Suriname Care

Since graduation is coming up I finally have the resources to get a new snake. I wanted boa more than a BP but I took it slow and got my BP. I now have some experience and I am thinking about getting a suriname boa. The main things I'm seeing is that the temps and humidity have to be spot on and regurge is common with overfeeding. I'm wondering if they are as sensitive to temps and humidity as balls or even more. Also who are some of the better breeders of surinames.

Well, I have three suris. It is very important to get a well started baby (if you want a baby) from a good breeder. A well started animal is less likely to regurge.

My young suri has never regurged (the only one who did was my male, and I believe it is because of the internal parasite problem that I'm dealing with now.. ICK)

The key with regurges is to keep feedings weekly, and smaller than you'd think. I don't feed her anything bigger than her belly is round, and at first I kept meals smaller than her girth. She has never refused a meal.

As with any snake, temps and humidity are important. Suris are not like a corn snake which can be kept in wildly varying temps and be fine.. but neither are ball pythons. If you have kept your BP in correct temperature/humidity ranges, then you can keep a surinam happy. They enjoy 50-60% humidity and cool side of 80 degrees warm side 88-90.

I have not purchased a suri from a breeder.. the baby I got from LLLreptile and my adult pair I got from a local keeper. I was very happy from the girl from LLL, but she was not CBB, but farm raised.

http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/...red-tail-boas/
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i was just there yeasterday to look at there stuff these lil guys were amazing.

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Oh and captive bred now too.. I can't say enough good things about LLL. I've gotten three snakes from them, all perfectly healthy.

Im still wary of them from some of the stuff I've heard. I would really prefer to buy from a private breeder. Does anybody know of anyone. This is harder to one that I thought.

What did you hear about them? I've never heard anything bad about LLL.

You can find a lot of ads on Kingsnake and Fauna Classifieds for suris.. I don't know how reputable any of them are, but you can look into it.

I don't know where I saw, something about snakes arriving emaciated and mite infested. Maybe I was wrong. They have always been good with the couple ?'s and buys I've had. I'll check BOI on them though. Theres a few ads right now but not much, hopefully in a couple weeks or a month some ads start popping up.

I know Prehistoric Pets is nororious for selling animals in bad shape.. but never have I heard LLL doing that. I went to a show where they had at least 100 animals there, and they all looked very healthy to me.

I checked BOI and there were some not very good threads.

Ok, well all I can say is I'm happy with the three snakes I got from them.

when the show extreem makeover or one of those shows and did a kids room in a complete reptile room , of all the stored and breeders in the world the show could of had do it they had LLL do it and it turned out great. i go to there store at least once a week and there animals are some of the best taken care of i have ever seen( except mine hahah).

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Originally Posted by greenmonkey51

I checked BOI and there were some not very good threads.

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do you have any links?? as far as i know they are great.

How do Argentine Boas compare to Surinames as far as all of the main negative things for surinames.

I've never owned an argy, but I hear they grow very large.. some bigger than BCC. Babies tend to be nippy, but they tame well like BCC.. and they're beautiful snakes.

Would one be a bad idea for a first large snake/boa.

Not necessarily. I wish I knew a little more about them.. their growth rates and such.

If you really love the look of them and that's exactly what you want, I don't think it's a bad idea to get one. Just be sure that you have the resources to house and feed a potentially 10' (or even slightly more perhaps) snake.