Sinestra, the hypo jungle

[Jessibelle]

Beautiful Boa by the way!! I love seeing Boas on this site and reading everyone's advice. I just got my baby a couple weeks ago and I'm storing away this invaluable knowledge so when the time comes I'll be ready to start handling.

Yes, there seems to be a lot of very experienced boa keepers on here and lots of good information. Good luck with your baby!! I just saw your unboxing and photos; what a beautiful animal! Enjoy!


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[Jessibelle]

Sinestra joined me to watch TV tonight. She’s the sweetest.


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[dakski]

She looks great! Awesome how sweet she is and that she's been pounding food for you.

She's going to be an great Boa for a long time!

[Jessibelle]

She looks great! Awesome how sweet she is and that she's been pounding food for you.

She's going to be an great Boa for a long time!

She really is. Thanks so much! It’s such a relief because she’s my first boa and she’s doing great!

Btw, congrats on the scaleless corn!! It’s a beauty!


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[dakski]

She really is. Thanks so much! It’s such a relief because she’s my first boa and she’s doing great!

Btw, congrats on the scaleless corn!! It’s a beauty!


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No problem. I really think she is a stunner.

Once you get over how big they will be (especially females) and their food drive, Boa's are great. Behira is my first Boa as well. If you can give them a big enough tank and meet their temp and humidity requirements, Boa's are quite easy to keep actually, IMO.

She's doing great because you are doing great as a keep meeting her husbandry and food requirements. Keep up the good work!

Thank you so much, Solana (scaleless corn) is the calmest corn I've had and she's only 16G now! She's going to be so beautiful and sweet as an adult! I know I have to, but I can't wait!

It's also pretty cool that she's the first Scaleless, Sunglow, Motley, Red Factor, corn snake in the world! That won't last, there will be more, but it's awesome and she's awesome, and I couldn't ask for more from her, or a better collection all around.

Anyway, keep being a great Snarent, and continue to keep us in the loop and ask anything that you want/need to know.

[EL-Ziggy]

Your girl looks great Jess. I'm new to boas and loving them too. I love that they will just hang out and chill with you like that.

[richardhind1972]

Looking really great, it's great as you say that boas will sit and chill while watching television, you almost forget there there sometimes

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[Jessibelle]

No problem. I really think she is a stunner.

Once you get over how big they will be (especially females) and their food drive, Boa's are great. Behira is my first Boa as well. If you can give them a big enough tank and meet their temp and humidity requirements, Boa's are quite easy to keep actually, IMO.

She's doing great because you are doing great as a keep meeting her husbandry and food requirements. Keep up the good work!

Thank you so much, Solana (scaleless corn) is the calmest corn I've had and she's only 16G now! She's going to be so beautiful and sweet as an adult! I know I have to, but I can't wait!

It's also pretty cool that she's the first Scaleless, Sunglow, Motley, Red Factor, corn snake in the world! That won't last, there will be more, but it's awesome and she's awesome, and I couldn't ask for more from her, or a better collection all around.

Anyway, keep being a great Snarent, and continue to keep us in the loop and ask anything that you want/need to know.

Wow, those genes!!! That's awesome that no matter what comes out, you can say you had the first!

Also, it is a little intimidating that she can potentially get up to 10 feet when I'm only 5'2 and 118lbs. I had multiple keepers (including girls that were very close to my size) tell me that I should be fine to handle a full grown female BCI by myself, so I hope they were right... I'm a pretty strong girl, despite my petite build. Anyway, I'm glad that BCIs are slow growing!

Your girl looks great Jess. I'm new to boas and loving them too. I love that they will just hang out and chill with you like that.

Looking really great, it's great as you say that boas will sit and chill while watching television, you almost forget there there sometimes

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Thank you guys! Their chill nature is why I was attracted to them in the first place.

What temp gun do yall recommend? I have one, but I'm not too happy with it because it doesn't seem to be consistent/accurate.

[dakski]

Wow, those genes!!! That's awesome that no matter what comes out, you can say you had the first!

Also, it is a little intimidating that she can potentially get up to 10 feet when I'm only 5'2 and 118lbs. I had multiple keepers (including girls that were very close to my size) tell me that I should be fine to handle a full grown female BCI by myself, so I hope they were right... I'm a pretty strong girl, despite my petite build. Anyway, I'm glad that BCIs are slow growing!





Thank you guys! Their chill nature is why I was attracted to them in the first place.

What temp gun do yall recommend? I have one, but I'm not too happy with it because it doesn't seem to be consistent/accurate.

If you feed her properly, and unless she's genetically huge, she will likely never see more than 7-8FT. She will be girthy, but not 10FT. That's more for Argentinian Boas and some BCC's, maybe.

BCI's are in the middle. Dwarfs = small. BCI = medium-large. True BCC's, Argentinian, etc. = large.

I had the same fear with Behira. I am 5'4". However, I recently held a 7FT, 16 pound, adult female with a similar temperament to Behira. It was easy peasy. The weight is distributed well and you can drape them over your shoulders. If she's chill now, she will likely be chill as an adult. Not a big deal.

They can easily get 20-25 pounds +, but, if fed properly, are not going to be 100 pounds giants at all.

[Jessibelle]

I haven’t updated in a while, so I’ll post some pics of my beauty! Not much to report. She’s been eating without fail every week since I got her. When I first got her, I weighed her on 7/24/18 and she was 72 grams. She has steadily been gaining weight and the last time I weighed her on 9/30/18, she was 138 grams! I can not believe she has nearly doubled her weight since I got her 2 months ago! She’s due to be measured again, but I’ll have to update another time as I don’t measure her each week and it’s been a while. Here are some recent pics:


I have a question as to what size prey I should be feeding her. Does anyone have a chart of what prey item to feed a BCI or BI based on its weight? I have been feeding f/t nice around 11-13 grams. Is that too small? It does leave a small bulge. Thank you so much in advance!!!


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