New boy

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Originally Posted by Gio

I think you picked a great one! Since the purchase of a BP for my son, I got the bug and have been dying for a Colombian male BCI. My wife does not share the same excitement however, and up to this point I have no shot at a boa of my own. Therefore I'll live through the joyful moments of others.

The best research is wanting what you can't have. I think I have damn near every book on boas, Vin Russo's 2 are my favorites, and I have a cage all picked out, a room that would make a great spot to put the cage that I don't have, and then there's the snake I guess I'm not getting that would go in the cage I do not have LOL.

Totally sucks, but I love reading about and viewing the boas here. Don't get me wrong we enjoy the BP, but I think boas are more exciting and IF we did it all over again, I think we would have gone for a male BCI but my son loves his girl and that's what matters.

Show some pics of your set up when you get all dialed in.

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Your wife would end up loving a boa.

They are worlds apart from BPs.

When you have them out, they want to climb up instead of down, trying to get to the floor.

They have no interest in 'balling up and hiding'...they want to be right up in your face and doing/watching whatever you're doing.

Many Boa varieties stay relatively small, especially if you get a male.

*But* even my 7'+ Bob is a joy to handle.

He wraps around my hips with his body and rests his head on my shoulders and just goes along for the ride.

His only 'issue' is shoplifting things with his tail while I'm not watching so I have to be wary of what I'm walking too close to....:)

Maybe you you could get her to hold a baby or juvenile Boa for a while so she can see how much fun they are.

They grow fairly slowly so by the time it was "big", she'd already love it dearly.

:)