Re: Info about Dumerils, please
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Originally Posted by
Salamander
I love my BPs madly but I'd also like to have a nice "cuddle snake" who doesn't bonk itself on the head, freak out and then look at me like I'm to blame for its klutziness.
I have a wonderfully mellow pastel BP "lap snake" but currently he's in shed and I miss holding him.
"Cuddle snake" and "Lap snake" are not exactly terms that I would use to describe a Dumerils Boa. While they are pretty calm and tolerate handling well, they are like most boas, curious and exploratory, and they can be pretty persistant about where they want to go. Even when they are still small, in the 3-4 feet range, they possess far more strength than a comparably sized BP. I'm not trying to discourage you from getting one, because they are great snakes to work with, but don't go into it with different expectations. My personal precaution is to not put any of my snakes around my neck.
Here is a link to a thread from one of the other members, where she posted some photos of her with her adult female Dumerils.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...dult-Dumeril-s
Re: Info about Dumerils, please
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Originally Posted by
Vypyrz
"Cuddle snake" and "Lap snake" are not exactly terms that I would use to describe a Dumerils Boa. While they are pretty calm and tolerate handling well, they are like most boas, curious and exploratory, and they can be pretty persistant about where they want to go. Even when they are still small, in the 3-4 feet range, they possess far more strength than a comparably sized BP. I'm not trying to discourage you from getting one, because they are great snakes to work with, but don't go into it with different expectations. My personal precaution is to not put any of my snakes around my neck.
Here is a link to a thread from one of the other members, where she posted some photos of her with her adult female Dumerils.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...dult-Dumeril-s
Maybe those weren't the best choice of words but sometimes, I'd like to have a snake who isn't so shy that something moving on TV sends them scurrying for cover behind me on the chair....:oops:
Or one so "small" and fast that if zips to the floor, I'll be looking for it all night.
Or one who doesn't have a stroke because it bonked its head on my hand and then blames me.
I have a scrawny little neck so I'm not a big fan of them being there either, myself.
Leah is just learning about her new home and seems to feel comfortable up there when her roaming about leads her upward instead of the usual downward.
I don't put my snakes on my neck myself because I worry they'll fall and get hurt.
BPs aren't exactly the most graceful, accomplished climbers in the world and apparently, the whole concept of gravity is something that completely eludes them.
Truth be told, my greatest fear is whether it would be aggressive enough to strangle my smaller dog.
I don't worry about her and the BPs...I worry more for their sake than hers because I know she'd grab them if she got a chance.
She's a Portuguese Podengo Medio who's about 18" at the shoulder and weighs 30 pounds...and is a little Velociraptor as far as hunting goes.
She's also the reason all of my snakes get handled out in the downstairs bedroom, far away from where my dogs are and in the only absolutely escape proof room in this very old farm house.
The Ibizan Hounds and Dobermann are no worries because all of them, for whatever 'instinctive' reason will summarily kill any snake they find.
[I have to go out and check the yard for Garter snakes in the summer to avoid the dogs finding them first]
Thanks for the link.
That is a very beautiful snake.
