My Dumeril's Ground Boas

God I love Dumeril's! I purchased a female at the Phoenix Expo in 2008 and even though she refused food a lot she was great to have with beautiful coloration. I sold her because I wanted to start my collection with mainly Ball pythons and other species of pythons since I want to start breeding. I would've kept her but it was such a hassle with her refusing F/T then eating it sometimes then having to feed her live and stuff. Your Dumeril's are beautiful! Do you plan on breeding?

I love dumeril's. Their patterns sorta remind me of gaboon's.

Gorgeous Dums!!


(Yes, the patterns do look a bit like Gabby patterns, now that you mention it...)

I have 2 dumerils and love them above my other snakes. Both very docile.
The female is about 5ft long and the young male is about 3ft now.

Neither hiss or strike at me ever. They may puff a little and stiffen or startle when I first open their cage, but once my hand is on them (no need for a hook with them) they just melt like butter.



Your snakes are beautiful. Maybe it's just me, but they do seem to be on the fat side. How much and how often do you feed them?

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Originally Posted by wafisherman

Your snakes are beautiful. Maybe it's just me, but they do seem to be on the fat side. How much and how often do you feed them?

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The female is big and I am working on dropping her weight down. She was power fed by previous owners for breeding purposes. When I got her they were saying she was eating colossal rats or 1lb rabbits weekly. I have since cut her down to a jumbo rat biweekly.