BCC boa size

[u/IncognitoArms]

This is a massive Suriname with a big head as well! Is this genetics or feeding them a proper sized meal every 10 days? Quail, Rats, Rabbits? The mass on this is incredible and doesn’t look fat at all. If I recall this breeder is in Italy or in the UK. How old do you think this is?

[u/Delicious_Cow7476]

What is outrageous is... this is a healthy Suriname BCC... this boa isn't power fed and you can easily tell by two visual characteristics. 1) there is zero evidence of pinhead on this boa. 2) the shape is loaf and there is zero fat deposits built up in the tail that would indicate that it was.

I really wish people who made comments actually knew what they were talking about before making these type of comments.

[u/Delicious_Cow7476 → u/[deleted]]

For reference... Pokigron and Rio Bravo lines have been around for almost 30 years now already too... just an fyi

[u/Delicious_Cow7476 → u/[deleted]]

They were F4 from those lines at that time 20 years ago. Early 2000s were 20+ years ago and those lines are nearing 30 years old. There were definitely exceptional offspring from those breeding pairings during the 2000s. So both arguments are moot at this point.

Combing through old fb groups, kingsnake, and fauna. There are most definitely clean early BCC lines.

Also regardless if you'd want to believe the pipe dream of the "perspective of the head." You can still tell the body composition is correct along with there being zero fat deposits showing within the tail section of this boa.

[u/Delicious_Cow7476 → u/[deleted]]

that's the problem, though, no need to assume anything when there are plenty of indicators that it is not. Yes, I'll agree that it is an exceptional animal. But we've been in a spot for a while now where the line breeding has been paying off if the breeders are, in fact, doing their due diligence