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	Photos of Rubber Boa
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Edited by Natalie Here are some photos I just took of a female Rubber Boa I collected last month about 20 miles from my house. She has adapted to captivity extremely well, taking frozen mice a week after I caught her. I think she probably gave birth last year, because when I found her she was very thin and the skin on the back part of her body was pretty loose. The heavy scarring on the head/body is typical for this species. Here are some pictures from when I first found her: I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 11-Jun-2008 02:59
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 11-Jun-2008 03:50
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	What.
Posted 11-Jun-2008 06:05
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Yeah I figured that last photo would get people's attention if the snake didn't. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 11-Jun-2008 07:35
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Pretty! I love the head shots, just gorgeous! For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 11-Jun-2008 07:53
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Haha, thanks... It's not every day you hear Rubber Boas being described as 'gorgeous'. Many people actually think they're quite ugly, probably because of all the scars. The injuries are from when they raid rodent nests to feed on the babies, and the mother then attacks the snake ceaselessly. Rubber Boas don't bite and are basically defenseless, so they just have to deal with getting bitten. They seem to have adapted by becoming almost impossible to kill, though (look at this scar). I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 11-Jun-2008 08:52
Mez Ultimate Fish Guru Asian Hardfeather Enthusiast Posts: 3300 Votes: 162 Registered: 23-Feb-2001	thats a nice find natalie. The scars should come right after a fair few sheds. James
Posted 11-Jun-2008 09:51


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