Sniper 2017.

I scored this beautiful locality, Barranquilla, Colombian BCI from Legacy Reptiles April 23rd of 2013. He turns 5 years old on June 28th. He is a Rio Bravo Reptiles/Gus Rentfro creation and I still marvel at how special this "common boa" is.

This is Sniper. I'm not at all happy with these photos, but they'll have to do for now.

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He's fully mature and becoming a big boy. He is not fed during the winter months, yet he's growing still.
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The shade had better coloring, but I usually like sunlight.
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The body.
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Another head picture and you can see he still has his pinks and different colors.
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I owed the board some boa pictures. Sniper was very active and these pictures were difficult to take. Over all I hate the lighting.

Even still I hope you enjoyed them a bit.

That's one good looking snake!

That is a serious snake, Gio. I love everything about it!

What is his approximate length and weight now?

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Originally Posted by rock

That is a serious snake, Gio. I love everything about it!

What is his approximate length and weight now?

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I'm not sure on the weight, possibly 15 pounds, I'll weigh him and measure him on his birthday in 8 days. I usually write that in his feeding book each year.

He's pushing 7 feet so I'd guess he's anywhere from 6' 5" to 6' 8".

I'm feeding him a bit heavier this summer because he's had a winter off and he seems a bit hungry with these warm temps.

Unfortunately the lighting in those photos is terrible, and he was extremely active so I had a difficult time getting any quality pictures.

I'll reshoot him later this summer.

Sniper looks fantastic Gio!

Those photos look good to me. No apologies necessary. :)

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Originally Posted by Gio

I'm not sure on the weight, possibly 15 pounds, I'll weigh him and measure him on his birthday in 8 days. I usually write that in his feeding book each year.

He's pushing 7 feet so I'd guess he's anywhere from 6' 5" to 6' 8".

I'm feeding him a bit heavier this summer because he's had a winter off and he seems a bit hungry with these warm temps.

Unfortunately the lighting in those photos is terrible, and he was extremely active so I had a difficult time getting any quality pictures.

I'll reshoot him later this summer.

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Wow, he's solid. Looks very strong.

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Originally Posted by rock

Wow, he's solid. Looks very strong.

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It's been noted many times but of all my snakes Burms / Retic/ Corns / Kings / Rat snakes etc etc None come close to the strength of my Boas ...


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It's been noted many times but of all my snakes Burms / Retic/ Corns / Kings / Rat snakes etc etc None come close to the strength of my Boas ...


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I agree, pound for pound they are very dense and strong.

Nothing like a lean, muscular and healthy BC.

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He looks fantastic, great photos as well!

Looks good. Funny but i think your male is larger than Rosey my female haha.

He looks great.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Looks good. Funny but i think your male is larger than Rosey my female haha.

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At the beginning I really wanted him BIG. I never power fed, but I think his first year was a fairly abundant food year.

I'll feed him a healthy amount this summer, but come fall/winter he'll be off food with a nice temp drop again.

I have been following the Gus Rentfro feeding style. Vin Russo and Eugene Basset also advocate this type of feeding.

7' isn't quite here for him. I'd expect IF he hits that length, it will be about the maximum he'll reach.

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Originally Posted by Gio

At the beginning I really wanted him BIG. I never power fed, but I think his first year was a fairly abundant food year.

I'll feed him a healthy amount this summer, but come fall/winter he'll be off food with a nice temp drop again.

I have been following the Gus Rentfro feeding style. Vin Russo and Eugene Basset also advocate this type of feeding.

7' isn't quite here for him. I'd expect IF he hits that length, it will be about the maximum he'll reach.

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Yeah all my snakes are on the eternal summer. The funny part is how i keep them on an eternal summer and you fast but your male is about 6" bigger and maybe heavier. Rosey is about 6.5' and 13.7 lbs. And they are both about the same age as we got them at around the same time i believe.

I just feed less in the winter and more in the summer. And yeah, Rosey was fed fairly healthy the first year when she was a baby as she was my first boa lol. That's kind of why I'm surprised she is actually smaller than your male.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Yeah all my snakes are on the eternal summer. The funny part is how i keep them on an eternal summer and you fast but your male is about 6" bigger and maybe heavier. Rosey is about 6.5' and 13.7 lbs. And they are both about the same age as we got them at around the same time i believe.

I just feed less in the winter and more in the summer. And yeah, Rosey was fed fairly healthy the first year when she was a baby as she was my first boa lol. That's kind of why I'm surprised she is actually smaller than your male.

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Well Vin and Eugene Basset seem to think they grow more when not eating. That is actually written in

THE COMPLETE BOA CONSTRICTOR

I think energy used to digest and process food transfers to growth in the winter. At least that was their message.

There a lot of methods and your snakes all seem healthy and look good.

Sniper is super food driven now since he's been fed more frequently this summer.