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Jeff Ronne
Boas
March 5, 2005
PHFaust: On behalf of Jeff Barringer and all of us
at kingsnake.com, I'm very pleased to welcome Jeff Ronne to the finale
of our Seventh Annual Chat Week.
Known as "the Boaphile," Jeff has been breeding boas since
1986, and is the co-author of "The Boa Constrictor Manual."
Thank you so much for joining us, Jeff, and welcome!
Djinn: ?
krn: ?
boaphile: Please bear with me as I am not the fastest typist
nor the most accurate. I will not have time to spell check everything
so there will be plenty of typos and misspellings. I will be banging
away at the keyboard as fast as I can without much regard for the
accuracy of my typing.
boxturtle_nr: ?
Slither66Wales: ?
PHFaust: Krn your up
PHFaust: The Boaphile
krn: hello i was wondering what type of boa stays small and
makes a good sociable pet
roxydementia: ?
boaphile: Hoog Island Boas maek great pets and stay small but
you can certianlly keep a Colombian BOa small by not feeding it a
lot.
PHLdyPayne: If you have a question for Jeff Ronne, our guest
speaker tonight, please type a "?" into the room and wait
till y ou are called to ask y our question. We ask that you do not
private message our hosts or Jeff this evening. DO NOT OPENLY CHAT
IN THE ROOM. Please have your qu estion pre-typed and hit enter when
your name is called.
krn: ok thanks boa philw
drimes: ?
Crazycodykadunk: ?
PHFaust: Mali
Maliyum: How big was ur biggest boa? weight and length? When
did you get started into liking reptiles?
boaphile: I have several that are around 10' and 70 lbs. Much
bigger than I would like. Caught a garter snake at around 8 years
of age. That started it.
boaphile: ga
Maliyum: cool thanks
Maliyum: almost weighs as mushc as me!
PHFaust: Boxturtle your turn
boxturtle_nr: have u ever kept turtles?
imridethelghtng: ?
boxturtle_nr: or know about them?
boaphile: Yes! We have a Red Foot and a Eastern Box turtle
now. THey are very cool! I'd like to keep more.
boaphile: ga
PHFaust: Rocky
rockyballboa: hi jeff if iwas too start a boa breeding project
what would i need too start,caging,racks etc.and do you know any good
canadian boa breeders.What is youre favorite boa and morph,thanks-boas
rule
Pastor777: ?
PHFaust: Please wait until after you ask your first question
to put another ? in the room...
TopNotchBoas: ?
boaphile: As far as animals pick somehting you like. Caging?
Boaphile Plastics of course. THe 421D cage is perfect. My favorite?
Hard to pick only one...
JBrant: ?
boaphile: ga
boaphile: Sorry I will try to remember to do the ga thing.
PHFaust: no prob jeff
boaphile: ga stands for "go ahead" correct?
PHFaust: herpkeeper
Herp-Keeper: how many snakes have you had throughout your life?
rockyballboa: ?
PHFaust: yep!
boaphile: I am not sure. Something around 10 or 12 I think.
GA
Herp-Keeper: awsome
PHFaust: Snakeking
davel: ?
CTHERPS: Hi Jeff if you breed a hypo het albino to a albino
what odds if any will be sun glow?
Snakeking_nr: ?
PHFaust: snake its your question
boaphile: Around one in 4 I believe. Putting me on the spot.
boaphile: ga
Snakeking_nr: Thanks for coming and taking the time to answer
my question Jeff. I've been eyeing your Monster Tail siblins for awhile
:) Anyway, what got you started in boa keeping / breeding? Also, when
are you going to be divulging your secret to ID'ing hets? [img id=em-5]
boaphile: I had a Burmese. It was really cool but too active
for my taste. After I handled my first Boa I knew that was it. Hets?
What secret? LOL
boaphile: Ga
Snakeking_nr: haha thanks Jeff :)
PHFaust: shogun
shogunatereptile: Hey! And Thanks for comming! I had fun building
this last cage I made for my beardie (I posted it earlier, I'm not
sure if you saw it or not.) Anyway, I'm ready to move onto another
cage, and I'm wanting to build a rack this time. What are the best
cheap and efficient ways to make breeding racks? What are the right
materials? I've heard melamine, but I'm just not sure. These would
be for breeding, and not exactly exhibiting purposes. I'm looking
at leopard gecko size geckos. It'd be Leopard Geckos, Fat Tailed Geckos,
and Viper Geckos. I would love to buy your Boaphiles, but I'm on a
VERY tight budget, seeing as all my time goes into school.
tarantula_nr: ?
boaphile: Melamine is a good material that will last for year.
Not like BOaphile Plastics that will last longer than I will but I
would recomend Melamine.
boaphile: ga
boaphile: Last for years not year. ga
shogunatereptile: thanks!
PHFaust: Djinn your turn
shogunatereptile: ?
AstonPowders: ?
Djinn: Hi Jeff! Do you have any plans to add the albino gene
into your scarlet hypo line?
jnemani: ?
boaphile: Sure do. Probably getting done this year. Maybe next.
GA
PHFaust: Slither66
Slither66Wales: Hi Jeff, i like boas and pythons but want to
know if a spotted or childrens python would be a better first python
than say a ball/royal python.I have only kept lizards and colubrids,or
is a tree boa better than B.c.c.
peterm: ?
Slither66Wales: thanks
boaphile: Either of those are a good choice. They certianly
have a lot more personality than your typical Ball Python too. GA
PHGinger: ROXY you are next
roxydementia: what do you think the future holds for IBD research?
i have had 2 suspec boas (did not know where to send them back then
to be sure) but no one else in the collection was infected its been
years. i now run an informal rescue and keep new ones out at least
6 months, but that limits me on space big time, any experiance or
advice for me? (any interest in donating cages to a rescue LOL)
rzaology: ?
boaphile: It is a really long story... but I do not believe
IBD exists. I need to write this up along with all my many many years
of anecdotal evedence garnered from tons of people who had been told
differently. I can't expalin it all now that is for sure. GA
PHFaust: OHHH Roxy, you stole my question! ;)
roxydementia: id love to read whatever you write, thanks!
PHFaust: Drimes your turn
drimes: Have you found that a conservative feeding schedule
affects boa lifespan one way of the other?
boaphile: BOttom line though. Boas do get sick. I would look
for what other sickness can be observed and treat that. GA
roxydementia: im a vet tech and do what i can...
Taylor: ?
purplesnake_nr: ?
boaphile: Sure as opposed to overfeeding. I was just marveling
at my babies from this past year which are typically now around 24"
long. My first litter of babies were all around 48" at this time
almost 20 years ago now. They have all long since died. GA
PHFaust: Cody
Crazycodykadunk: Ever work with anacondas??? im a conda freek
boaphile: I had yellow Anacondas. Man can thos things poop!
I had them poop on the ceiling in a 2' high cage! They are really
cool animals though if you don't mind having to clean them almosnt
every day. THey bit right through the bag too so watch out! GA
PHFaust: IMridethelightening
imridethelghtng: Hi Jeff, Thanks for being here...What was
your most exciting boa project ever, and how long did it take you
to get it off the ground, and see that your hard work was paying off?
boaphile: The Pearlescent is the most exciting one I have worked
with so far.
boaphile: I am very anxious to breed Pearlescent Boa to Pearlescent
Boa as we really are optimistic there will be a mind blowing "Super"
version of this wild unpredictable morph. Makes me nervous thinking
about it. Here are pictures of a couple of them below:
http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl3web.jpg
http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl31web.jpg
http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl21web.jpg
boaphile: GA
PHFaust: Pastor
Pastor777: I have bought a couple of 66% Het albino that came
from you origanally, and the are supposed to have some type of genitic
marker that shows them to be true hets, can you tell me about the
marker and where it is located?GA
boaphile: Sorry. That is a little secret for now. GA
PHFaust: Top Notch
TopNotchBoas: Hi Jeff, What is your current opinion on the
way the pastel trait in boas is working? Polygenic? Codominant?
boaphile: My opinion has not changed. Polygenic. GA
gmherps: ?
TopNotchBoas: ?
Snakeking_nr: ?
LeoGeoGuy: ?
purplesnake_nr: ?
PHFaust: Jbrandt
JBrant: Hi Jeff good to see you here. How are the scarlet hypos
coming? Any for sale this year?
rzaology: What size should a boa be before you switch it to
rabbits, and what do you think would hurt more, getting bit from a
20 ft burm, conda, or retic. Just curious about the last question.
boaphile: I like rats. I think they have more fat that rabbits.
I will stick to rats. You can star any time you can get rabbits small
enough though. GA
PHFaust: IN case you missed it in the confusion
JBrant: Hi Jeff good to see you here. How are the scarlet hypos
coming? Any for sale this year?
boaphile: Too many cages and racks to build to take pictues
of them. I have quite a few. watch for them in the coming weeks. GA
PHFaust: Davel your turn now
JBrant: Thanks Jeff. Mine is doing great. I'll be in touch.
Little crazy in here.
crazynilemon_nr: hey all what r we talking about?
boaphile: Oops. I missed an earlier question that I sent an
answer to an individual who didn't ask about it. Sorry about that.
GA
PHFaust: Digby your turn
PHFaust: It is very important to have your question pretyped
so we dont have to make Jeff wait....
Digby_Rigby_nr: hello do you work with any locale specific
boas?
reptilefreak101: ?
Djinn: ?
boaphile: Absolutly. Peruvians. Bolivian amaralii, Brazilian
amaralii, Hogg Island, Colombia Boas, Costa Rican Boas. I probalby
missed something though... GA
PHFaust: tarantula your thtrn
tarantula_nr: How are sand boas to keep as pets? Are they easy,
difficult or what? And are they found wildly in Iran?
Robert Baker: ?
boaphile: They are probalby found in IRan but I am not sure.
THey are great animals I guess if you don't mind not seeing them every
time you look in the cage. They love to stay under the sand. I really
like them. I had one for some time once years agon. None for a long
time though. GA
tarantula_nr: ok thank
PHFaust: Jnemai
jnemani: Any more work done on producing those show table displays
I talked to you about at Tinley. In particular a way to put it in
a container for transport. Like a suitcase. I'd like to get one this
year, what's the turnaround time?
purplesnake_nr: jeff iam looking to buy a peruvian redtail
boa and iwould like to know which gets to alarger size the columbian
or the peruvian redtail?
boaphile: None yet. Too much to do with everything else really.
I really want to work out a carrying case and everything but can't
seem to build everything esle as fast as I would like to. We did make
a few new stayle cages though: Here is a shamless plug!
boaphile: http://boaphileplastics.com/combo_cages/new_stack.jpg
boaphile: GA
jnemani: Thank you
PHFaust: Peterm
PHFaust: And jeff, thats what being a guest at chat week means...
Shameless plugs... :)
Pastor777: ?
Randy T.: ?
Seven7_nr: "?"
PHFaust: OK Lets see GM still here?
boaphile: Another shamless plug while we wait for a question:
boaphile: I am also dying to breed a Motley Boa with "The
Monster Tail". Not just a Monster Tail bloodline animal but the
Monster Tail. Most of you have probably seen her. Here she was last
time she was gravid with the Pearlescent babies: http://theboaphile.com/summary_2003/monstergravid.jpg
Here she was checking out those babies: http://theboaphile.com/summary_2003/monsterandbabies.jpg
boaphile: GA
LeoGeoGuy: What is the smallest boa? & how big does it
get? I'm looking for a beginner boa that does not get too big &
is easy to keep.
diablodragon: ?
boaphile: Hogg Island Boa if you want a persoanble handlable
Boa. You can keep one under 4' feet easisly. GA
LeoGeoGuy: R they easy to breed?
boaphile: The easiest! GA
LeoGeoGuy: thanks
PHFaust: Reptilefreak
reptilefreak101: jeff what do you think the best boa is for
a 15 yr old kid, and how many boas around do you have thanks
Djinn: ?
reptilefreak101: and what size boaphile can i keep it in
boaphile: A Colombian Boa and don't feed it every three days!
ONce a Boa reaches around 3'. A moderate item every two weeks is plenty!
GA
boaphile: 421D for life GA
PHFaust: Snakeking
reptilefreak101: thanks
Snakeking_nr: What factors do you look at when pricing an animal?
When are you going to start updating your website for everyone to
buy tons of boas? [img id=em-3]
boaduuuude_nr: lol
boaphile: That is so long as you don't feed it like crazy!
GA
boaphile: Pricing... more
boaphile: PRicing is really a factor of how much I like the
animal and what I think the fair market value should be for that animal.
I really need to update the site. I don't have any room right now
for the babies that are coming soon... GA
PHFaust: If you have already asked a question and are still
on queue, we will move you to end, and if we have time we will fit
you in.....
Snakeking_nr: ok thanks Jeff :)
PHFaust: Queue is closed
boaphile: Another shamless short plug:
boaphile: Another important project we have in the works is
Anerythristic Boas like this one!: http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/whiteanery.jpg
boaphile: GA
PHFaust: Shogun your up now that you are back
shogunatereptile: What is the best way to heat? I've always
heard flexwatt... but there are so many new things out all the time...
For racks, that is
DaveyFig: ?
boaphile: I use Flexwatt. It is tried and true. So long as
you use it properly, which is detailed on the cage site, www.boaphileplastics.com
it is safe and will alst for many many years. GA
shogunatereptile: thank ya thank ya!
PHFaust: Top notch your turn
TopNotchBoas: Do EBV Red Group Boas share genetic lineage to
any of your lines of pastels? If so how did EBV end up with that line?
boaphile: Yes. The Lucy bloodline is where the original EBV
animals came from. GA
boaphile: THe owner of EBV bought them from me. GA
boaphile: Ron Huffaker at the time. GA
boaphile: ANother plug quick!
boaphile: The most exciting thing I have ever seen Boa wise
I must admit I think is the "Pink Patternless" Boa! Those
are absolutely mind blowing. I hope to have some of those sometime
before I die. That's all. Just sometime before I cash in my chips.
Then it will have been all worth it.
http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/wow-man.JPG
A "hand full" of babies shown in this photo:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/diablodragon/pinkboababys007.jpg
boaphile: GA
PHFaust: Seven its your question
Seven_nr: Whats your opinion on the harlequin?
boaphile: Nice animals. GA
PHFaust: Diablo your turn
diablodragon: hello, have you ever had amazon tree boas and
do you know how big a female has to be to breed?
boaphile: Hello Diablo! I have not. I am afraid I am a loss
on those baibes. Beautiful though! GA
PHFaust: Randy T
Randy T.: do you have any Ivory litters cooking? And also Pastel
albinos? If so what is the tentative due dates
boaphile: No dates yet Randy. I have high hopes for both this
year but it is too early to tell for sure. Keep your fingers crossed
for me OK? THanks! GA
Randy T.: no prob.. good luck
PHFaust: Rocky your turn
boaphile: The breeding i am most excited about this year?
boaphile: I am really hoping to get a few babies from this
girl this year:
http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monstertailclose7web.jpg
She is being bred by one of the pinkest Pastel Males I have. I have
my fingers crossed and he is working like a mad man! Time will tell...
GA
boaphile: Rocky are you in the house?
PHFaust: Skipping rockyballboa and going on to shogun
PHFaust: Shogun going twice......
shogunatereptile: Thanks! What would be the best method of
keeping the animals in the rack?
shogunatereptile: Be it plastic containers with lids, or with
out?
shogunatereptile: I'm wanting the best stress free environment
TopNotchBoas: ?
boaphile: Keep your drawers shut at all times. LOL. Lids would
be best but a good rack will have close enough tolerances to keep
your animals in check. GA
PHFaust: Djiin
shogunatereptile: Thanks!
Djinn: Jeff, do you allow people to come to your facility to
buy? How about if their carrying lots of cash!?!
boaphile: Very seldom I am afriad. Too much work and I love
to show everything off. Before I know it the whole day is gone and
I have talked your ear off and I haven't gotten anything done. Best
I just show you on the web. GA
PHFaust: Pastor your turn
Pastor777: Hi Jeff: What do you see as the future for the Albino?
Do you think it will be able to hold its own with the addition of
all the new morphs? Will they be a part of ongoing projects?
boaphile: Sure it is a strong market. The ALbinos people what
most have something more. Like the PAstel ALbinos. More color makes
more beautiful and more interesting. We are not close to the end of
the Albino Boa market to be sure. GA
PHFaust: Top notch you will have final question for the evening....
TopNotchBoas: Do you still have full confidence that methods
of breeding boas without any type of cooling gives the highest success
rate?
boaphile: Absolutely! After trying a little expreimenting myself
this year to make sure, I am more sure than every. I will suffer this
year will far fewer babies myself as a result of trying a little cooling.
This is the first I have told anyone about this. I guess everyone
knows now huh? Oh well. DON'T COOL! Night time temerature drop yes.
Cooling NO! THanks Jeff
devilgofer: thanks jeff im a big fan!
PHFaust: Jeff, on behalf of all of us at kingsnake.com, thank
you so much for being our guest tonight! Please stay with us for our
next chat at 10 PM ET, when we welcome Adam Britton on Crocodilians.
ANd on a personal note, Jeff, should you ever need anyone for cage
testing, im right here in WI and the rescue can put your cages thru
unbelievable abuses.... :) Plus I can review it for kingsnake... :)
shogunatereptile: Thanks for comming! I appreciate the help
Jeff!
boaphile: It has really been a pleasure and great fun to do.
Thanks for the oportunity!
jeffb: Thanks Mr. ZRonne
TopNotchBoas: thanks a bunch Jeff!
PHJoker: thanks Jeff!
PHScales: Now, Faust, VA Reptile Rescue can do the same...
LOL
imridethelghtng: Thank You Jeff
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