Karl The Costa Rican Boa's Picture Thread

[Mad Max]

I'm mostly starting this thread so that I can give people a quick link to pictures of what Karl looks like when the question comes up, but I'll probably update it on rare occasions until it gets deleted or I forget about it.

Anyway, Karl is one of Vin Russo's Costa Rican boas (BCI). More specifically, he's a Liberia (town in northern Costa Rica) locality and direct descendent of the Costa Rican BCI's at Zoocriadero World of Snakes in Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica (mentioned in The Complete Boa Constrictor).

..:. World of Snakes Costa Rica .:... (http://www.theworldofsnakes.com/?fuseAction=home.view&uid=15&showSaleInfo=no)

I took this picture of Karl today (12/29/14), nearly six months from the day he was born (6/27/14).

http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_2136_zps058fa342.jpg

[Mad Max]

These are pictures of his current cage, but I plan on getting him a new one in the near future.

http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_2123_zps201b0f5b.jpg

http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_2121_zps74831efa.jpg

[Mad Max]

This is Karl at about 1 month old and 16 inches long. (7/26/14).
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_1097_zps6303574c.jpg
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_1147_zpsaee23a8d.jpg

[Mad Max]

(8/2/14)
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_1208_zpsefd82460.jpg

(8/18/14)

http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_1391_zps27b3aa9d.jpg

(9/19/14) Karl is about 20 inches long.
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_1668_zps873e493a.jpg

[Mad Max]

Feeding on a mouse (12/4/14) Karl is over 26 inches long.
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_1984_zpsaf629511.jpg

[Mad Max]

(12/29/14)
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_2134_zpsff5e29fd.jpg
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/CR851/IMG_2135_zpsa32d1f3e.jpg

[Mad Max]

According to my care log, Karl has eaten 22 mice and shed 4 times since I got him. :)

[Minkness]

Oh man....so getting one....eventually.....yiu got me drooling over him!

[Mad Max]

Thanks, Minkness. I decided to add the pic of him eating a mouse after you asked if he was easy to feed.

[Minkness]

^_^

Glad to see he's a good eater then!

Totally can't wait to have a pint sized BCI of my own!

[Mad Max]

Totally can't wait to have a pint sized BCI of my own!

I'd love to see pictures of that. :)

[Cmwells90]

Yea they're great feeders, I have a female and she's NEVER skipped a meal, even when she had mites after getting her, she's always taken food! So it's nice to have a snake eating when my other 2 wont at all!

[Emmamuradian]

beautiful snake!!

[Mad Max]

Thank you very much.

[bigsnakegirl785]

She's absolutely gorgeous!

The biggest boas I've ever seen were from Costa Rica. I was visiting the serpentarium during my trip to Costa Rica (I don't remember where exactly) and the big ones must have been like 9-10ft long. The smaller ones were about 6-7ft, and there may have been one 5ft one.

[Mad Max]

Thanks, bigsnakegirl.

I'd love to go down there someday. Karl's only about 30 inches right now. Vin Russo thinks that he'll stay around 5 feet and his relatives on the Zoocriadero website are listed at under 6 feet, but we'll have to wait to see exactly how big Karl gets. I really wouldn't mind either way if he were big or small, but i've decided to get him a 6' x 2' cage so it would be sort of neat if he stayed on the smaller side and had more space to move around.

[ManSlaughter33]

Whoa gorgeous colors!!!
Love him :)

soo little compared to my Azzy, and shes still little too :P

[Mad Max]

Thank you. How old is Azzy?

[ManSlaughter33]

Thank you. How old is Azzy?
Shes about 1 year and just barely over 3 feet.

[Mad Max]

Pretty girl.

[ManSlaughter33]

Thanks :) she's super sweet as well