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Old 01-25-17, 06:24 PM   #1
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Re: New addition, Argentine boa?

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The main differences here are that the diamonds (the patterns on their sides) are not connected and are of a different shape, the tail has too much red and the saddles are a different shape than a pure BCO, and the color has more of a muted yellow color. But overall there is a lot of similarity, hence why a cross is a possibility.

As far as Crawl Cay and Caulker Cay? No I do not think this boa is either of those. If it is, it isn't pure, but I agree with Tsubaki here that a BCO cross is more likely.

Honestly, I would feed a dwarf and a mainland the same way. It's better that the mainland grows a little slowly as well, but they'll still grow slightly faster than a dwarf eating in the same manner, especially after the first year.

Overfeeding could get even a dwarf above averages, so just make sure you have it on a conservative feeding schedule. I've posted the way I feed my boas in threads many times here so I think most active users are familiar with it by now. If you want, I can PM you in more detail about my methods.
Awesome, thanks so much for this. I would appreciate any tips on feeding for sure, if you don't mind sending me that pm. I will always jump at the opertunity to learn from someone's experience.
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Old 01-26-17, 09:50 AM   #2
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Re: New addition, Argentine boa?

Just for reference, it was the following photos that lead me to think that there was a possibility it is a crawl cay or cay caulkers boa. The first one looks so similar so me, although I realize looks can be consistent across different types of boas.



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