Why aren't Dumeril's boas more popular???

Just curious. Red tails are probably the most commonly owned boa, but I dont want a snake that gets that big at the moment. Red tails do have one of the best over all temperaments of any snake you can find in my opinion. But they do get quite large. Dumeril's get nice size, but not huge, have one of the COOLEST patterns of any boa ( once again in my opinion :) ) , have the temperament of a red tail, and are great eaters. But when I told my other snake owning buddies I got a Dumeril's boa, their responses were ( what the heck is a Dumeril's boa?) haha so I'm just wondering why they aren't more popular if they're such AWESOME snakes??

Probably because it's been illegal to export them from Madagascar for quite a while now. Without introducing more from imported snakes there's only so many new ones that can be produced and sold every year.

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Originally Posted by devildog_dk

Probably because it's been illegal to export them from Madagascar for quite a while now. Without introducing more from imported snakes there's only so many new ones that can be produced and sold every year.

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In my experience, it doesn't seem they are hard to find. They do seem hard to sell though!

They are neat. I probably ask aaron everytime i see his what morph it is just bc its regular pattern is so neat. I agree with you, their patterns are one of my favorites!

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Originally Posted by devildog_dk

Probably because it's been illegal to export them from Madagascar for quite a while now. Without introducing more from imported snakes there's only so many new ones that can be produced and sold every year.

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Ohh I see. Makes sense. I just found it crazy because I mean they are readily available. I'm just surprised not a lot of people have heard of them. :)

It might have to do with getting them to breed is not as easy as normal red tails.

I had 2 and they were great, out of all the boas I love the dumerils most. And I'm not a Boa person lol

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Originally Posted by Cameron Lamb Exotics

It might have to do with getting them to breed is not as easy as normal red tails.

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Possibly, good point.

I've owned a few dumerils in the past. They were easy to find and easier to sell when we realized they didn't fit into our breeding plans. I really like them and I hope to get another pair in the future when we have more space. Right now our adult redtail takes up a huge portion of our snake room already. I would say that locally they are easier to sell than redtails, but they are harder to find in the classifieds since redtails are so abundant (dumerils posts get buried), and we have 2 major redtail breeders locally.