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Linds · 12-18-03, 12:10 AM

Understood perfectly, thank you

nuno · 12-18-03, 01:02 AM

Wow...what a head. Very nice

HetForHuman · 12-18-03, 01:12 AM

Yep that head is massive, very impressive.

ScreamingMisfit · 12-21-03, 01:35 AM

the pics wont work for me !!!!

Reptscue · 12-22-03, 01:04 PM

Stav,
I didn't get to see the pictures either.
I was just wondering if you are feeding him in his cage? If you are try putting him in a "feeding area" so he doesn't think that everytime you are going into his cage it means food.
Good luck and I hope to see the pictures.

Soul_Reaper · 12-22-03, 02:04 PM

The pics won't work for me either...dammit! I'm dying to see it!

cpt_retic · 12-22-03, 02:18 PM

I have seen a f boa in Vernon BC that was 13' in a reptile refuge

Linds · 12-22-03, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Reptscue
If you are try putting him in a "feeding area" so he doesn't think that everytime you are going into his cage it means food.
Good luck and I hope to see the pictures.

Feeding large snakes in a seperate enclosure is extremely dangerous for the keeper. The last thing you want to be doing is handling a large snake in feeding mode. It's nothing more than a myth that a snake will associate the cage opening/being taken out with food if fed in their enclosures.

northernsnake · 12-22-03, 05:49 PM

I can't see any pics I want see to!!!!!!!!!

Stav.T · 12-23-03, 11:36 AM

Ok here are the pics again.

Reptscue
""I was just wondering if you are feeding him in his cage? If you are try putting him in a "feeding area" so he doesn't think that everytime you are going into his cage it means food.""

As Linds said It is dangerous to put a boa of this size in another feeding area to feed it. Once they are in feeding mode they are dangerous. And its the same for any large constrictor.

This baby is constantly in a feeding mode. He can eat until regurgitation 24/24 7 days a week. Thats what makes him even more dangerous if someone can't "read" his manners and habits. Whats even more weird is that he is a WC and he has been like that since the first day I got him.

Here with a 7' female....

Amiechann · 12-23-03, 12:05 PM

We have a big girl that has to at least be 9 ft long. She is a pain in the but to move around. Right now we have her in a 4 ft boaphile, and she still needs more space (we are in the process of getting her a larger cage). When we received her, she was over 8ft long and approx 5 years old according to the previous owner. He was feeding her a rabbit and a couple of jumbo rats a week.. I would say this is why she is so large.
Here's some pics from 2-3 months ago.
it's hard to show how big she is. I'm going to get her to the vet for a health checkup and get them to help me measure/weigh her.
Chris is almost 6'ft tall, and he's a big guy..