SI ground boa question?

[Bartman]

Ive been looking at a bunch of things lately. My decisions are to either get a female jcp for my male, or get a pair of these solomon island ground boa's. I viewed an ad not to long ago, and I got pics. They are amazing. I was just wondering, as there isnt much information on these guys, if this care sheet was at all accurate?

http://www.centralpets.com/pages/critterpages/reptiles/snakes/SNK2769.shtml

Also, I know Roy Stockwell bred these right. Do you have any info for me Roy :) Just about if that care sheet is accurate and if not your correction. It also doesnt really say how big they get but it says average. Im assuming thats around 4-6 feet?

How are there temperment and how difficult are they to keep. Im up for a little challenge as these boa's just are great to look at :D

Thanks for any help.

[bistrobob85]

Yeah, they really do look good, and the babies are as fun to get as variable kings... You can get babies with tons of different colors and patterns :), which makes breeding quite interesting!

phil.

[Stockwell]

Babies are tricky feeders at first, but I don't make mine available until they are feeding. Using Tuna for scenting or frogs or lizards, is quite useful in starting babies. I have several pair of mine feeding on pinkies now. They all click in eventually, and I usually have September babies eating by xmas. I often just use the pinky pump for the first few months to get some size on them.
In the wild babies they eat frogs and lizards and this is why they sometimes are stubborn on pinkies.
Once they start eating, they are great captives, and eat great, and are easy to breed. Every one looks different,and there is quite a variation incolor from pure black and whites to reddish ones .They stay small( a few feet) and are quite low maintenence.
They do bite however!! as do most snakes. I guess if you handle them they might calm down, but I don't pick up my charges much, and solomons will often "launch" themselves instantly as soon as the trays open. They have extremely good feeding responses and excellent aim, and take dead , alive, rats or mice, not fussy.
They'll breed at 3or 4 years of age, litters range from a dozen to 40 depending on size and age.

[Stockwell]

Actually Adam, I just checked that link you provided. That picture is a Candoia Aspera, not a carinata Paulsoni... just so you know.