Solomon Island Tree Boa

[qiksilver]

hmmm, i was really hopin' that would effectively take one of them out of the running, although it could take out carinata, although books and article say it won't but i have never seen a carinata that big, but i still think her head to neck ratio isn't right for a tree. I still wanna say she's just a rather deflated ground. Part of my reasoning is that she looks VERY similar in body size and shape to a halmahera that i used to have, which is why i'm saying that it may not be a tree boa and could still be a ground boa.

[weirdbuglady]

I have seen other pictures online of candoia carinata carinata that look a lot like my snake, the *most* like my snake, anyway... I guess it would be tough for anyone to tell unless examined in person. And it seems like there is a bit of variation between snakes claiming to be of the same species.

Here are some other pics of her:




She just seems too slender and inclined to wrap herself into knots to be a ground boa but maybe she's just weird

[qiksilver]

i just can't really figure true size on her from the pics, so I don't know, sorry. it doesn't help that she won't eat, and candoia have real slow metabolisms anyway so that's two things working against you. But all Candoia do have prehensile tails, even aspera. What are the temps you're keeping her at?

[weirdbuglady]

As you can see in the first picture she's got a tall cage, its in the mid to high 80s at the top and low 80s at the bottom, goes to 70s at night.

And she finally ate the frog I gave her!

[weirdbuglady]

Maybe this pic will help with estimating the size...

[N4S]

These are pretty cool looking snakes.

I went to a petstore when I was young and the store owner (clueless) on how to care for them had like 15.

I purchased one for about 15 dollars. It was a tiny little thing. To small to eat live food.

He instructed me to force feed it a mouses tail. Which I did. It seemed to work for about 2 months.

Then it died.

Once again. I was probably in about 6th grade.

[darkangel]

OMG she is beautiful!

[qiksilver]

Yeah, I still say not a tree boa. I can grab a pic of my carinata in my hand later if you wish for size judgement. But from the pics, and that doesn't mean that's the case... but from the pics, I'd say it might be a halmahera or a ground due to the proportions of the head to neck to body: and also it's too big for a carinata, and looks like it will be too fat for an australis. If only it'd start eating then you would be able to tell with more confidence, how much your little one will fill out will tell a lot.

OMG she is beautiful!

thanks amy, it's a damn good thing too because she was impossible at first. Now she's one of my best eaters.

[johnst_nhb]

Maybe this pic will help with estimating the size...

This is a very large Carinata. The lightened cloacal spot over the vent is the dead giveaway (take a closer look and snap a photo if you can just to make sure). It is no wonder you are having problems feeding...they are notorious. I would also say this is most likely wildcaught, which will make it even more stubborn, but not impossible to get healthy. You can see that it does not have very firm skin and slight low bodyweight.

A carinata that large is difficult to tell from an australis, so I don't entirely blame Regal.

Hope this helps!

[qiksilver]

well I defer to your superior knowledge, but really? carinata? I admit the head threw me off, but it's HUGE, and I personally have never seen a carinata that has those proportions.

btw, you have a pm