I kept them back and as they grew there color intensified to almost a coral/lavender body color all over the animal. Lavender Albinos just happen to be a more dazzling version of the same snake. When I bred hetero’s from this bloodline I noticed several of the babies were much more colorful and had a lavender coral color to them. Overall, theyre some of the best reptile pets you can find. The Coral Albino boas originated from one of my original hetero bloodlines I produced in 1990 or 1991. The people that found it posted about it on social media. This is the animal that made it possible for me to make my life’s passion of breeding boas and pythons a reality. MIAMI - A slithery surprise was spotted outside a home in Naples - a rare albino boa constrictor. Take your time and view our site and you will see some of the most beautiful boas constrictors in the world. Boa constrictors are very powerful and will escape if given the chance, so enclosures must be secure. For the past ten years we have been selectively breeding the Albino boas to produce the most diverse group of Albino color/pattern variations second to none. This is when I started crossing the Albino to many color and pattern variations of boa constrictors including Anerythristic, Arabesque, Hypomelanistic, Jungle, Striped, and of course Colombian. If big guys like Steve, Ernie, and John didn’t get babies then how did I (truth be known it was good luck like most breeding efforts)? At this point in my breeding career I had never even bred a pair of boas until the Albinos.Īfter another successful breeding of the two Albinos in 1991 Paul and I parted ways. I was a new comer in the business and many feared I was pulling a scam. Brian Sharp was one of the only people who believed that they were really heterozygous for Albino. Hide boxes are essential to make your snake feel. The minimum size is around 10 square feet of floor space for a single snake. A good enclosure size for an adult boa constrictor is around 6 to 8 feet long, 2 to 3 feet wide, and 2 to 3 feet tall. Paul and I kept the other babies for breeding in the future. Boa constrictors are very powerful and will escape if given the chance, so enclosures must be secure. I sold 10.6 of the babies to my good friend Brian Sharp. Two females produced a total of thirty-two heterozygous babies in June of 1990. I bred the two males to several normal females in 1990 in the basement of my townhouse. After trying to breed these beautiful boas for several years with no success John Ruiz sold one of the males to me in 1989.Ībout six weeks later Paul Miles and I purchase another male from John. John Ruiz bought the four boas and took on partners Steve Osborne and Ernie Wagner. In the mid eighties California Zoological imported 3.1 sibling Albino boas that were born in Columbia South America from a wild caught normal Columbian boa constrictor. Boa constrictor occidentalis 'Argentine Boa' Female 1 1,200.00 Add To Cart Epicrates cenchria 'Brazilian Rainbow Boa' Male 2021 1 550.00 495.00 Sale Add To Cart Eunectes notaeus 'Yellow Anaconda Patternless' Female 2 1,400.00 1,120.00 Sale Add To Cart Eryx colubrinus 'Kenyan Sand Boa' Male 1 185. The people that found it posted about it on social. We purchased the first original male Albino boa in early 1989 from John Ruiz, Steve Osborne, and Ernie Wagner. Decem/ 12:00 PM / CBS News MIAMI - A slithery surprise was spotted outside a home in Naples - a rare albino boa constrictor. Peter Kahl Reptiles was the first to produce Albino boas in captivity in 1992.
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