Well I haven't updated my blog in sometime now and a lot has been going on.  I tried to breed my pair of argentine boas last year and came out with nothing.  Looking back and thinking about it I think my female was just too young at that point and I am going to skip her this year and bulk her up over the next year and then go again next year.  As far as my breeding plans for this year I have a male motley boa that I am putting in with a female normal boa.  My goal is just to try and get some babies produced so I can get some experience with breeding.  My other breeding project is the one I have been waiting for since I first purchased this pair.  The pairing is Snow, my female ghost boa, and Baloo, my male ghost jungle boa.  The hope is that Snow proves out to be a super ghost, which if she does, they will create all ghost and ghost jungles

So far this pairing is looking good and after a small meal yesterday  came in to find that Snow looks much larger in the back 2/3 of her body- hopefully a sign of ovulation and soon she will be growing babies and then I enter the waiting game.
My other decision I have been going back and forth with has been whether or not to try and breed Princess, my platinum het albino reticulated python.

This picture was one of the first I took of her.  She is much larger now, last measurement was just under 16 ft and 60 lbs.  She has been eating 8-10lb rabbits once a month for the last 6 months with no problem but the last time I tried to feed her she had no interest in food, which could be a sign that  she is going into ovulation as well.  The only male we have that we could put with her is Valentine, our Lavender Motley Tiger.  The problem with that is he is much smaller than her and my wife is worried he could get hurt.  Decisions decisions.....

A couple other updates on life here at Colossal Constrictors.  We added a female granite Burmese python to the mix.  We have no plans to breed her at this time but she is so cute we could not pass her up.

We also added Batman, a Super Hypo Arabesque Het Kahl boa. We plan to breed him next year with Ariel, our Sunglow Motley female.

We also added just this past weekend three new animals, a male Purple Sunfire Retic, a male Hypo Blood 66% Het Kahl Albino boa, and a Blood 66% Het Kahl Albino female boa.

Purple Sunfire Male

Hypo Blood 66% Het Kahl Albino Male

Blood 66% Het Kahl Albino Female

( she is in shed- she will be more red after shed)

My goal with these last two boas is to produce a Albino Blood Boa

I'll keep you updated on the breeding projects and any other changes here at Colossal.  I'm going to try to get a few more blogs in this week and over the rest of the year.

Thanks for reading!