RyanR
Canadian Boa Fanatic.
lright guys, where to start...
Well, I've been reading a few sites alot recently, and Jeff Ronne's key west boa's always really caught my eye.. and then it got me thinking, Maybe, just maybe...my male is something more than I ever thought he was. the only history I have on this guy, is that I bought him nearly 10 years ago from a petstore, as a normal Colombian.
Over the years, I got confident enough in this guy to call him a pastel, His colors become phenominal for a normal (nice and red!) and he stayed SUPER clean even for his progressing age, So... here is a picture of him to get things started here.
I've always liked his pattern, but I have never thought anything more of it, so skip forward a bit, this year I bred him with my big normal female, July 30 comes... and she drops a nice litter of 21 babies. now.. 12 of them are your run of the mill colombian boas (tho very clean) but on the other hand, we had 9 that had very very strong influence from the father... and 1 that even looked like a Mini clone of him! I'll attach a few pictures of them so you can get an idea.
So, now we turn to the other half of the litter... no daddy influence at all, well aside from maybe the "cleanliness" of their pattern. I'll attach a picture of one of them too, to give you an idea how the other half of the litter turned out.
and just for reference, here is a picture of the mother, so you can see... she is as plain as they come.
Sorry I don't have more history on my male, or can't add much more to this.. I'm just looking for opinions.. male was my first snake ever, and he has been a beloved pet... so no matter what he's still my favorite! just the recent trend of new stuff being posted has peaked my curiosity..
Thanks guys,
RyanR
Well, I've been reading a few sites alot recently, and Jeff Ronne's key west boa's always really caught my eye.. and then it got me thinking, Maybe, just maybe...my male is something more than I ever thought he was. the only history I have on this guy, is that I bought him nearly 10 years ago from a petstore, as a normal Colombian.
Over the years, I got confident enough in this guy to call him a pastel, His colors become phenominal for a normal (nice and red!) and he stayed SUPER clean even for his progressing age, So... here is a picture of him to get things started here.
I've always liked his pattern, but I have never thought anything more of it, so skip forward a bit, this year I bred him with my big normal female, July 30 comes... and she drops a nice litter of 21 babies. now.. 12 of them are your run of the mill colombian boas (tho very clean) but on the other hand, we had 9 that had very very strong influence from the father... and 1 that even looked like a Mini clone of him! I'll attach a few pictures of them so you can get an idea.
So, now we turn to the other half of the litter... no daddy influence at all, well aside from maybe the "cleanliness" of their pattern. I'll attach a picture of one of them too, to give you an idea how the other half of the litter turned out.
and just for reference, here is a picture of the mother, so you can see... she is as plain as they come.
Sorry I don't have more history on my male, or can't add much more to this.. I'm just looking for opinions.. male was my first snake ever, and he has been a beloved pet... so no matter what he's still my favorite! just the recent trend of new stuff being posted has peaked my curiosity..
Thanks guys,
RyanR