The prettiest snake I have.

[Dianne]

Thank you!!
I also just wanted to say wow, a few of your snakes are older than me! I'd love to have a snake of those ages.

I bought my first boa in 1991 (when I was 20) and have continuously kept snakes since then...now 27 years later. Eventually you’ll get to where you have snakes these ages...you just have to get older to do it.

[Bogertophis]

... Eventually you’ll get to where you have snakes these ages...you just have to get older to do it.

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[redshepherd]

I bought my first boa in 1991 (when I was 20) and have continuously kept snakes since then...now 27 years later. Eventually you’ll get to where you have snakes these ages...you just have to get older to do it.

Still I think that's some dedication, there aren't many people who keep the same snakes for that long! Most decades-long snake enthusiasts have still sold the snakes they first started with. Makes me wonder which snakes I'll still keep by the time I'm 50 or so- the current plan is all the present ones until they've passed away! Haha

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I guess that method will also happen one day- LOL

[Dianne]

Still I think that's some dedication, there aren't many people who keep the same snakes for that long! Most decades-long snake enthusiasts have still sold the snakes they first started with. Makes me wonder which snakes I'll still keep by the time I'm 50 or so- the current plan is all the present ones until they've passed away! Haha

My collection has grown and shrunk over the years. The most I had was in 2000 when I had 42 snakes with a number of different species. That’s also when I was breeding my boas. In late 2001 life took a hard turn and I had to start significantly downsizing, simply didn’t have the income to afford proper care for the number of snakes that I had. I dropped down to less than 10, the ones that were truly like my kids....I just couldn’t part with them. The keepers included the oldest ones I have now, plus my original male redtail that passed away last year at age 26 and my female cornsnake that passed last month at age 16.

No matter what other species I added, my two boas were my first loves and they were always destined to live their lives with me. That said, there are a few I sold that I wish I had kept. I’ve always regretted parting with my Cuban boas (Morticia & Gomez) and my jungle x coastal carpet cross (Byron). Even now I keep an eye out for Cuban boas...and I’m always drooling over the different carpets.