Adult Hogs, please post pics

[BoidKeeper]

I would love to see some pics of full grown Hogs. I'm really hoping that mine stay under 5' but I keep finding pics of seven foot Hogs.
Thanks,
Trevor

[BigDan]

Here you go Trevor


Sears Line Female approx 5ft and 3.5 years old.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/1112sears_line_female_full_body_shot-med.jpg

Very orange with very little speckling.

Another female produced in Canada 5.5 feet and 4.5 years old.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/1112gravid_hogg_island.jpg

More speckling and pinker not as orange, she produced some really nice babies for us last year.

I think the reason you see some really big Hoggs out there is that in captivity they have access to a better food supply. On Hogg Island resources were limited and natural selection selected snakes for small size due the fact that they survived better in that environment. In captivity they are fed on a regular basis and on high quality food hence they tend to get a little bigger. Addtionally many Hoggs are not pure but have been crossed with normal full sized Bci somewhere along the way and therefore grow bigger due to the influence of normal sized genes.

The Sears line is supposed to be very close to pure or so I am told and they do seem to stay smaller from my experience, I have one pair of Sears line. Female Hoggs generally stay under 6 ft and the males are tiny, mine are barely over 4 ft and are the size of a large corn snake.

Both of my females are currently being bred by the males and if all goes as it did last year should pop in late August.

Take care

Dan

[Lisa]

Pretty nice looking hoggs.

[boa]

very nice hogs hope all goes well thanks for the little bit of info on there back round.

[BoidKeeper]

Excellent Dan, thanks a lot! I love lots of pink and very little speckling. My female has almost no speckling compared to my male. I would love a sears line male some day.
Thanks,
Trevor

[RedFeather]

The Lemke Line hoggs are also a good way to go. Like Sear's line, they are "true," having been imported from Cayos de Cachinos by the late Lloyd Lemke. I also have seen reports of seven foot Hogg females, and, like you, I've been looking for a smaller boa to start out on, so I read that males stay smaller and went with a male.

:)

Julie
Texas

[boa]

SHE IS NOT AN ADULT BUT SHE IS GOOD ENOUGH SHE CAME FROM MIKE VINCE ISN'T SHE SWEET

[Linds]

My 5.5', 10 lb female of unknown lineage, Peanut; she is nearing 4 years old (approximately)...

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/22peanut-01-med.jpg">
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/22peanutfsoutside-med.jpg">
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/22peanutbody-med.jpg">

[joshbp]

dan and linds... thanx for the fine pix...

josh

[stormyva]

Nice looking snakes!

Here is one of mine... not an adult though...
http://www.stormyworld.net/pages/animals/logan/logan_1-04_03.jpg

[BoidKeeper]

Thanks Linds, Peanut is very, very nice!
Cheers,
Trevor

[djnzlab]

HI,
I have a baby sears line born 08/31/01 they are very special animals.
I didn't know that they can change color on a whim, its rather alarmin the first time you check on them and they are all pale.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/pf2fad0fd0ab6690efd324c94c3c21e4e/fc9e8325.jpg
same snake having a darker moment
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p41e8a00ce6d895dffe880f6507b9d708/fc9e832b.jpg
more recent pick looking out the window
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p33a6e9fd8c5940b9535f75e6ac720572/fc9e82f4.jpg
I am contacting the breeder about another one, hope to find one around a year old.
doug

[snakemann87]

awesome hoggs everyone i hope i get one some day

[Linds]

Thanks Trevor! :)

Doug, beautiful snake! :)