BCC Care

[Gio]

Thanks to both JM and Gio for that info - I didn't know Gus had archived pages that were still able to be viewed.

I remember coming back after a couple years hiatus from reptiles and being super sad that he had retired

It was a huge loss for boa fans when Gus stopped producing/selling his animals.

Honestly most of the information I post comes from his now defunct website, conversations from old boa boards, or private emails I'd exchanged with him.

I really think Gus and a few others with his lines produced the most beautiful lines of locality boas.

Tommy Carpenter is another person who has kept on with the locality stuff.

Anyhow,

Those links that JM and I posted are worth their weight in gold.

I sent Sauzo and JM those links the second I saw them scoring the Rio Bravo Pokigron lines.

Once folks understand that boa constrictors are VERY different from most pythons, I think the overall care of boas will change a bit.

IMO, if you have a Suri, I would not feed anything more than a large mouse for the first year.

Then gradually shift to rats and increase the size.

Now and then I wish I would not have passed on a Pokigron Suri for a SD X Dwarf retic, but then again, there is something awesome about the retics. Mine is by far the best display snake in the collection.

Back to subject,

Be conservative with a BC (BCC), raise it gradually.

It's easier to overfeed a boa than it is to starve one.