just to say hi, and pic of our new snake - Page 2

jbbandt · 02-07-2010, 05:16 PM

just wanted to say hi and show you our first snake, i was told it is a albino and 100% het for snow,im new to this and dont know what all this means lol ,we payed alot from a breeder, if anyone could tell me any more about her that would help or if you think she is not what he said,thanks jon

jbbandt · #11 02-08-2010, 05:35 AM

does anyone have a anery to sell, or a trusted person to get one from,

Markos · #12 02-08-2010, 06:13 AM

welcome to the forum and nice albino i just got my first albino and just mist out on 2 albino het snows

HYPOHADES · #13 02-08-2010, 09:33 AM

WELCOME to RTB,this is an awesome place to be,it is one big family,everyone here is great.That bino is beautiful,I will be picking one of these up by late spring(hopefully),check out the care guide and do LOTS of research.....Mike

Alex Burgos · #14 02-08-2010, 10:43 AM

Great pickup man! That 1st pics reminds me of Mike Bell's photos, nice job getting that as your 1st boa!

zamora · #15 02-08-2010, 06:26 PM

Welcome to the family--that is a really nice albino for your first snake. My recommendations as to where to get another snake/trusted breeder is to stick around here for a while--there are LOTS of reputable breeders on this site and baby season is upon us.

jhsulliv · #16 02-08-2010, 09:28 PM

That's a nice boa, especially as a first boa. Don't jump into breeding without giving it some long and hard thought though. The market isn't that great right now even for well-established breeders and breeding really takes a solid understanding of boa care and genetics so that you can advise buyers. A snow boa is an albino anerythristic or an anerythristic albino, however you want to say it. Both of those are recessive traits meaning that there has to be an anery and albino gene in BOTH parents. So your current boa meets those requirements, but if you get another, it too must be at least het for both anery and albino in order to get a snow out of a breeding. There are TONS of good genetics threads here that you can probably find on a search too to further your knowledge. We have a whole part of the forum here dedicated to just genetics. Good luck!

jbbandt · #17 02-09-2010, 05:53 AM

thank you for all your help. if you dont mind me asking who are reputable breeders on this site, my snake came from Tim in Ohio,

jbbandt · #18 02-09-2010, 06:05 AM

sorry to take up everyones time , did we do the right thing with going with a rtb and not a ball python as a pet.

jbbandt · #19 02-09-2010, 09:07 AM

this is what they told me she was,albino 100%het for snow, hear are a few pic of her,or do think she is something else. she was not cheap.any info would be great for a male that you would use, i did have a thread in a nother section but thought it would be better here

bterrill · #20 02-09-2010, 09:55 AM

It's definitly albino, but really the only way to prove its het for snow (anery) is to breed it.

There's quite a few ways to go about figuring out who to pair it with... mainly depending on your budget and desired out comes.

Here's a few options for a male:
(cheapest)
Anery het Albino [DH snow]
Albino het Anery [DH snow]

I'd probably get a male Ghost (Hypo Anery) het albino [het moonglow] so you could make a lot more variety of a litter and get a bit of everything.

You could also get a male Sunglow (Hypo Albino) het anery [het moonglow].

After the 'cheapest options' you are really only going to diverisfy the litter or increase probabilities of what you want but you give no indication of what you want to produce I'm not sure what other combos to suggest.