I don't have a cage (or snake) for a bowl so large. Might get a retic just to excuse the bow 😅 lol
I'll look into that, I've been playing with substrate a little. I like reptibark but it's crazy expensive (considering how much I would need). Right now I'm using a homemade blend of cypress mulch and aspen. I just really really hate aspen and want to move away from it.

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Very nice, congratulations. Man I'm getting the itch. I want a pied.:P:P I need a pied. ;)

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Yes, you do want a pied 😆

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First feeding was a resounding soluccess. Had no issue changing him over to F/T. He was a little shy at fist but that little love tap in the beak always makes them strike.

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I apologize for the lighting, I like to feed my babies at night.

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Sweet! Glad to see he ate for you!

I think only a select few ball python people would be disappointed in your decision. I love boa's but if they didn't have what you were looking for a pied is a pretty good plan B. And cool to see him in red light murder mode. Best wishes to the little guy and congrats to you.

So gorgeous! I really love pieds, he's super flashy <3

So after giving him space for the fist week and a half I took him out today for weigh in and play time.

96 Grams, for a 3-4 month old I think it's fine? He's eating though so it's not too much of a worry.

And like always, here's a pic of my Pie Chef 😶

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