Striped boas-it's that time of year!

[Brhaco]

Both my pairs of Striped Colombians have been going at it the last couple weeks, probably encouraged by some recent low pressure fronts moving through. Hopefully some big ovulations in their future:main_thumbsup:

 

[robin]

sweet! are these from a proven line? *excited*

i love boas and stripes are killer!

 

[robin]

brad no way you are from boerne! do i know you? <_<

 

[Brhaco]

Robin-

The story behind these is interesting-For many years I owned a large reptile shop in Upstate NY. A pair of normal-appearing adult colombians were traded in by a customer-these mated and dropped a litter in the store. Almost a third of this litter were perfectly striped! Of course, it's possible that the striping could be due to improper gestation temps, but another gravid female that was housed with the original female dropped her litter at the same time, and all her babies were normal. The animals pictured above are offspring I held back from that '05 litter-so this will either prove them out, or not!

And yes, you do know me-I'm Alicia's (Collection Manager at leopardgecko.com) husband!

 

[robin]

oh sweet story! is this the first breeding of these guys?

ok ok thats right! i am from boerne, raised there my whole life. all of my family still lives there.

good luck proving them out!

 

[Brhaco]

oh sweet story! is this the first breeding of these guys?

ok ok thats right! i am from boerne, raised there my whole life. all of my family still lives there.

good luck proving them out!

Yes, they were born in '05, and this is my first breeding attempt with them.

Boerne is such a great place to live-hard to imagine leaving it now....

 

[Gregg M]

Brad,
Awesome boas!!! That pair should produce some killer babies!!!

 

[robin]

Yes, they were born in '05, and this is my first breeding attempt with them.

Boerne is such a great place to live-hard to imagine leaving it now....

i HATE boerne now! it used to be so small and quaint, I loved it!. i remember when there was only two stop lights in town and i remember when it was only 2000 people living in it. before walmart and HEB there was a PBI and a Winns store!

Boerne is all snooty and snobby now and all the city folk done and brought their kids and their problems into my little town

on a good note my father and three brothers (and their families) seem to still love it :grin2:

 

[gitrdone0420]

They are so pretty! Cant wait to see their babies! =]

 

[Brhaco]

i HATE boerne now! it used to be so small and quaint, I loved it!. i remember when there was only two stop lights in town and i remember when it was only 2000 people living in it. before walmart and HEB there was a PBI and a Winns store!

Boerne is all snooty and snobby now and all the city folk done and brought their kids and their problems into my little town

on a good note my father and three brothers (and their families) seem to still love it :grin2:

Probably a good thing I'm new to the area then! Actually, I can see that aspect of things-guess we try to patronize the smaller, long-established businesses and avoid the chains and fancy restaurants for the most part.

And boy, are property values inflated! We're looking for a small ranch, and will probably need to look at least 15 miles out for anything affordable....

 

[robin]

how many acres? look out past spanish pass into welfare. also look out sisterdale hiway and into kendalia and yes property is VERY expensive now a days. i miss Mague's and Bums (bumdoodlers)!

 

[cj.thomas21]

Wow good luck.

 

[thestack510]

Those are some AWESOME boas.

 

[Brhaco]

how many acres? look out past spanish pass into welfare. also look out sisterdale hiway and into kendalia and yes property is VERY expensive now a days. i miss Mague's and Bums (bumdoodlers)!

We want at least 5-10 acres. We found a perfect place out past Sisterdale, but when we timed the drive it would have been about 30 minutes one way for Alicia to her work. We decided to hold out for something a bit closer.

 

[KelliH]

Nice boas Brad!

 

[Brhaco]

Thanks Kelli!

 

[ReptarNDukeNukem]

if u need help getting rid of a boa just let me know > ill take one of the babies of your hands

 

[paulnj]

Best of luck proving them out Brad and great to see you posting.