Winter activity.

[Gio]

It has been cold here the last week or so. Sniper ate his last meal of the year November 2nd.


I typically drop the ambient room temp and the cage temps by a few degrees this time of year. More so for the boa constrictor, as I follow the keeping advice of Gus Rentfro and Vin Russo.

I don't usually see a lot of activity from this guy once we settle into our winter routine, but yesterday was different. For starters I found sperm plugs in his water bowl, I also noticed he spilled his water, eliminated his waste, and messed up his cage.

I opened his cage to start the maintenance procedures and suddenly "Mr. Social" appeared.



Even without a single female boa in the house it is apparent that the boy still has a drive to mate.

He's over 6 years old now, in absolutely fantastic shape, and still putting on some length albeit very slowly. He is a Barranquilla, Colombian boa.
He is a pure locality animal produced by Gus Rentfro. This locale shares traits of BCI and BCC. He's perfect IMO.


He actually made a break for the floor which is rare for him. Usually he sticks in his cage, and the carpet is the one who likes to escape.


Unfortunately the lighting doesn't show his true coloring. The flash didn't help out either.


His cage is clean, his temps are dropped and he's all set for winter. I'll likely gut the cage in the next week or two and renew the substrate and make a few adjustments. The nice thing about the "seasonal" approach is once you've cleaned, it stays that way a lot longer.

He'll see you next spring.