Beautiful New Female [emoji41]

[Codil7]

Congrats on your first boa! I'm sure it won't be your last. I have three, a BCA male, a Central American motley male, and a BCI hypo male. All three are great eaters, curious and calm snakes, and a joy to handle.

Yours looks like a common boa (BCI) in one pic I was thinking maybe anery, but the other pics show warmer brown hues, so I'm thinking you just have a very nice looking normal.
The specking / freckling is a trait of most boas and it varies in amount... my hypo BCI male is quite "dirty" too and has a lot of freckles, but I think it adds character.

I'd agree that yours looks to be ~18 months - 2 years maybe.

I highly suggest using hook / tap training to help your boa learn when it is and is not feeding time. These guys have a crazy high food drive and I have often had to use the hook to bring mine out of food mode (My BCA will slam the glass at any sign of motion when he's hungry).

I would also suggest doing a lot of research into proper feeding schedule. These guys need to be fed a lot more carefully than BPs, as they will get obese quickly resulting in fast growth and a shorter life span. For a boa the age of yours, feeding every ~2 weeks would probably be fine. Most people keep theirs on mice until the boa is large enough to take a small rat and then switch.

Thank you for all the great information! I do agree that after a bit of research, she is more than likely just a pretty normal. Her colors are more true in the last photos versus the first couple. I’m not entirely sure why the camera gave her a grey coloring rather than the actual brown. I personally love the speckles on her. Not many of my other snakes had that and it’s a nice change of scenery for sure.

Without knowing her exact feeding schedule since birth, it has been rather difficult gauging her exact age. But 18 months seems to be a common answer for most people I’ve talked to. To me personally, she shows the length of a boa that age, but not necessarily the girth. Of course feeding would be a huge factor so who knows.

You really aren’t kidding with the food response! I gave her a couple days to settle in before attempting to feed and even then I wasn’t expecting much out of her. But man was I wrong. She came straight out and struck immediately. Something I’m really not used to with my BP history. What a joy! One thing that really surprised me was how active she was following a meal. She fed about 6pm and by 11pm she was already roaming the enclosure again. Definitely not what I was expecting considering the slower metabolism.

Could you give any tips on hook/tap training? Both new concepts for me considering none of my BPs have ever really needed it.


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