Jamaican Boa Pics

[Ryan and Katie]

These guys are so much fun but they grow soooo slow. I have to look back on their baby pictures to make sure that they have grown at all... Hope you enjoy the pics!

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/555troopermay9.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/555sydmay9.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/555troopmay9.jpg

[morph]

Hey wait those aren't aussie.............

Still pretty though :D


Scott

[Ryan and Katie]

They may not be aussie but they sure look like scrub pythons when they're young... ;)

[Clownfishie]

Sweet guys! :D Soooooo gorgeous... thanks for sharing! Love the variation in colour on them....


Jen

[Tim_Cranwill]

You guys have an AWESOME collection! :)

[kidchameleon]

wow, ive never seen a jamaican boa before, but i really like their colors and pattern.

[Simon Sansom]

Nice pics, guys...
Here's their Mom!
http://image.inkfrog.com/pix/simonsansom/386019picture.jpg...
Over seven feet in length and fifteen pounds of extreme power.

Enjoy!

Simon R. Sansom

[Ryan and Katie]

Simon- She looks awesome!!! It is hard to imagine they will actually get that large..Any plans with big momma this year???

[Simon Sansom]

Thanks for the kind words.

This season she mated twice with the male, and she's gone off her food but she just does not "look gravid". It's easy to miss ovulation in these guys.
She just completed a ecdysis, so we'll see if she's hungry or not - she usually does not feed at all while gravid.
The last time she produced was in '01.

Those guys of yours are looking very nice. How long are they now?

Simon R. Sansom

[Stockwell]

The color on those is just amazing!! I like them.. alot.
Haitian boas grow slow as well.. I have 4 from 2000 and they have a long way to go before I will even try to breed them... Perhaps all the insular Epicrates are slow growers

[Ryan and Katie]

Thanks everyone!

Simon - They are probably around 30" but it's hard to tell cuz they are so gangly and they never stop moving... We've got our fingers crossed for you. They are a great species and it would be nice to see more of them!

[Simon Sansom]

Thanks, Ryan and Katie!

I've got my fingers crossed for some young'uns. I tried offering her a small rat last night, but she turned her nose up at it, so I'm "assuming" that at this point she may be gravid...?? Only time will tell.

Have a great season!

Simon R. Sansom

[JD@reptiles]

The worst bite i had from any snake was a jamaican boa... they are bitey fella's and are even worse in the wild. heres my first 3rd jamaican boa bite. wasn't bad but looks.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/513/562boabite.jpg

and here was my worst bite ever. doesn't look like much, but that was just seconds after getting nailed. the wound bled for about an hour because i pulled away when it bit me. it tore the skin, a vein and damaged a tendon. it was brused for 2 weeks.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/562baobite.jpg


I am now known as "crazy white boy" in jamaica...

[Simon Sansom]

They aren't ALL bad, JD, LOL!


Take care.

Simon R. Sansom

[Simon Sansom]

...and please show us a pic of the snake, JD! Don't tease me like that, lol!
Whereabouts in Jamaica were you?

Cheers!

Simon R. Sansom

[JD@reptiles]

the last of the population is stuck in the far west end of jamaica... negril

[Stockwell]

I'm surprised there are any left.
You know most the ones floating around Canada can all be traced back to the late Tom Huff's breeding project. He produced whacks of them, and intended to re-introduce them back to Jamaica, but their government would have no part of it... Snakes are bad for tourism

[urd]

awesome snakes:)

[Ryan and Katie]

JD- What?! You got bit by a wild Jamaican Boa, you lucky dog!LOL
I would love to see more pics!

[JD@reptiles]

i will post more pictures when i get home... i am working on a lap top and it really sucks.

there are very few left. i only found one jamaican boa while i was there, and he was not in reach. it was in a hole in a tree around some bends... i tried to pull him out, but there was no luck...

the others were caught a couple days before on the road when it rained... i now know exactly where the last remaining populations of jamaican boas are. I have a condo in jamaica and i want to start a jamaican boa breeding centre there. land is cheap, the snakes are easy to acess, so with any luck, i can get a centre going in a year or two.

Thanks

Jordan

[JD@reptiles]

screw it... i got bored.. here are some pics

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/562jboa4.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/562jboa3.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/562jboa2.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/562jboa1.jpg

[Ryan and Katie]

JD - Amazing pictures, thanks for posting them! Good luck with the breeding program. You must love having a condo in Jamaica!

[JD@reptiles]

its alright... people dont like the white snake guy around there... i bring bad luck.... so i guess you better watch out!!!