Severus is home at last!

Sev got here at 10:15 a.m. this morning none the worse for his little overnight trip in a box LOL. Typical boa personality he came out curious and friendly, no hissing, no strike position, just sort of..."hi ya, how are ya? this my new place? cool, ya got any rats or mice? can I sit with that kid? pics? ya wanna take pics? sure!"

Gotta love boa's! He's all tucked up now in this new tub. As I type he's in his warm side hide with his sweet face poking out keeping an eye on stuff and probably waiting for dinner to wander by LOL.

Thanks again Lynn. Beautiful packaging job! He showed up in perfect shape!

Pic of Sev and my cell phone just for a size reference.
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Sev sitting on Mikey's lap.
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I am in serious boa love here folks! LOL

Oh forgot to say this. Lynn he's better than we could have imagined! His pattern is so tight and clean! What lovely markings! His jaw misalignment is so slight it's almost unnoticeable and his little tail curl is too cute for words. Not even a kink just a little curl LOL


What a lovely little boa!

How precious!!

Your home must really be filling up :D

He's gorgeous!! Congrats on choosing him! And kudos to Lynn for doing such a good job caring for and shipping him!

I'm just glad he's to a good home. He was a good little boy... and, like I told Jo, I can't WAIT to see him grow up. He's going to be so beautiful. :)

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How precious!!

Your home must really be filling up :D

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Actually still loads of room Chris LOL. We have a spare room (it was originally a private sitting room off the master bedroom) that is the designated BP room and that's still got room in it for more BP's and an incubator this fall. Beth's milksnake lives in the livingroom in her display cage. Severus will eventually live in the diningroom in his big display cage.

For now it's a bit crazy though with Severus the BCI in his quarantine in one room and Muirne in her quarantine in another but hey...it's exciting!

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Actually still loads of room Chris LOL. We have a spare room (it was originally a private sitting room off the master bedroom) that is the designated BP room and that's still got room in it for more BP's and an incubator this fall.

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Wellllllllllllllllll...in that case might I temp you with this???

:halohorn:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=31594

I saw that Chris and I swear if I could sell a kidney on ebay that group would be mine! Lord but those are lovely snakes and that's a more than fair price for them. I could just about weep that they aren't in the budget right now but dang so tempting to dream isn't it.

Congrats on getting him in. Did the poor delivery guy have a heart attack when you jumped him? Ummm.... that didn't sound right, but you know what I mean. lol ;)

I'm not a boa gal, but ever since Lynn starting posting pictures of Sev, he has to be my favorite boa I've ever seen! His face is irresistable!!!! Congrats on getting him home!

LOL he was fine I just snatched the box out of his hands and then did the usual forgot to sign and had to be asked twice LOL.

Yay Sev! Congrats to you and your family and kudos to Lynn for rescueing such a cutie. =)

Sev looks great! But he must be huge because that cell phone is the size of a VCR! Is that the 1980s model? :) :O :giggle:

What a pretty boy Sev is!! He looks so sweet and mellow too, congradulations!!

Yaaay! Congratulations on finally getting him home nice and safe! :sweeet: :D

Nice boa. You can never have too many boas or 4 and 6' cages laying around too!! Can you? Never know when another boa you want comes up for sale. I need more boas nowGreat boa and congrats! Keep posting pictures of him as he grows up!!

Aw, nice addition. I like his light coloration. He seems very friendly and laid back; the awesome thing about most BCI :)

Wow, he's perty! Sure is a sweet Looker. Congrats.

Just a quick update on little Sev. He's settled in beautifully and has taken feedings from us. He transferred over from mice to rat pups with no trouble at all...got to love that BCI feeding response lol. Easy as pie to handle, you can tell he's been well and carefully handled. He's a typical curious, laid back BCI. Poor little fella is currently in shed but still coming out to see what's up.

All and all just a lovely little male BCI and thanks again to Lynn (ladywhipple) for sending him to Luke. :) Luke is up in Canada for 1/2 of the summer with his grandparents so hasn't yet had his hands on Severus yet but I know he'll be really happy with him. Meanwhile we get to spoil Sev rotten LOL.

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Just a quick update on little Sev. He's settled in beautifully and has taken feedings from us. He transferred over from mice to rat pups with no trouble at all...got to love that BCI feeding response lol. Easy as pie to handle, you can tell he's been well and carefully handled. He's a typical curious, laid back BCI. Poor little fella is currently in shed but still coming out to see what's up.

All and all just a lovely little male BCI and thanks again to Lynn (ladywhipple) for sending him to Luke. :) Luke is up in Canada for 1/2 of the summer with his grandparents so hasn't yet had his hands on Severus yet but I know he'll be really happy with him. Meanwhile we get to spoil Sev rotten LOL.

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Very cool, is he on f/t then?

He was eating live when he was with me... I think Jo was planning on doing the same.

He's a live feeder as are the snakes here. Even the little milksnake will take live but she's fed f/t because quite honestly I don't want to breed mice for her LOL.

I would really like if you would get him on f/t or at least f/k. Its not a risk thats needed to feed live rats since most boas will take dead prey. Just my oppinion

Thanks for your opinion which you have repeatedly expressed to me in AIM and I believe I'll give you the same answer here I gave you there. Responsible feeding of appropriate prey is a keeper's personal decision and one we as a community support. I thank you for your input, however, Mike and I will continue to feed what and how we see fit for our collection and I'd expect you to do the same.

I have to agree with Jo on this one. There is nothing wrong with feeding live if done responsibly. I feed all of mine live, never had an issue with it, and will continue to do so, because it's what works best for me.


If f/t works best for you, then by all means, feed f/t. But it's a little presumptious to think that someone is going to switch to your method of feeding because you would really like them to.

Most of the folks here have enough information about about all the methods of feeding to make a well thought out decision about the method of feeding that they prefer and works best for them and their collection.

The freedom of educated and responsible choice is a true blessing of this message board. There are other boards where one's educated and responsible choice is regarded as true heresy, in that when your method goes against what is the ingrained, "one true way", and certainly does not promote free thought, learning and/or sharing.

I speak from experience. =P

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The freedom of educated and responsible choice is a true blessing of this message board. There are other boards where one's educated and responsible choice is regarded as true heresy, in that when your method goes against what is the ingrained, "one true way", and certainly does not promote free thought, learning and/or sharing.

I speak from experience. =P

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And that is not how we roll.

Thank you for your well-worded responses.

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I have to agree with Jo on this one. There is nothing wrong with feeding live if done responsibly. I feed all of mine live, never had an issue with it, and will continue to do so, because it's what works best for me.


If f/t works best for you, then by all means, feed f/t. But it's a little presumptious to think that someone is going to switch to your method of feeding because you would really like them to.

Most of the folks here have enough information about about all the methods of feeding to make a well thought out decision about the method of feeding that they prefer and works best for them and their collection.

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Amen, Robin. I've always fed my kids, live, and as a responsible herp owner, I take a special amount of time out of my day to devote to watching them feed, making sure they are not injured, and waiting until the entire consumption is over with, until I go out again.

Whatever method works best for the reptiles and the owners is the best method for them. As long as an owner is responsible, feeding live is just as safe as feeding f/t.