The snow boa project pics

[BigDan]

Well we finally received our DH for Snow pair from Pete Kahl to round out our breeding group.

DH for Snow Male.

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


DH for Snow Female

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/1112dh_for_snow_female_1.jpg

And the best for last. 2001 Snow boa female from Pro Exotics.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/1112snow_boa_2003-med.jpg

The snow has a year head start on the other two and is about 4.5 feet so in another year or two she may be ready to breed. Ahh the wait is going to be tough. LOL

Congrats to all those with the baby boas it is good to see we are starting to produce some of the morphs in Canada in good numbers. Excellent work Kahane and Chris!!

Our monster 8.5 ft female albino is due very soon as well. Only another month or so to go. She was bred to an albino male, keeping the fingers crossed.

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

Take care

Dan

[ReptileHQ]

That snow is one awesome snake!!!!

Has been my favourite morph since they were produced...

Do you find they hold the lavender as they grow?

Nice female albino as well:)

Chris

[eclypse_boy]

This is the first snow I've ever seen and it's amazing. Do you house them the same as normal boas? Do they grow as big? And are they bcc. or bci.? Sorry for all the questions but I,ve just added another one to my list. lol Yeah I know I'm dreaming.:bugged:

[Lovely Monica]

Ohh What a beautiful Snake. Snow Boa's were alweys one of my most Favourite Morph's...Good Job and good Luck.


MOnica

[Lisa]

They're good looking snakes but I think I prefer the way normals look.

[KaHane]

Thanks Dan, can't wait til your babies arrive:)Great snow project you got going there! Beautiful snakes. What strain is your female albino? Kahl or Sharp? Best of luck man!

[BigDan]

Eclipse yes they take the same care as any other boa out there, the only thing diifferent is the color. She does seem more sensitive to bright light but most albinos of any species are, she eats great and is a little feisty actually.

Snows are the combination of the albino and anery gene in one animal. When you put a snow next to an albino there is a big difference. Our snow has quite a bit of lavender on her still some snows will turn more yellow as they age, this is dependant on the anerys used to make the Double Het for snows. Some anerys brown or yellow out with age hence snows derived from them will also yellow out. The grandmother of our snow was a wild caught anery Bci which was very black and silver as an adult so we hope our little snow stays nice and white as she ages.

Our aim of breeding her to the DH for Snow male is that number one he is unrelated and #2 he is a heterzygous animal therefore we would be introducing different genes and hopefully producing some strong and healthy snow boas in the future. The DH for snow male and female are unrelated as well they were from two different litters. Double Het for snows are produced by breeding an albino boa to an anery you then produce normal colored animals double heterzygous for both traits. You would then breed the Double Hets together in order to hopefully produce a snow which is a 1 in 16 chance with this breeding.

By breeding the DH for snow male to the snow female we would statistically get the following ratios of color varieties in the litter.

25% would be normal colored 100% het for snow
25% would be albino 100% het for snow
25% would be anery 100% het for snow
25% would be snow

KaHane our albino female was produced by Brian Sharp but is the Kahl or original strain.

For more info on snow boas and their history check out www.pkreptiles.com under information, there is an article from Reptiles on the snow boa.

Thanks

Dan

[Darren Hamill]

Best of luck to you Dan!

[McPatch]

Good luck Dan.Those are some beautiful snakes.Hope all turns out well.

Darren

[nuno]

OMG...those are beautifull Boas...drool!! :D

p.s. can I have one...lol

Nuno

[snakemann87]

wow! those are some NICE boas you got there.

[PoiSoNouS]

Beautifull !
Best of luck with your snow project.. really nice project btw ;)

[Clownfishie]

Wowsers! Awesome looking snakes :) Congrats on the new additions... and best of luck with the nice fat albino lady you've got there!

[Big Mike]

Very cool...good luck with them.

[Matt]

real nice, good luck with it!

[paolo_28]

Very nice snakes Dan, good luck.

[Linds]

Good luck! :thumbsup: