Brazilian Rainbow Boa

[practicallyostensible]

I was talking my girl out to clean the tank and thought that I would share a few photos.

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautiful markings and color -- but I prefer orchids...

 

[Marco]

way cool Julia. Thanks for sharing

 

[goldenrose]

Snake Lady! Beautiful - it would take some getting use to!

 

[bwester]

I once had a corn snake.... beautiful creature. ended up donating it to the Tennessee aquarium.
That is quite colorful though.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Gorgeous! I'm not a boa or python fan overall (I prefer Colubrids) but I love that one...I remember the rainbow boa in my wife's herp lab when we were in grad school...it was spectacular. Take care, Eric

 

[TheLorax]

Beautiful animal. Would love to see more pics of her

 

[smartie2000]

Beautiful snake there! I love the shine she has is cool too

 

[NYEric]

just one?

 

[Rick]

That one's a beauty. Ever try to get a mate for it?

 

[Heather]

Oh wow! She's beautiful. I've never seen one of those, the coloration is vibrant!

 

[practicallyostensible]

That one's a beauty. Ever try to get a mate for it?

She was given to me after she was retired from a breeding program (she's 14 now).

just one?

Nope, but the boa and the python are the only herps I have left after I downsized for college.

Oh, and Milhous.

 

[Marco]

what do you feed milhous?

 

[practicallyostensible]

Crickets and the occasional pinkey.

 

[TheLorax]

A friend of the family saved an exoskeleton her tarantula shed for us. Awesome under magnification. Milhous is neat and so is your Python. You're a good person to take in the retired Boa.

 

[rdlsreno]

Beautiful color and markings!!

Ramon

 

[NYEric]

Does the whole python fit in your hand?

 

[Hien]

Are these things dangerous when they grow big?
I mean, can they eat your pet or sneak up on you when your are asleep, if they got loose?

 

[NYEric]

Ooh ooh! Somebody link the post of the snake w/ the big dinner belly!

 

[practicallyostensible]

Does the whole python fit in your hand?

Yeah, he's about 3 (the oldest ball lived to be 48) and he has a lot of growing to do.

Are these things dangerous when they grow big? I mean, can they eat your pet or sneak up on you when your are asleep, if they got loose?

It would be very unlikely that they would be able to kill an adult human, they don't have the girth and therefore the squeeze strength (now, the red tail that I had, that's a different story). I've had the boa squeeze down pretty hard on me and it wasn't bad at all. Interestingly, Simone, the big boa will only eat frozen-thawed all white rats. Anything brown or with spots she refuses to touch. So she wouldn't be likely to go after my rabbit. However, I wouldn't be too comfortable with her loose while I slept.