Cirano, my Brazilian Rainbow Boa

Feebo · 02-17-10, 02:17 PM

Here she is then, I`ve been meaning to do this for ages. This is Cirano my Brazilian Rainbow Boa. Her strength is just plain scary, she can totally cut off the blood supply to my arm with her vice like grip, just goes to show how careful you need to be with bigger Boas. She`s a big `un too, just over eight feet !

She can put three to four feet of her body out straight when I`m holding her, it`s incredible. I really do love these guys, when my male is all grown up, I`ll be breeding him with her, I can`t wait....

Feebo · 02-17-10, 02:21 PM

Hillsberry · 02-17-10, 05:28 PM

Nice looking snake you got there. The colors are amazing! :P

**Aaron_S** · 02-17-10, 06:13 PM

How do you measure her? An eight foot rainbow boa would be close to a record I think.

Feebo · 02-17-10, 06:40 PM

She was eight foot two inches last time I measured her and that was about a month ago. I lay out her shed skins and measure those. She is huge for a Rainbow Boa, I`ve never seen a bigger one. She may well be a record breaker......

**Aaron_S** · 02-17-10, 06:49 PM

She certainly is a beautiful animal. To my knowledge though, measuring the sheds isn't an accurate method. Only due to the fact that they usually stretch. There is a program somewhere online, I can't remember the name, where you take a pic of the snake from a birds eye view coiled up. It then marks down the back of the snake and gives you the length. There's also the string method, where you take a piece of string and line it along the back of the snake.

marvelfreak · 02-17-10, 08:04 PM

Sweet snake! Nice color. I can't wait to get one.

totheend · 02-17-10, 10:30 PM

Measuring the shed is not accurate. I have had my male jungle give me 9 ft sheds. He is less than 6 ft.

Feebo · 02-18-10, 05:52 AM

I thought you`d say that... lol In my snake room, I have two sets of four foot tanks which are side by side giving me an accurate eight foot of tank. The only way Cirano can be straightened out is to let her go back into her enclosure on her own and then straighten her back end out. She straightens out as long as my eight foot of tanks. She is an eight footer, I know what an eight foot snake looks like lol I assure you, I am not mistaken, Cirano is just over eight feet, which I`m aware, is huge for a Rainbow Boa.

I can`t recommend them enough Marvelfreak, they`re such a beautiful snake.

emseeKAY · 02-18-10, 01:55 PM

oh boy... i love it i love BRB's haha, thats amazing that its that large, hopefully you get some good little ones when you start to breed lol! amazing looking snake and I would definitely recommend them as well Marvelfreak

Feebo · 02-18-10, 03:04 PM

I wish I`d have bought a larger male now. The male, "Jaffa" is ooooh about two feet or so now, I have a photo of him actually hang on....

That photo was taken shortly after I bought him. He`s even more beautiful than Cirano! But yeah... It`ll be some considerable time before I can breed them. Still, too late now, I`ll just have to wait

He`s just about ready for a bigger tank and they do tend to put the weight on once they can take bigger food don`t they ! Hopefully it won`t be too long. If I had the room I`d get another male but I haven`t, not for another "wet" snake anyway. Yep, a very very beautiful species.....

marvelfreak · 02-18-10, 05:03 PM

I had one once before. I had it and a jungle carpet for about 3 months. Them along with a yellow anaconda were stolen while i was out of town for the weekend. Till this day i think it was the guy a bought anaconda off of. I plan on getting BRB in April or May. Can't wait!

Will0W783 · 02-18-10, 05:04 PM

Wow, she is beautiful and quite large! Very nice BRB. And Jaffa is quite handsome as well. Looks like he'll be a good future mate for her!

Feebo · 02-19-10, 04:49 AM

I can hardly imagine how beautiful the babies will be...

Will0W783 · 02-19-10, 09:24 AM

I know. They will be stunning. BRBs are incredible snakes!!!