Rocky Pics

redfeather2006 · 09-14-10, 04:20 PM

Rocky is a 4-4 1/2 ft long Hogg Island Boa. He may or may not be male, and is a schmexy beast

enjoy. He just shed, so he still have a few patches here and there. The last picture is right before he shed, which was last night. he was a big grump but luckily the nice people here let me know that he was just scared!!!

Lankyrob · 09-14-10, 05:08 PM

Lovely snake but not sure you should have it round your neck. It would take very little time for it to put you to sleep and then if you are lucky you just fall over and the snake escapes, if you are unlucky then you become a headline on the news.

redfeather2006 · 09-14-10, 05:19 PM

Thanks for the advice. I usually don't let him wrap all the way around, he did that while I was taking pics and I just didn't think about it. Good to know!!

Lankyrob · 09-14-10, 05:22 PM

No worries - was hoping you wouldnt take offence. With the right pressure in the right place on your neck you can be unconscious with little or no warning effects. One second you feel fine the next you are unconscious on the floor - some martial artists use this when fighting and even with a seasoned opponent if they lock it in right it is seconds before the person is asleep.

marvelfreak · 09-15-10, 05:17 PM

Nice boa! Robs right. I had a 8 foot boa around my next it got spooked and tighten up and in under 10 second chocked me out.

Freebody · 09-15-10, 06:04 PM

some guy i read about in the paper just got killed by his 8 foot boa he had for somthing like 14 years beacuse it got spooked and it was around his neck, it was just in the paper about a month or 2 ago or so, i try to make sure my bigger snakes dont go around my neck, it sounds petty but it could happen, i would hate to be the guy it happend to :P nice looking snake tho, its got a pastel or some different type of look to it, it is an ordinary hogg island or is their some kind of morph to it?

ineedsoap16 · 09-15-10, 06:05 PM

I really like Hogg Island's. You have a very pretty boy!

redfeather2006 · 09-15-10, 06:14 PM

thankyou everyone!!

Will0W783 · 09-16-10, 12:11 PM

Very pretty boy there. In the third pic, it looks like he has some stuck shed around his neck. You might need to give him more humidity or soaks.