Bp Vs Rtb

I would never base my decision on an animal, on whether or not it made a good "display" animal. What if you get a boa, thinking that he'd make a nice display piece, and it turns out that he likes to hide all of the time? My male will spend time either in his hides, or sprawled out in the cage, or sometimes burrowed into the substrate. For display purposes, we have fish in tanks.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

I would never base my decision on an animal, on whether or not it made a good "display" animal. What if you get a boa, thinking that he'd make a nice display piece, and it turns out that he likes to hide all of the time? My male will spend time either in his hides, or sprawled out in the cage, or sometimes burrowed into the substrate. For display purposes, we have fish in tanks.

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Emerald Tree Boas are my choice for displays! They can be handled, but aren't as "user friendly" as BCIs are.

I don't use any hides with any of my boas, except Dumerils. They are the only ones who need it, imo. For them I use lots of crumbled up newspaper instead of hides, but it's the same effect.

All of my breeder females are no bigger than 8ft (and that's only one, the others are 6-7 feet). I've only saw one "10" foot boa. It looked huge, but it only measured a full 8.5 feet and was VERY thick. In my humble opinion, once a boa is over 7 feet, a foot or two doesn't matter much...a hand full is still a handful :eek: haha

I also would agree with most on the fact that a baby boa is a much better route to go for a first boa. After that you will have no problem with a bigger boa, but get the first one as a baby to make it easier on you and the boa. I have some big boas that get scared still and will wrap to you like no tomorrow if they feel unsecure, which can be pretty tight!

Best of luck!