Quote Originally Posted by viper69 View Post
beautiful animal, but your breeder did you no help in my opinion. Breeding solely based on phenotypes without actually knowing the locality is a terrible thing to do as it dilutes the gene pool into unknowns. that doesn't help truly serious owners who would like to breed at some point.
this is not your fault mind you.

I let mine climb up an unplugged lamp as well. It's amazing to see how adept they are at climbing compared to my BP HAH
Keep in mind that just because a breeder declares the locality of a boa to be such, doesnt mean it is even near correct. Even if it is a true line bred animal, and the breeder himself had the first captive generation, there is still a major shadow of a doubt as to the true origins. Importation of boas from CA, and SA is sloppy at best. We see this all the time with BCCs. Those supposedly from Ghana are actually from Suriname and vice versa. Often populations are mixed together and a tag is just slapped on the crate before it reaches our shores. Personally I would rather go by what I see, and the traits I can distinguish, rather than what some breeder told me, even if they had the best intentions.