Hog Island Boa Questions

Hi, I am looking into getting a Hog Island Boa, and I was wondering if anyone had any good information about this snake. I can't find any good stuff on search engines because there are a bunch of different info. It would really help if anyone who owns one of these snakes to help me out and I would appreciate it.
Also if you have any pictures I would love to see them.:)

Take a look at this:

http://riobravoreptiles.com/boas_island.htm

Hoggs are the thrid article down. Gus is a great guy to get info from. All of his Hoggs are from animals he actually collected from the island.

I know young hoggies---and some adults---can be pretty hissy and nippy. But they'll calm down with regular handling.

Very beautiful snakes... orange, orange, orange! And they stay fairly small... smaller than columbians, anyway!

Yeah one of the reasons I'm getting a Hog is because they get smaller that Columbians.
I'm okay with the biting and hissing and stuff like that, it's all worth it, they're nice looking snakes.

Thank you very much for the input, I'll take a look at that site.:)

Hogs are not as easy to handle as a larger Colombian would be. They can be flighty and wiggly and temperamental. A large colombian will be much easier to handle than a Hog will be. That said, they need the exact same requirements as a Colombian BCI would for husbandry and such.

I have two. My adult female is kind of a brat. She has bitten a few times, but generally she's not too aggressive. I handle her without gloves if that means anything.

I can't resist an opportunity to show off my babies. :P

Diva
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../divaNov06.JPG

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/divahold.jpg

Calisto my juvi male is very docile. Never bit.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...istofeb07c.jpg

oooh very nice! I like the last picture. how much did you pay for them?

The female I got for $140 or so.. and the male $200 I think.

oh okay, the ones at my local reptile store are both tiny females and they're $350, but I don't know what the difference is between canadian and american dollars is, but I get a discount there anyway:D

According to the currency converter $350 Canadian = $345 USA.. so they're a bit pricy.

hmm. okay I'll see if I can make a deal with the owner or something.

I would much rather trust one of my little cousins holding my almost 7' common B.c.i. vs. my 2-3' hog island. Hogs just aren't the best handling snakes compared to most other B.c.i.(even my "dredded nicaraguan"(sp?)) is better behaved than almost any hog I have ever dealt with. Not saying they aren't great snakes but there are always better choices.

As for any info....THEY ARE AWESOME!!! Now that I got one here and settled in, I wouldn't trade her for anything at the moment, I usually have to spend about 10 minutes holding her when she is hissing and gaping till she calms down, no matter how often I handle but I'm more of a look but don't touch guy with most of the boas anyways so a bit of bluffing won't phase me much.

I do tend to keep her and the other dwarf(s) in the cooler rack which rarely gets over 86 on the hot side and they do fine. I feed my female whi is still less than a year old a every 7-10 dayish feeding schedule and a slightly smaller meal than what the other boas feed on. I have females younger than her that are about 2x her overall size but she is by no means skinny or under fed.

Figure I can share a couple pics as well
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/DSC00345.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/DSC00998.jpg

thanks for that good information, I have no problem with hissing and any biting, and if it takes me a while to calm it down then I'll spend as much time as I have to.
by the way, nice snake.:)

beautiful snake!
i've never had any aggession problems with my hog.. i've had her for about 5-6 months now and the only time shes hissed at me was when i was taking her out of the box she arrived in a putting her in her new home.
well, and there was one time when she struck at me but that was completely my fault.. other than that i take mine out all the time and shes a sweetheart

just read the rest of the post.. $350 is so expensive! i got my female for $150, kind of.. i ended up trading $150 in tarantulas for it. i don't have any pictures really but here is a picture from the first day i got her..

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC07744.jpg

For Canada, I think that is a little high, but still a fair price. Canada is much more expensive with rarer snakes and reptiles than the USA is. At least as far as I've noticed that is.

You guys all have very nice examples of hog islands.. I've seen a lot of dull ones, but not here!

Hog Island Boas are wonderful handling snakes.

They don't get too enormous and the three I have DO NOT WANT to be put back into their enclosures when I'm through handling them.

There are several variations on their patterns. I tend to like the ones with little to no speckling. They change colors throughout the day which is awesome. My 7 footer changes drastically to an almost white/orange deal when she hits prey items.

Insofar as pricing you may want to check on Kingsnake Classifieds to see what the market is demanding. If you're willing to wait until June there will be tons of new babies for sale.

Possibly some of mine. /crosses fingers =P

I'll dig up some pics of my babies.

I am willing to wait till june, my birthday is coming up so I wanted to get myself a present:D I could get something else though and wait for more babies
nice snakes everyone:)