Just wanted to share a boa story of mine (DUW)

[Arnold Chan]

Hi guys,

My name is Arnold....Ive been silently lurking around here for some time now....

Id have to say that the eye candies you guys post around here are really something else....Im mostly into arboreal boas and pythons but do have some boas hidden at the back....a pet albino and a couple of normal columbians....

Anyways, I just wanted to share with you my boa male. I got him from a friend of mine almost two years ago....

My buddy called me and told me he just got a new litter of boas....so I went over to take a look....and I saw a little baby that really stood out with great color in a litter of 21 babies....actually two in the litter which includes himself exhibited a lot of color at the time which none of their sibs had....basically pinkish sides with bronzish saddles.

I remember saying to myself "what are these two doing here????They just dont seem to belong"

My buddy was going to wholesale the entire litter away....and I thought to myself why not get a nice pair for myself.....it would be a waste to send such nice boas to a petshop.....

his other look alike sibling was slightly deformed so I ended up taking this guy home together with a normal looking female sib.....I was thinking of using him to add color to some het albinos in case I ever decided to breed my albino female.....

So the rest of the litter was wholesaled by my buddy and in a couple of weeks I gave my new boas their first meals....

Fast forward to just a few days ago when I was taking some random pics of this male and I just thought to myself how glad I am in taking him home with me two years ago.....hope you appreciate :)

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885head.jpg

Here is a hanging shot

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885dorsal.jpg

A couple of shots from the side

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885side.jpg

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885side2.jpg

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885lateral.jpg

An almost patternless belly shot with some side blotches....

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885belly.jpg

A medal

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885medals.jpg

And of course almost everybody's favorite...a tail

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885tail.jpg

Isnt he showing potential???

Thanks for looking,
Arnold

[Ranger]

That was a good grab you made! Great looking boa.

[JChurch]

I say you did good. That has some really unique variations within the saddles compared to alot of boas out there. Looks like a circleback also. Sorry but I can't tell too much from the pics on the coloring though. I would still say lots of potential there anyway. Any chance of some better pics for the color? Good luck with that one.

[snkchrmr_420]

Definately has some potential. If you ever decide to breed him to your Bino let me know. I would love to have one of the the Circleback Hets.

[nickstone]

I really like his pattern, can we see a topside shot of him? pics of the sibling? the albino? pleeeaaasssee? congratulations on your first posts, its good to see your not being selfish and just looking at all our boas, jk. I always love seeing new boas. Nick

[Arnold Chan]

Thanks Guys :)

Here are a couple of pics of the albino I shot over the weekend....Im a real lousy photographer :( Hope I didnt mess up her image too much

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885albino1.jpg


http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885albino2.jpg


And a pic of when she was a baby on tom burke's site

http://www.burkereptiles.com/albums/album01/r43.jpg

I cant seem to get the subtle colors of her on pictures....on a good day she even shows some limish tints....oh well

[Bernie]

Both are beautiful. I love the saddles on the male and the albino has some fantastic colr in her.

[David goad]

those are both nice boas .I keep carpets (as well as boas) my self so i would love to see some your arboreals

[lhcfireman]

Love the circles on the first one and the always good to see an albino.

[claude1]

love the albino's:eek:

[nickstone]

Nice looking albino, congratulations

[Arnold Chan]

Thanks for the kind words guys....

Here are some pics of some of the other stuff that I work with as per david's request....

Some green boas

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885South.JPG

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885North.jpg

and the other arboreal python

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885Chondro.jpg

Hope its ok to post these pics in a boa forum.....cheers :)

[Chubbz]

hows the temperment on the arboreals???

[Arnold Chan]

HI,

i have found the emeralds to be of a lot better temperament than the chondros...they've never attempted to snag me yet....although majority of my chondros are not handleable....but i heard they become better with age....

[Arnold Chan]

here is a pic of sibling boas

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16885sibs.jpg

By the way....WHAT IS A CIRCEBACK

[nickstone]

I think they meant circleback, its a term used to describe the pattern on the back of a boa that looks like circles where the saddles are thinly connected on the edges. hope that makes sense. Nick

[JChurch]

Those are some nice looking Emeralds Arnold. I can't blame you for showing them off. I kept an Emerald for a few years myself:) They are awesome animals.