Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

[dakski]

Behira looks as lovely as ever D. Looks like she and Katie are getting along just fine. I love your t-shirt too.

Thanks El-Ziggy. Yeah, Katie and Behira have their moments, but in general, things are going very well between them.

Behira looks great and is really growing, even on a slow growth diet. Excited to see her continue to get bigger.

[richardhind1972]

You can definitely tell she's starting to mature, they got that fatter head and the tail on females gets a lot chunkier too,
She looks really nice and healthy

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[dakski]

Katie and Behira had some "girl time" today and Katie even used the hook and got her out of the tank. No pressing by me, all on her own.

Behira gets her first medium rat tomorrow night.

Also of interest, Behira's breeder called her an Ivory Ghost, het Moonglow (66%). I thought that she was just a Ghost, but recently looked up Ivory Ghost genetics. When I had been looking at getting Behira I was also talking to Jeff Ronne about upgrading my tanks. I told him I was getting an Ivory Ghost from Boakings, and he said he sold Amaury Gil, Behira's breeder, part of his line to make ghosts.

Turns out, a traditional ghost is Hypo and Anery. However, an Ivory Ghost means it's from Pastel Anery and Hypo. The pastel anery line started with Jeff Ronne at Boaphile so I think it's all coming together now. I'll verify with Boakings that she does indeed have some Pastel in her, but it sure looks that way.

http://www.reptileinsider.com/archiv...p/t-27912.html and http://forums.kingsnake.com/viewarch...22292&key=2008

Without further ado, Katie having girl time with Behira.

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[dakski]

I talked to Behira's breeder today at the reptile expo. I was wrong. She is selectively bred, but is just a plain old Ghost Boa. So, she is in fact, only Hypo Anery.

I could care less. She's beautiful just the way she is and is my buddy. Period. End of story. I am a happy guy with a happy and healthy Boa who gets her first medium rat tomorrow. Was supposed to be tonight, but we had a long day with my niece at the reptile show! More on that another time.

[richardhind1972]

She's a great looking ghost either way mate, I don't think she will struggle with a medium, might make her come into shed a bit quicker with being larger tho,

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[AbsoluteApril]

'pastel' is just a line bred trait in boas anyways, it's not an actual morph like in ball pythons.

[dakski]

She's a great looking ghost either way mate, I don't think she will struggle with a medium, might make her come into shed a bit quicker with being larger tho,

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I love her looks and her temperament and personality. Zero complaints brother. Zero Complaints.

She gets a 115G medium rat tonight. Shouldn't be a big deal. I'll advise.

'pastel' is just a line bred trait in boas anyways, it's not an actual morph like in ball pythons.

Thank you AbsoluteApril.

As stated above, I love her just the way she is!

[CloudtheBoa]

Behira is looking good, growing well! She's so light and clean, even if she isn't from the ivory pastel line, she's still a spectacular example of a ghost boa. Your feeder sizes must run really big. lol 80-150 grams would be what I normally associate with medium rats, and 45-80 grams for smalls.

Boas definitely go through periods of docility and defensiveness, just a natural part of day-to-day activities. haha

[dakski]

Behira happily nailed and ate her first medium rat tonight. A 115G medium at that. It actually went down quicker than I thought it would and she will be happily digesting for the next two days.

Pictures below (sorry for the poor lighting and iPhone quality).

Good thing you feed me F/T Dad, I have the worst aim!

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Going down pretty well; more than half way there:

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NOM! NOM! NOM! Tail goes down like Spaghetti!


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[dakski]

Behira was warming up and digesting on the hot side this evening. Of course, she was not in her hide, but rather sprawled out next to it.

She has a small lump still, but I am not touching her until it's gone. I am thinking by tomorrow night we should be pretty good.

She was 1,080G dry before the 115G medium rat. Went down pretty quick, but definitely leaves more of a lump than a 90G small rat. Also, I am feeding her every 3 weeks with medium rats, not every 2 weeks as I did with small rats.

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