Photo shoot for Simon - BRB

[Charis]

Got Simon out for a photo shoot a bit ago.

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/8a523da0c694a6ca18f4382721984254_zps37f5ea28.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/0c9d9b505d9faec5a22faefe8c747dd8_zps66774519.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/603a9a5137ec3f931bb0198c2b4f332a_zps953a2207.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/88d6d5b12e6171122001605dec5983a9_zpsfcd381c4.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/5d0758eee35b9399c98d7f2283a59005_zps3014a1d7.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/65205aabddd3bf87090810171627f458_zpsaeebe4b7.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/008f02e4c3fb22ccbfc1f045bb0606ad_zpse00ff2ba.jpg

Continued ...

[Charis]

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/f59ba566cb10a84208dee1c404f0876d_zpsd69c4a2a.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/3158644b026bc3547fcaf72f3b5ad606_zps3148a1f5.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/d8b426f92d2b75e5e4a65b6e6272340b_zps7ffe11be.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/Simon%20-%20Brazilian%20Rainbow%20Boa/278c1a97acc163a39bfeb72d5ea26275_zps08caaf41.jpg

[Snakesitter]

Looking great! How old now?

[swolek]

He's gorgeous! :)

[Charis]

Not sure, we got both him and a female, Kaylee, from a guy a few months ago. That guy was apparently their second owner and didn't know exactly how old they are. He thought the female was about 3 1/2 years old and the male 2 1/2 years. But they were also supposed to have had a litter of 18 babies in 2012 and I'm not sure she or he would have been big enough to breed then, so tend to think they must be a year or two older than we were told but I suppose it's possible. :Shrug:

[Kid Boa]

Awesome. :)

[mr_weatherby]

Beautiful snake!

[desipooh.12]

Wow, very nice!
The purple rug makes them really "pop"

[Snakesitter]

That is surprisingly common with snakes...few people seem to track age well. Then again, I suppose it applies to all pets....

[marvelfreak]

That is surprisingly common with snakes...few people seem to track age well. Then again, I suppose it applies to all pets....
That why i keep records of all my snakes.

[Snakesitter]

Me too. Great practice, and I wish it were more common.

[Charis]

That got me curious, so I went through my records and out of our current 25 snakes, I know the exact hatch/birth day of 6 of them and the exact or approx month of 5 of them but not the exact day. But the rest I'm lucky to even know what year.

[Snakesitter]

It gets tougher with older animals or buying from resellers. Babies from breeders are the best way to be sure.

[MizCandice]

WOw, look at that color and pattern, very pretty!

[Lichjen]

beautiful snake you have there - are they as aggressive as I have heard

[Charis]

I have only a bit of experience with them so far, we've owned Zoë, our first, since last year. She was a bit under 3 months when we got her. She was very calm but did go through a brief bitey period a few months ago. That seems to be over now though.
from what I've read that seems to be typical of young ones, a bitey period followed by calmness, if they are handled consistently.

Then Kaylee, the female adult we got a few months ago bit my husband the first time he handled her.
But she did have retained eye caps at the time and I have a suspicion that the guy we got them from had not been feeding them very much, since he had been trying to get rid of them for several months, they didn't seem to be starved or in bad condition or anything. But her bite did seem to be more of a feeding bite than aggression.
We've been careful with her since and she hasn't done anything threatening. That first bite was actually worse for the fact that she is now the biggest, power-fullest snake we have and we had not had any experience dealing with a snake that strong before, so that was a surprise!

[smy_749]

stunning pics and animals as always!

[Snakesitter]

I agree with Charis. Having over 20 of these snakes, I can tell you that Brazilians have an undeserved reputation for biting. Typically they are only *very* bitey for the first few weeks of life, before they learn that the human hand is not a threat to them. Thereafter, they calm down with age and regular, gentle handling. My rule of thumb is that babies bite often, juveniles rarely, and adults almost never. That said...as with any species, it varies by animal: a few are inherently more nippy than others.

[sharthun]

Colors are awesome especially against the purple!

[hwilson]

How long is Simon?

[pinsonoso]

Niiice snake! ! Love the color. .