captive bred imports?

[illaoi]

Looking to purchase my first boa after having kept ball pythons for some time. I contacted a large supplier of various snakes and they informed me their babies were "captive bred imports"


Is this the standard or is there anything wrong with purchasing an import? I prefer the normal phenotype so it is trickier to make sure they are not field caught which I don't want.. for some reason.


So is a captive bred import a good animal, or should I look for something else? Seems weird that they'd have to import them when breeding wouldn't be so difficult?

[GiddyGoat]

This seems odd to me. Normally imported animals are wild caught (which is usually frowned upon), and captive bred are, well, just that. Can't help you here but I wish you the best of luck.

Have be you asked them to clarify?

[illaoi]

This seems odd to me. Normally imported animals are wild caught (which is usually frowned upon), and captive bred are, well, just that. Can't help you here but I wish you the best of luck.

Have be you asked them to clarify?

They are 'strictly reptiles, inc.' on morphmarket.com and they sell tons of animals. Maybe that is the problem. I simply asked them if they were captive bred and they responded with "they are captive bred imports." Didn't go any further.

I will probably go with another seller then. I'm fairly new to snakes so I didn't know what the standard was. Like I know some snakes such as anacondas are hard to find captive bred

[GiddyGoat]

Sounds like a good idea. Try to go to specific and reputable breeders if you can find any.

[Godzilla78]

There is nothing inherently wrong with buying imports, as long as the business is ethical, I don't see a problem.

[bcr229]

There is nothing inherently wrong with buying imports, as long as the business is ethical, I don't see a problem.

I wouldn't recommend one for an inexperienced keeper though, as they will have been shipped twice during a very short time period and they will be very stressed and difficult to get settled and eating. Also WC imports will usually require a vet visit.

OP if you were looking at the baby CA's they were offering I would pass as you can find baby commons for sale locally for less than the cost of shipping.

[BallPythonWannaBe]

Could they have meant captive hatched?

[bcr229]

Could they have meant captive hatched?

Good point, many sellers state "CB" to mean "Captive Born" (of a wild or farmed field-collected female) and buyers assume "Captive Bred".

[wolfy-hound]

Captive bred imports could also refer to imported snakes from breeders in other countries.

A lot of times ball pythons may be called 'captive hatched', which means the females may have been wild caught, then they lay the eggs and someone hatches the eggs in captivity. With boas, I would assume if they catch a wild pregnant female and it gives birth, it's captive born, which is similar to captive hatched.