Feliz - Venezuelan "Dwarf" BCC

[richardhind1972]

Feliz is looking nice and bright Dave

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[dakski]

Feliz is looking nice and bright Dave

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Thanks Rich! He's growing too! He's really started to put on weight since he went to Rat Fuzzy's.

He could take a rat pup now, but I am feeding weekly still, and am going to wait a bit to move in prey size. No need to rush, especially with a BCC.

I'll tell you what though, he's got the fastest strike I've ever seen. Last night, I had the rat a few inches to his front/right. His head was at the acrylic door and I had the rat basically next to him. I expected him to turn and strike. NOPE! He struck sideways, grabbed the rat, and did a 90 degree move while wrapping it and ended up in the middle of the tank. This all happened in less than a second. WOW.

He does strike hard and fast, but he also strikes quickly, so there's no waiting and I don't get anxious. Behira sometimes stalks the prey for a minute and then strikes. That makes me crazy! Is she going to strike? When is she going to strike? Quick strikers don't make me anxious at all.

Alfred Hitchcock said, "The anticipation of the bang is worse than the bang itself."

[Bogertophis]

Katie holding Feliz. He's looking dapper.

Hasn't quite got the "hand-cuff" move down yet...just wait.

[JRLongton]

Love the clean pattern and the red, red, tail. Gorgeous creature, and with a disposition like his... looks like you got the perfect pet boa!

Still waiting to hear back from TC Reptile on my anticipated acquisition...

[dakski]

Feliz is getting a little too happy to see me. In other words - he thinks food a lot now! Good thing he's hook trained already. Calms right down the second he sees/feels the hook handle. No striking or anything, but I know the look and the movement of a Boa wanting food .

Once out, as with Behira, he's a total puppy dog.







"I can touch the sky, Dad!"

[Gio]

What a clean pattern!

Good looking boa!

[dakski]

What a clean pattern!

Good looking boa!

Thanks Gio.

He was a holdback for color. Tommy Carpenter (TC Reptile) held him and his brother back (he's the first picture of the thread, with a dog bone in his tail pattern) and could only keep one. I twisted his arm for Feliz. I send him updates and he says, I think semi-jokingly, that he regrets selling him.

I think it's only Tommy and one other breeder in the USA of True Venezuelan Red Tails, the real dwarf BCC's.

[dakski]

Feliz weighed in today at 210G. He's looking dapper and I took some pictures with my DSLR.

[richardhind1972]

Great pics dave , really love his clean saddles, the dslr camera really brings his colours out.
never noticed the sunglasses on his markings before, looks like someone spray tanned round them so coooool


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[AbsoluteApril]

He's a beautiful boa, love the nice contrast.