Central American, Hypo Hog, and Albino

[PatrickV]

Just thought id post some pics i have of my old girl Marilyn and 2 of my new additions, Edgar and Fibonacci. Not the best pics, but ill be taking nicer photos of my entire collection to post a complete update of everyone
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[GyGbeetle]

So cute!!!! I love the pics!

[dave himself]

Very nice mate :)

[MartinD]

Beautiful snakes

[richardhind]

Great looking snakes you have there,I like pink shading on that little Hogg and that Central American looks nice and chunky,I also love the pink shades on the albino,it's a shame most fade ou,thanks for the share

[Jim Smith]

VERY pretty snakes.

[Tsubaki]

Beautiful! I love Marilyns face !

[BillyCostume]

Love that pink belly. Beautiful snakes

[PatrickV]

thanks everyone! i was lucky with my hypo hog, i was able to hand pick it from the litter and I chose Edgar because the red and pink on him really stood out in comparison to the rest. and yeah ive noticed that the albino's tend to fade which is a little disapointing but hopefully he wont fade too too much

[SWDK]

Very nice boas. Thanks for sharing them with us.

[uhhlise_nacole]

Absolutely wonderful pictures. Very photogenic beauties you have there.

[bigsnakegirl785]

How do you feed that last one? Looks on the chunky side.

All of them are gorgeous (but I may or may not be biased with boas)!

[PatrickV]

How do you feed that last one? Looks on the chunky side.

All of them are gorgeous (but I may or may not be biased with boas)!

I was feeding her too much n i realized not too long ago. i was feeding a jumbo rat like every 2 weeks. now im cutting it down to once a month or so.

[bigsnakegirl785]

I was feeding her too much n i realized not too long ago. i was feeding a jumbo rat like every 2 weeks. now im cutting it down to once a month or so.

I'd probably cut down to a regular large rat as well. Very very few boas get large enough for jumbos, and at that point a mixture of regular larges and xx-small rabbits would be preferable considering the high fat count in jumbos (nearly 50% - ~46% to be exact). Once a month is a good schedule, though, glad to hear you've taken some steps to slim her out! Unfortunately these guys lose weight sooo slow. Took me a year of dieting to get my boa slimmed out a few years ago, and he wasn't too terribly overweight.

[PatrickV]

I'd probably cut down to a regular large rat as well. Very very few boas get large enough for jumbos, and at that point a mixture of regular larges and xx-small rabbits would be preferable considering the high fat count in jumbos (nearly 50% - ~46% to be exact). Once a month is a good schedule, though, glad to hear you've taken some steps to slim her out! Unfortunately these guys lose weight sooo slow. Took me a year of dieting to get my boa slimmed out a few years ago, and he wasn't too terribly overweight.

It just a bummer because i still have like 5 jumbo's in the freezer to use up. i don't want my boa to become obese, but i hate wasting money at the same time. I guess i could see if the shop would take them back but i really doubt it.

[bigsnakegirl785]

It just a bummer because i still have like 5 jumbo's in the freezer to use up. i don't want my boa to become obese, but i hate wasting money at the same time. I guess i could see if the shop would take them back but i really doubt it.

If you want to use the rest, I would just move that boa to eating one every 2 months, and if you pick up some regular larges give it a large every other feeding. So the feeding would look something like this:

Give it a jumbo: 2 months later offer a regular large. 1 month later, offer another jumbo, and then 2 months later do another large. Rinse and repeat until you've gone through all the jumbos and then it can stay on a large rat once a month from there.

[PatrickV]

If you want to use the rest, I would just move that boa to eating one every 2 months, and if you pick up some regular larges give it a large every other feeding. So the feeding would look something like this:

Give it a jumbo: 2 months later offer a regular large. 1 month later, offer another jumbo, and then 2 months later do another large. Rinse and repeat until you've gone through all the jumbos and then it can stay on a large rat once a month from there.

that's a good idea, i think ill do that n then stick to regular larges. this is my first adult female boa so i'm only now figuring out how they eat at this age