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Hogg Island Boas-- Are they dangerous?

I agree Kokepelli. We found that out when hubby was researching want he wanted. He wanted a boa that wouldn't get very big, but still had the beautiful boa look. He became obsessed with the Island Boas and finally settled on the Hog. The more he researched the more he became aware that many hog's were cross bred with red tails and other big boas. They are still beautiful boas but very miss leading and wouldn't stay small. We also settled on a male. Hubby also choose the Hog because of the fact that it is extinct in the wild.

We finally found Parker with the help from a friend I met on here. We got him from Chad Duggin. Even checked the BOI before purchase. Parker is considered very low speckled. That is another thing we learned was they came in different speckling. I love their pink skin then black tongue!

Parker has only hissed once at us and that's because hubby scared him by lifting his hide to fast. We since learned that we don't do that with him LOL. But other than that he is the most laid back snake in our bunch. He is truly is awesome and I wasn't a boa person. I would recommend one in a heartbeat.

The Nicaraguan boa's are beautiful as well. That was hubby's second choice! I love Chris's beauties!
 
just for the record... My husband and I are still novices with boas. He did most of the research and still doing research even after bringing Parker home.

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I believe the islands have been protected for like the last 10 years.

If you look at the operation Wallace website you'll see the research is ongoing, it's listed for the 12/13 season. Every year since I think 2004 they've been going to the islands and counting boas, they've also got tracking devices on some of the females. In 2009 they estimated there were approx 600. Yes that info is a couple years old but good luck getting current info from scientific research, it takes a couple years to get anything published so by the time we see it it's a couple years old.

Endangered, absolutely. Extinct, not yet.


And yes they were horribly exploited, they were brought to the brink of extinction after 10 years of collecting. It's frightening the effect we can have on an environment.
 
Yeah well legislation is fine and dandy, but illegal smuggling does and will continue to occur.
I did not find more recent count on their site but mmkay.
 
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