My Craigslist scores of the weekend! (snake and t-stat!)

I literally just posted a thread inquiring about these guys just today! How neat and what a coincidence lol!

You'll love her. Boas are amazing. You'll want more!! Girls can and usually do get considerably larger in length and girth, than do boys. 8-9 foot, 20 lbs. or so. They are so inquisitive, yet calm and confident. Congrats!!!

Nice snake. Very pretty. Sorry she jacked the price on you. Have no idea why someone would do that but I am glad it worked out.

Originally Posted by Myca

Sorry she jacked the price on you. Have no idea why someone would do that but I am glad it worked out.

That is totally messed up.

It's really hard to capture her peach tones. I can't wait until summer when I can take her outside for a photo shoot! At the rate it's been going, it won't be until July.

I honestly thought that once she told me the price was going up, my husband would say oh well, but he didn't. I figured that I got $230 worth of stuff from the t-stat deal, so it still works out in my favor. I was told that she comes from Twin Cities Reptiles, and while there isn't 100% proof of that, Sara from TCR thinks she could be one of their salmon Columbian boas, and they usually are born in mid March, so she could just be turning 3 years old.

I am already looking forward to having a nice cage for her in our new house's family room.

Very pretty!

Originally Posted by Joba

That is totally messed up.

I still got a deal, I think. In total (not counting the gas to travel nearly 2 hours there and back) I paid $150. She came with 100+ mice, tongs, her bin, a human heat pad (which I replaced with an Ultratherm and the Herpstat), her water bowl, a bin for baths ... anyway, I really figured my husband would tell me to just keep looking but he was quite insistent on this one.

No, you got a fine deal. I drove five hours each way for a snake...twice! It's all part of the experience (as Clark Griswold once said)

Oh, and I lived through 32 looooooong Wisconsin winters. Not missing those one bit. It just might be July before you can get some outdoor pics this year.

Originally Posted by Joba

No, you got a fine deal. I drove five hours each way for a snake...twice! It's all part of the experience (as Clark Griswold once said)

Oh, and I lived through 32 looooooong Wisconsin winters. Not missing those one bit. It just might be July before you can get some outdoor pics this year.

You are missing the WORST winter! I work at a vet clinic part time, and people who have lived here for 50+ years and telling me it hasn't been this bad since the 70s or 80s. It's all anyone can talk about.

I have someone else telling me she could be a pastel, so I may look into it a bit more and see if they do breed those at TCR.

It could be. My hypo pastel has more pink in his tail with very little black coloration. But, variations, you know? Either way, she's awesome and you're going to love her (and want more boas. It's a sickness! MWAHAHA!)

Yeah, all of my family is still up there, and my buddy, whose wife made him move back to WI from the Gulf Coast, haha. I just laugh at them