10 day old Haitian boa, Canadian born [Archive]

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Mardy

11-07-04, 01:14 AM

I just got this guy today,
He is one of 7 babies born here in Ottawa last week at a buddy of mines house. The other 6 babies were crushed by mom while everybody was at work(*&(^%%**) Anyway I now get the fun of trying to get it to eat...

http://www.moreliapythons.com/gallery/data/500/224haitian_boa_baby.jpg

Mardy McManus

Gary D.

11-07-04, 01:32 AM

Kind of a downer when actually getting a species to breed is the easy part. I really hope that turns out for you. Keep us posted.

GD

Linds

11-07-04, 01:39 AM

Congrats on the little guy. It's a shame the rest didn't make it, but kinda makes this little one all the more precious! o> Good luck with it!

Stockwell

11-07-04, 04:12 AM

Mardy, I raised 4 from babies that are now over 4 feet, part of Jeff Carson's massive 2000 litter.
I had one on the pump for over 3 years, but it took a good size rat today...
Get yourself an Anole for scenting.. keep it frozen, and bring it at feeding time... I used one anole for over a year, worked great.
They are great snakes, that almost never bite.
I'm hoping to breed mine in 06

Mardy

11-07-04, 09:18 AM

Thanks Roy,

The adults are the same ones that gave the massive 2000
litter. I got them from Darren Hamel 2 years ago.

Cheers,
Mardy McManus

foman

11-07-04, 11:05 AM

Pretty cool lookin' snake, good luck with the feeding.

Ryan and Katie

11-07-04, 12:42 PM

Good luck with the little one!

Tim and Julie B

11-08-04, 06:04 PM

I love my Haitian. The island Epicrates are totally under rated!

Mardy

11-18-04, 12:24 PM

Guppy's did it!!

She refused scented mice, dwarf claw frogs. But yesterday
I thought to myself, some of my difficult baby carpet pythons
take food in the water dish to get started.....so I placed
8 guppies in his dish(close to tadpole looking) and 6 have been
eaten overnight.

Thanks again all,(Roy)

Mardy

Stockwell

11-18-04, 12:52 PM

Now that's amazing.. never heard of them eating fish, but given all the talk and success with different species using Tuna scenting, I guess its not too suprising.

Tim and Julie B

11-29-04, 01:33 PM

Man that is good to know. Good idea. Hopefully it won't be to picky for long. Damn Haitians are cool! TB

D J N

12-07-04, 12:38 PM

Congrats on the new baby :) looks great, you deffinatly gotta post lotsa pictures.

Simon Sansom

12-07-04, 09:53 PM

Guppies can be life-savers - that's what I used years ago to get a pair of Night Snakes (<html><i>Hypsiglena</i></html>) onto pinks.
Fish are scaley and cold-blooded like a lizard, so it just seems like the right thing to try with difficult "lizard-feeders".

Cheers!

Simon R. Sansom