Well, 2010 was an exciting year. I spent a little time in boa habitat, and saw a few cool snakes.
My first snake of the year was this beauty, an adult coastal female:

She was under this rock with no underground access, waiting to get some warmth to digest a good meal she'd had.
I returned to boaland a few weeks later to pick up my car that I'd left down there at the shop. I hit another coastal spot with a good friend, and we turned up this little screamer, partially hidden in a rockpile.


A few months later I returned for the Annual Rosy Club (ARC) in the high desert. The weather did not cooperate with us, so I opted to make the drive and try my luck at one of the warmer areas about an hour further south. It paid off when my brother and I saw this pile of dung on the side of the road.


A little closer look, and you can see that she was a great looking boa.



I've also had a lot of change in my captive collection over this year. I've started a partnership with a good friend and rosy master, who I look up to as a mentor, Jerry Hartley. A large portion of my collection is now his animals that I keep and breed for/with him.
I've also started some other very exciting projects as well. I've acquired a pair of anery pioneertowns. There are only a handful of people with visual anery pietowns at this time.
I also picked up a KILLER trio of morongo axanthics, PH for snow white. Solid black eyes, they are sweet.

Added a few new snakes

Since my last post I've added a few more rosy boas to my collection, and I've gotten rid of a few as well. All my 2009 babies are now gone to new homes except one female albino, and she's going to my buddy Ethan.

Anyways, first off I picked up a proven female Limburg albino. She was born in 2005, and is REALLY stout. She's tried to eat me every time I've picked her up. I also picked up a 2009 female limburg as well.

Then I picked up a proven trio of San Gabriel's (Azusa canyon, hwy 39). Later that day another friend gave me a gorgeous sub-adult female also from hwy 39, so that makes 1.3 of those. The older two females should breed this season.

Then I got a (the) pair of Bowen Ranch rosys. My pair are the only known specimens of that locality in captivity. They're from the north side of the San Bernardinos, a nice desert boa that do show a little bit of coastal influence. The female is fighting off an oral infection, but I have high hopes of giving this locality a good start in the hobby.

I also got a 2009 male Carlson Snow produced by Fork Tongue Farms. He should greatly increase the quality of my Carlson Snow project next year.

I also got a huge running start at a new Limburg anery project. I bought a 2008 male Limburg anery, and then also picked up 1.4 proven adult 100% hets, and 1.1 hets from 2009. I'll probably get rid of the 2009s, cause with 2.4 adults I really don't need them.
This is the male anery.


Then I got a pair of nice Otay Lakes. The female is an 08 and the male is an 09. With good feeding they could be breedable in another year.

I also picked up a pair of possible triple hets. They are 100% het for Limburg Albino and for Borrego Anery, and they're also 50% possible het for Whitewater albino. This is a project that a friend of mine is doing, and we're curious what the offspring might look like.

Then there are the giant het albinos. I have a friend who has an absolute monster female boa (see pic below) that has thrown some really big babies in the past. As far as I've heard, she's the biggest rosy recorded. Anyways, last year they bred her to a limburg albino, and I ended up getting a few of the hets that came out. They are WAY HUGE for 2009 babies... We're all hoping to create some giant Limburg albinos. :)


There were a few other odds and ends, but I will post about those when I get a chance to take some pics.

pics of collection

I snapped pics of my current collection. Not great pics, but I didn't have much time.


First off is a pair of Colonets, Jerry Hartley stock. Nice lookin boas that will lose their pattern as they age, and end up completely unicolor.
















Next is a group of Lake Isabellas. I have them on a breeding loan, and they should produce 3 litters next season.
























These three are 100% het whitewater albinos, and 50% het borrego anery. They were from my second litter this year.







































Next come a pair of High Desert boas that should be ready to breed next season.































This is a 2008 female WhiteWater albino. She should be ready to breed in another year.
















These next ones are WhiteWater albinos that are 50% het for Borrego Anery. They were produced this year in my first litter.































Now a pair of F-1 Carrizo roads. The female is a 2008 from captivebredtricolors, and the male is 2009 from Jerry Hartley.

















Now this 2008 born female Long Canyon
















This 2008 pair of San Gabes have another year before they'll be ready.































This male Borrego Anery is ready to breed next season, and will be paired with my double het females, and maybe my adult albino female as well.
















These are my double het girls. They are het for both whitewater albino and borrego anery. They bred this year but didn't produce. We'll see how they do next year.
















This big ww albino female produced my first litter this year (albino babies above).
























This girl is supposed to be 100% het for WW albino. She produced the hets from my second litter this year.
















This old girl is a Long Canyon. She is old, but might have another litter or two left in her. We'll see this next season.

















The top boa is a 2007 female Long Canyon that will be ready this next season, and the bottom boa is an adult male Long Canyon.

















This big girl is an adult female Nichols road. She's big and friendly, and should produce this upcoming year as well.

















This is an adult male Limburg Albino
















And a second adult male Limburg Albino.
















And lastly, this is an adult female Nuevo/Lake Perris boa. My brother has a male from the same hillside, and they should both be ready this next season.

Litter #2

My het albino female dropped 5 very healthy babies a few weeks ago. All 5 are 100% het for WhiteWater Albino, and 50% possible het for borrego anery.
They've all shed and most are eating frozen/thawed already.




I've had a lot of changes in the my collection over the last few months. I'll post an update later today about what all I've gotten.

Shedding time

The albino babies are now 2 weeks old, and doing well.
One of them shed today, and the other two look like they'll shed in the next day or two.
The one that shed looks awesome. It has nice clean stripes just like it's mother.

2009 babies

Being born early has been rough on this first litter.
Three of six didn't make it. The remaining three seem strong, but only time will tell.
Although I do have hope for these guys, I honestly am really just hoping that the second 09 litter has more time to develop so they can come out more robust.
These guys are pretty cool though.

6 Newborn additions

I had a litter of rosys born last night.
There were six in all, and they're all WW albino and 50% possible het for borrego anery.

They were born a little early, and two of them are still absorbing yolk from their sacks so I have them in a separate container on a damp towel to keep it from drying up.

The other four seem to be doing well. I shot a few crappy pictures with my cell phone.
One of the four slipped under the blue cover before I could take the pics, so you only get to see three. I will take some better pics with a better camera and post them soon.




Now I patiently wait for the next litter to be born. My het female is HUGE. She's significantly bigger than the albino girl that just gave birth. We'll see how it goes.