OK let see all those "BIG" boas everyone. Here are pics of my BCI.

[McCarthy Boas]

Ok lets see who has the biggest boa here. Winner gets bragging right. :)
Post pictures and info on "your big boa." No big fishing stories ok. LOL
I know I would love to see some of those 12 to 14 footers.

Well here is my biggest female BCI I have. She is 9' - 6 3/4" long and 60 lbs even.

http://www.mccarthyboas.com/Xena_Tub_Money01.jpg

http://www.mccarthyboas.com/Xena_Can_of_Pop01.JPG

http://www.mccarthyboas.com/XenaGoing_InCage01.JPG

Take care,
Tom

[Colonel_SB]

Holy Crap she is huge man!

[foman]

Did you raise her from a little one? She is very impressive.

[Invictus]

Nice Tom!

Here's my biggest, named Zeus. He's nowhere near as heavy as your girl, but he's between 8 and 9 feet:

http://www.invictusart.com/images/Zeus_800_1.jpg

[bistrobob85]

Hehe, my ''biggest'' boa is still 1.5 years old ( a 5 feet male ), so i wouldn't dare post pics of him on this thread, hehe!

Pretty nice pic, Ken!

phil.

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Lol, My male is about 6ft long and weighs 8lbs. Dont have any pics right now.

C.

[Invictus]

Thanks. :) I believe we weighed Zeus in at about 15 lbs. I'd like to weigh him again though.

[Invictus]

Here's #2 in my collection, strangely also a male... Hades, aka "The Stairmaster", at 7'2" and 12 lbs:

http://www.invictusart.com/images/Hades22.jpg

[latazyo]

nice monitor, Ken

[JimmyDavid]

AHA, i got ya, Ken. You're not that tough, you have a snake hook. Hehe.

[Invictus]

The snake hook is for the papuan pythons... they are pure evil, hehe

[djnzlab]

HI,
I have been very conservative feeding my Guyana and finally broke down and fed her a bunny, I will see how much more weight she gains , she's over 7 ft and filling out nicely.
doug
http://www.redtailboas.com/albums/album42/P1001310_edited.jpg
http://www.redtailboas.com/albums/album42/PICT0020_1_edited.jpg
pre feeding exercise day.

http://www.redtailboas.com/albums/album42/Copy_of_PICT0015_edited_1_1.jpg

They do grow on you over the years sorry about all the pics.The pictures only show about 1/2 the color and some of the detail in her face scales its really amazing in person. She usally has a glow that I ve only seen in rainbow boa's and sheen that is awsome post shed...
Doug:D

[MormonBoa]

alright...my biggest is only 5 feet right now...
but here we go
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/mormonboa/P1010728.jpg

and another

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/mormonboa/P1010674.jpg

[McCarthy Boas]

Thanks everyone for the complements and posting pictures of your big BCI & BCC. Here is a picture I took today of Xena, she is going into shed right now so I can't wait to see her colors after she sheds. She is light colored even in her dark phase. I will post more pictures of her after she sheds. I just picked Xena up on the 16th. She is very tame, thank god, as she would be a handful if she was mean.

http://www.mccarthyboas.com/Xena_Tom02.JPG

Take care,
Tom

[BigBADace]

Holy crap she's a big lady......congrats on the big boa's

[Invictus]

Her girth is just INSANE Tom!

[Ryan and Katie]

Those are some huge boas!

This girl is about 8 feet long and 35+ pounds.... A friend of ours has her now and it should be interesting to see just how much bigger she'll get...

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/555biggirl2-med.jpg

[DeviledDiablo]

hey invc.. i was wonderin how u got ur male to be dat size.. (stairs pic) like ur feedin paterns and stuff.. cause i juss started out and i have my very first boa.. hes about 2 feet rite now.. so still a baby.. under 1 yr.. but i juss wanna no when u feed it and wut size and stuff like dat.. cause i think a 8' male boa would be perfect for me.. :D wouldnt mind bigger.. but i dun want it smaller then 7' for sure!.. thanx

[DeviledDiablo]

ps: i forgot to mention.. im currently feedin him 1 f/t hopper (mouse)every 6 days.. and i think im gonna to buy a bigger size now.. cause im down to my last frozen mouse rite now.. i think im gonna go wit "small adults" like 15 of those and liek 10 "large" adults" for later on.. ty

[mark129er]

You could easily get your boa onto rats. rats are like steroids for boas, get a few rats intonit and it will explode in size. find a size of rat that is 1.5-2 times the size of the largest part of your snake. the meal should leave a bump when finished.

hope this helps you grow a monster.

[Invictus]

My baby boas took adult mice for their third meal, Dialblo. As for the stairmaster, I bought him as an adult, but he loves his rats. Don't count on getting a male boa above 7 feet, or even 6 feet for that matter. So many other factors come into play, such as the genetics. For example, I have a 2 year old boa constrictor that is approaching 5.5 feet... but he's from an 11 foot mother and an 8 foot father, so he's genetically predisposed to becoming HUGE.

Anyway, up your boa to adult mice or rat fuzzies for sure.

[ksu_panda]

Everyone's are just huge! They're awesome!! :)

[DeviledDiablo]

so invic, u think i should juss start orderin adult mice for my lil guy instead of "small adults"? he was still takin hoppers.. i got my snake from Henry Piorun ( Mission, BC ), i think it was from his dec 2003 hatchlings. anyone no wut the parents from dat batch was like? and ya the hoppers i give this lil guy ( Romeo ) leaves a small lil bump at the end.. do u think he would be able to take on large adults? i wanted to get a female at first.. but i heard those COULD grow up to 14 feet.. so back then i thought they USUALLY did.. so i decided to go wit a male which hit 10 feet MAX.. but now dat ive been readin the forms for about 2 months i find dat the 10foot males and 14foot females are nearly impossible.. but its ok.. i love my lil male :D hes still the koolest pet around :p now i juss wanna no if i could get em to like 7-8 feet.. without power feedin.. cause i want this lil guy to live as long as he can and also be healthy.. (not obese)
sry for rambling.. but thanx in advance for the advice/help

[DeviledDiablo]

crap sry.. i dunno y i keep typin hoppers.. hes been feedin on Juvi mice.. NOT HOPPERS :rolleyes: so hes been takin down Juvi mice and dats the ones that give em a lil bit of a lump
ty

[Invictus]

A "little bit" of a lump is NOT sufficient for boas. It should leave a lump so significant that you can see it from 20 feet away.

14 foot boas have NEVER been proven in captivity. The aforementioned 11 footer that gave birth to my beautiful lil' guy is considered FREAKISHLY large for boas. Even Tom's 9.5 footer is on the way big side of the scale. I have an adult female here, and she's barely 6.5 feet.

Realistically, even the boa is fed properly right from birth, you can count on 6 feet for males, 7 for females. Anything bigger than this is definitely outside the norm, and anything above 10 or 11 feet is nearly unheard of, it's so rare.

[duroo]

i just got my boa a week or so ago and the guy said she will be two years old on thanksgiving. i just measured her and she is 45.5 inches long. the guy said he fed her two adult mice once a week. is this a normal length for her? or is she shorter than normal bc he fed her mice instead of rats?

btw, ive fed her once since getting her and i fed her a medium rat and plan to give her rats form now on.

[reptiguy420]

how fast can you get boas to breeding size and what kind of heavy feeding regime can i SAFELY use dont wanna hurt my babies...thanks

[Linds]

duroo,
That's a bit small on average (but not by too much), however she is obviously underfed in the past. She should start to put on size now that she's being fed properly :) Look out, these guys grow like crazy!

[LdyDrgn]

reptiguy... any heavy feeding regime is not really healthy. The best bet for a strong, healthy and long lived snake is to keep it on a normal schedule: 1 appropriate prey item every 7, 10 or 14 days depending on the age/size of the snake.

[McCarthy Boas]

Hi Ken,

Her circumference is 19-3/4". The previous owners of Xena said they only feed her 2 large rats every 2 weeks.
They got her from a importer when she was 4' long that was 10 year ago. So that would make me believe she is 11 to 12 year old.
You have a pretty nice looking male there too.

Take care
Tom

[Invictus]

Have you ever produced babies from her Tom? She looks like she could shoot out a 50 lot EASY, even at her age!

[bistrobob85]

I could lend you my 1.5 years old male for the breeding! I wouldn't having a half of 50 babies, hehe!

phil.

[McCarthy Boas]

Hi Ken,

I just got her a few weeks ago. I may try and breed her this winter with one of my striped males.
I just want to make sure she is healthy before I put her with any of my boas. So far she seems in good health.
But then again they don't get that big by being unhealthy. LOL.


Hi Phil,

Thanks for the offer but I have more males than I need right now. I even have two males for sale on my website.

Take care
Tom

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Lol, yes im resurecting this thread, but I didnt want to start a new one!

Anyways, Today im getting a big female boa measuring 7'7". Shes docile(thats always a good thing). The people im getting her from can only get her to eat live mice. The people who had her before them were feeding her F/T rabbits so I dont know whats wrong with these current owners??? I've got a nice custom cage for her and my male boa. Im getting her today, I'll have pics up within the next few days. Just wanted to add another big boa!

C.

EDIT: The boas wont be in the same cage! LOL Dont worry. Its a double cage.

[MouseKilla]

Can't wait to see a 7'7" mouse eater. lol! How many does she get, 63 mice every Sunday afternoon? HaHa! Hopefully you'll get her back on rabbits quickly, sounds expensive!

[Invictus]

Maybe she just won't take it dangled or something. I've never known a boa on earth to refuse a F/T bunny left in the enclosure overnight. Good luck... 63 mice a week can be expensive. :D

[RepTylE]

do you put the mice in there in a bowl and let her eat them like popcorn?

[reptiguy420]

LOL RepTylE

[Invictus]

LOL@reptyle... good one

[dave68]

LOL,That was such a good one.......LOL....

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Haha........Shes not even gonna see a mouse ever again! Its not me that puts the mice in......its the previous owner. And that was a good one! Lol.

C.

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

HOLY. I just got a link here with some pics of good sized boas. Just thought I would share:

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/diamociuntaglio1/poutpourri/Big_boa_7.jpg&imgrefurl=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/diamociuntaglio1/curiosita.htm&h=618&w=438&sz=53&tbnid=mjGlCiSt-qYJ:&tbnh=132&tbnw=94&start=6&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBig%2BBoa%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

C.

[RepTylE]

Wow cool site pics and the chick in the first pic is hot :P

[jglass38]

Wow, I feel (or my BRB feels) inadequate. I have a rescue case BRB that was 5'5 and 2.19 lbs when I got him/her. The last owner starved it almost to death. The last meal was its first rat (after feeding adult mice until it got the feeding response back. Hopefully it explodes in size now. I am not even sure, what weight should a 5'5 BRB be at? I know they are a more slender boa than these giants...

[MouseKilla]

Originally posted by RepTylE
Wow cool site pics and the chick in the first pic is hot :P

LOL! She might have been before someone engaged in chemical warfare against her hair. Who did that to her, Saddam maybe? Is that what he did with the Weapons of Mass Destruction? She should sue someone.

[Gary D.]

Ok, Iknow you already have this pic, and well I guess she's disqualified as she passed this summer, But whenever I hear the call for big BCI, I just gotta post a pic of Beth.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1506bethstairs-med.jpg

[blayze_1]

WOW! How big was she exactly? Very nice snake. I can't wait until mine get that big.

[Gary D.]

She was conservatively 9.5' and aprox. 45-50 lbs. I've seen a number of "10 ft." boas smaller than her. I find 8'5-9 is really the norm.

[RepTylE]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MouseKilla
LOL! She might have been before someone engaged in chemical warfare against her hair. Who did that to her, Saddam maybe? Is that what he did with the Weapons of Mass Destruction? She should sue someone.


Okay, hot but with damaged hair. :rolleyes:

[JonD]

Originally posted by CHRISANDBOIDS14
HOLY. I just got a link here with some pics of good sized boas. Just thought I would share:

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/diamociuntaglio1/poutpourri/Big_boa_7.jpg&imgrefurl=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/diamociuntaglio1/curiosita.htm&h=618&w=438&sz=53&tbnid=mjGlCiSt-qYJ:&tbnh=132&tbnw=94&start=6&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBig%2BBoa%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

C.

LOL, guess no one bothered clicking on the flames at the bottom of the page? :D

[RepTylE]

I didn't click those ones but I'm awful glad you pointed them out :)

[ChunkyMunky]

LMFAO, Ban him, he just posted PORN! lol, j/k. Later.

Dan

[RepTylE]

don't start that all up again !!!!!!

[Dubhead23]

Here's my 7 Ft long Argentine Boa wrapped around my arm the other day...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/477000-477999/477010_71_full.jpg

[rethius]

what seems to be the age of some of these giants?

[Dubhead23]

Mine's 4 years old...

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Nice argentine! Im lookin to get into those sometime in the future!

Lol. I did notice those(dont worry I didnt look at them), but I didnt post it for that, and *I am not to be held liable for stupid people going to 1 page I showed them and following an inapropriate link on it.* LOL. Im not saying anyone that follows them is stupid, im just saying that I am not going to be in trouble for others stupidity.

Chunky Monkey: YOUR name could be taken innapropriately! I order you to be banned! Lol, j/k. (yah, I know that was dumb and cheesy but w/e)

C.

[bistrobob85]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa WONDERFUL LOOKING ARGENTINE!!! Is that snake really 7' on that pic??? Do you have other pics? I really want more!!!

[Dubhead23]

Here's a few more of her:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/477000-477999/477010_66_full.jpg

Here's one of my girlfriend holding her for the first time ever. She's been afraid of snakes her whole life and now she loves Maria!!!
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/477000-477999/477010_76_full.jpg

[RepTylE]

That Argentine is really something. Pattern is mezmerizing