What is the Dumerils boa's natural prey

...... i mean more then the description of rodent or bird

Their diet consists of small animals, such as birds, lizards, and small mammals. They are also known to prey on other snakes. Best i could come up with.

I would imagine being a ground boa from Madagascar that eats small mammals and birds that it eats any Madagascan bird or mammal that it can catch and swallow..

So then, google all Madagascan wildlife, do some research, and I'm sure you could make a list of things the Dumerils would likely eat in the wild. There are no references for these things since most boas no matter where they're found, eat mammals and birds native to that area.


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..... i figured that would be the reply thanks anyway ..... its my 11 year plan to go to Madagascar to find and observe them in the wild

I don't know exactly but I know mine sure likes colossal rats!

That sounds like it would be a really cool project! I sure love Dums

me too but i think its the lack of information on wild dumerils that interests me the most

My guess.. lemurs?

I can barely get mine to eat anything.

mine is really finicky too but ive found if i can get the house dead silent and feed him a freshly killed mouse he will eat but ive had no luck with frozen or live

also ive found that he burrows most of the time but is mostly out on the cooler side when it is around 71 - 74 and every once in a while he will bask at around 78 - 81 ..... i maintain a hot spot of 80 - 85 cool side 71 - 74 humidity from 40% to 60%

Try to provide a much deeper substrate if your Dum's aren't eating. Seems to have worked with mine, he rarely refuses now. Took me about 1.5 years to switch him from live to f/t, now he'll take anything.

I actually tried to switch to a substrate that they could borrow into, and they started eating even less. I've tried live, frozen, fresh killed, mice, rats, different size tubs, different substrates, different racks... They're just finicky little buggers.

IMO husbandry for Dumeril's is similar to some Colubrids. Cool side can be room temp and I have rarely seen mine use a hot spot over 88F. They can be picky eaters and if you do not boost the humidity up to 60% during a shed cycle things will not go well.

My girl is a shy eater even with an adequate amount of aspen to burrow in. Lately I've been leaving a P/K large rat in the hide with her every 10-14 days and she is thriving. She's a very peculiar snake and because of her habits and disposition a favorite of mine in our collection.

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also ive found that he burrows most of the time but is mostly out on the cooler side when it is around 71 - 74

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I thought there was something wrong with my temps, mine stays on the cool side around 71-71 the vast majority of the time too. I wonder if after they eat they spend time on the warm side to digest, I wouldn't know, I still haven't gotten mine to eat yet.

I know they can be extremely fussy eaters. I have a friend who return her Dum to the breeder because she could only get her to eat every couple of months.

till my dumerils broke schedule he ate one mouse every 15 days if im lucky i get him to eat every 25 or so days