Bye Bye Ball Hello Red Tail!

[Wh00h0069]

Ugh, sunglow...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT

I still have one, and my pair is breeding again this year.

[Alex.B]

i think it's a good choice out of all my snakes my boa has to be my favorite always curious and ready to squirm around XD

[PrettyInInk87]

I used to own over sixty balls. Now I own one normal that I have had for over ten years. I traded and sold all of them off for boas. I love boas personalities and morphs. I own quite a few different morphs, and even some locality dwarf boas. Here are a few pics of some of mine:

Sabogae "Pearl Islands" boa:


T+ Nic:



Wow! BEAUTIFUL!! Love the Sunglow... Whould you happen to know what morph mine is, I was told Pastel but I have no idea. Lol! They really are very curious... Mine and my brother in laws always flick their tongue on my face. They will kind of just stay there for a bit, do lots of flicking, then move on to a different part of my body and do more flicking. It's so cute and it tickles...
Sunglow:

[Wh00h0069]

Wow! BEAUTIFUL!! Love the Sunglow... Whould you happen to know what morph mine is, I was told Pastel but I have no idea. Lol! They really are very curious... Mine and my brother in laws always flick their tongue on my face. They will kind of just stay there for a bit, do lots of flicking, then move on to a different part of my body and do more flicking. It's so cute and it tickles...

Thanks. The sunglows are, in my opinion, one of the nicest looking boa morphs out there. I think yours is a pastel. It looks like a normal Colombian, except for the pinks down its sides. I do not own any pastels, so I do not have anything to compare it with. I bet it will darken somewhat, and get better looking with age.

That's pretty funny about the boas flicking their tongues at you. That is just their way of sensing you.

[PrettyInInk87]

Yeah, I love it! It makes me giggle like a little girl. Lol! I got him about 3 days ago now and am having such a hard time leaving him alone for a week! I haven't touched him, he's been hiding out in his hide BUT ah! I just want to pull him out and have him hang out with me while I do dishes and stuff. Soon enough... 5 more days.

[Jerhart]

I used to own over sixty balls. Now I own one normal that I have had for over ten years. I traded and sold all of them off for boas. I love boas personalities and morphs.

Beautiful animals.

-Just curious-

What makes one get rid of 60+ Balls and make the move to boas? You obviously have/had a passion for balls owning 60+. Did you get bored with them as you said you love the Boas Personalities? I know there are a lot of boa morphs...but we all know the endless crosses surfacing with balls.

I can completely see trading one animal for another as the OP did...but to have an established collection...just curious why one decides to make such a big leap from one species to another...

[Wh00h0069]

Yeah, I love it! It makes me giggle like a little girl. Lol! I got him about 3 days ago now and am having such a hard time leaving him alone for a week! I haven't touched him, he's been hiding out in his hide BUT ah! I just want to pull him out and have him hang out with me while I do dishes and stuff. Soon enough... 5 more days.

If it were me, I would go ahead and get his out as long as he doesn't look stressed out. I normally can't wait to hold my new purchases, and do so after a couple of days.

Beautiful animals.

-Just curious-

What makes one get rid of 60+ Balls and make the move to boas? You obviously have/had a passion for balls owning 60+. Did you get bored with them as you said you love the Boas Personalities? I know there are a lot of boa morphs...but we all know the endless crosses surfacing with balls.

I can completely see trading one animal for another as the OP did...but to have an established collection...just curious why one decides to make such a big leap from one species to another...

Honestly, all of mine fed live and there were no rat breeders in the area. We had one for a little while, but he moved out of state. I had to drive a three hour round trip to get rats. I tried many many times to get the balls to take f/t, but none of them would even consider it. I tricked one into taking a f/t once, but he or she didn't fall for it again. I started breeding rats, but I did not like it. I bred them for around a year-and-a-half. I was eventually spending more time with the rats than I was with the snakes. I just got tired of it. I do regret it sometimes, but I also love my boas, so I get over it. I have thought about adding a few balls lately, but only if they are strong eaters on f/t.

I had a couple of boas while I had the balls, and loved their personalities and morphs. I started getting more into them as I was deciding not to keep the balls, so decided to trade / sell them off for the boas. I now have a pretty diversified boa collection, and am happy with them. I do plan on adding a few other species to the collection in the future, such as Black-headed pythons and Angolan pythons.

[PrettyInInk87]

If it were me, I would go ahead and get his out as long as he doesn't look stressed out. I normally can't wait to hold my new purchases, and do so after a couple of days.

Um, I actually gave in last night, lol! I pulled him out for a few minutes then decided i'd feed him since he just came out of shed. He struck at the mouse right away and caught me off guard, lol! It made me jump when he struck. I waited for him to finish eating then put him back in his warm hide. Now I have to leave him alone for another couple of days. Oh and I video taped it too...

It's a long video but at least you can see how pretty he is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITsjDq9OAr4

[Wh00h0069]

Um, I actually gave in last night, lol! I pulled him out for a few minutes then decided i'd feed him since he just came out of shed. He struck at the mouse right away and caught me off guard, lol! It made me jump when he struck. I waited for him to finish eating then put him back in his warm hide. Now I have to leave him alone for another couple of days. Oh and I video taped it too...

It's a long video but at least you can see how pretty he is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITsjDq9OAr4

Hmmm. I'm at work, so I will have to wait until I get home to watch... I'm like you. I can't wait to hold my new little ones. I normally hold them for a few minutes when I first get them in, and then give them a couple of days to settle in.

[Wh00h0069]

I was able to watch the video on my phone. He took it like a champ. I like the song in the background. It added to the effect. Why did you feed him out of his enclosure? I always feed mine in their enclosures. My reasoning is that I increase my chance of being bit while transferring them back to their enclosures after they have eaten, since they are still in "feed mode". Just something to consider.

By the way, he is a great looking boa. His pattern is very clean. I am normally not a big fan a speckled boas.