Need help! Can u identify? I'm ignorent

[Boabrad]

I help help and hoping someone knowledgeable could give me some insight, all I have are these pictures and I need to know how old she might be,how big, length, and what kind of boa she is reg or morph?

[MDT]

can't help you w much...but if those tiles are 12" squares, you've got a pretty big snake (6-7ish ft)...and based on the pic of someone (you?) holding it...it's a big snake

[Albert Clark]

Both of your pictures are unclear also. Maybe try getting some better lighting for the members who are very good at identifying the boa species. Lol. To me, it looks like boa constrictor constrictor but could certainly be a bci bc of the large size and extreme length. So the better lighting is important to differentiate.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Undoubtedly BCI, there's no sign of BCC that I can see. Some better photos in the sunlight would help, though. It appears to be 6'-7', very average sizes for BCI.

[SnoopySnake]

Undoubtedly BCI, there's no sign of BCC that I can see. Some better photos in the sunlight would help, though. It appears to be 6'-7', very average sizes for BCI.

Agreed. Guarantee this is most (if not all) BCI. It's also impossible telling if there's any BCC and what locale BCI without lineage info from a breeder. No morph, just a normal boa.

[Boabrad]

Thank yous kindly, was told she was a hypo salmon but had my doubts, also told she was female but never had it probed so who know, guy also warned me one day it would be eating pigs, I'd say she lil older then three years, any idea roughly how much bigger she might get? She's been fed fairly well, and any idea if her headsize should get bigger? Thanks

[bigsnakegirl785]

It's not hypo at all, and salmon is a line of hypo, you'd have to have papers to claim it as a salmon, you can't tell by looks.

At its size? 3 years is a young guess. I'd say 4-6 years or older. At this size, you can't really tell unless it's still growing.

Guinea pigs, no. Stay away from Guinea pigs, they're way too high in fat, I wouldn't even feed it once a year tbh. Stick to large rats, and small rabbits.

If she's still growing, it could possibly still get 8'+, but it would be easier to tell if you actually knew the age. They grow for the first 6 years at least, they're extremely slow growers.

[Boabrad]

I do roughly know the age, 3 years ago when I got her she fit in a oatmeal box, was eating mice, she's no older then 3.5 years

[Boabrad]

And he didn't say guinea pigs he said baby bacon pigs lol

[bigsnakegirl785]

How big abouts was she? She could have been even a year old when you got her, depending on size. Yearlings average 2'-3'.


OOOOOH, lol. Wow then yeah, that's even worse! No pigs, not ever, no matter how big it gets! Way way way too much fat. You think GPs are bad? Pigs are even worse. o.o

[Boabrad]

She was 2 ftish got her, maybe 2 .5 ft. Max, and where I am a dead rats 12 bucks so hoping I can start feeding her rabbits soon, but I think she's still too small, not sure, but I don't think she could take a rabbit yet, don't feed live

[bigsnakegirl785]

My 6.5' boy is on rabbits and large rats, but unless you can find some that are 1/2 lb or smaller, it's best to stick to rats. She should be fine on large rats for awhile longer, depending on if she's closer to 6' than 7'.

And yeah at that size, sounds like she could be a year old. My boy was 2'7" after I had him a year, started out about 18"-19", a little smaller than my current girl and she's 2-3 months old.

[SnoopySnake]

She was 2 ftish got her, maybe 2 .5 ft. Max, and where I am a dead rats 12 bucks so hoping I can start feeding her rabbits soon, but I think she's still too small, not sure, but I don't think she could take a rabbit yet, don't feed live

Order in bulk online. At $12 each, comapred to $2-$3 each, shipping would be well worth it. I prefer big cheese rodents.

[Boabrad]

Measured her she's 7ft, rabbits okay?

[Boabrad]

And can't u tell roughly age by head? Young ones have juninile faces while seems to me the big old thick ones face structures bit differnt

[Boabrad]

And even though she's long I think her head might be bit small for a rabbit

[bigsnakegirl785]

No, you cannot tell age by head. The head size varies by individual, and a lot of times a power-fed animal will have a "pinhead." Some individuals will have thinner heads, some are heavy-set, etc. Going off just the head, my 4 year old still looks 2 years. He's got a very thin, stream-lined head and large eyes.

Head size also doesn't tell you how large of a meal a snake can take, you look at girth, not head size. A 6'-7' boa is plenty big enough to eat a rabbit, 1/2-1 lb in weight. My 6.5' boa is eating 4-8 oz rabbits or large rats. Just make sure whatever you feed leaves no lump, or at most a lump with no scale separation.