Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.

[redshepherd]

Thought I'd actually start a progression thread for this slow-growing species (so slow... I'm getting impatient LOL), so that I can just keep throwing new pictures up here as time goes on, and I don't have to decide whether to make a WHOLE new thread every time she grows a little or I change her enclosure!

Vigil was born August 2013, and I got her August 2015.

Here are only some of her past photos over time since the day I got her from the Pomona reptile super show! 2 years old and about a 3 foot long skinny noodle.















Sorry for the gross photo of me in it, but it shows her relative size. This was around January 2016.


Still fitting in her medium size reptilebasics hide. When I got her in August 2015, she fit about half the size of this hide.


Her size in the 110qt sterilite tub that she is still using.




Try to ignore me in my pajamas again as I post more size-relative photos.


Recent, at just about 5 feet long! Still small looking.






Very recent, last month! Size relative selfies. About 5'6" in length now and 3 years old. She now uses a large size reptilebasics hide and it's pretty cramped!




That was a lot of photos.

[GoingPostal]

Great pics, I can never seem to get good ones, he moves so fast! Plus it's difficult to really show their color. I totally understand what you mean about slow growing but you can see she's put on some size. I got my dumerils and my borneo short tails as babies all in spring of last year so it's been cool comparing the different species. If I didn't put the dum on the scale I would barely notice the growth. I have to dig him out super quick because he shoots off like a bullet otherwise but so well tempered, never even hisses at me. Eats and sheds perfect every time.

[redshepherd]

Great pics, I can never seem to get good ones, he moves so fast! Plus it's difficult to really show their color. I totally understand what you mean about slow growing but you can see she's put on some size. I got my dumerils and my borneo short tails as babies all in spring of last year so it's been cool comparing the different species. If I didn't put the dum on the scale I would barely notice the growth. I have to dig him out super quick because he shoots off like a bullet otherwise but so well tempered, never even hisses at me. Eats and sheds perfect every time.

How funny, I've only ever seen slow moving ones! How old is your dum? Mine is my most apathetic snake, she doesn't give two craps about moving... She loves pretending to be a potato though. Once I put her on a blanket and she gets in a comfortable position, she will just sit there like a statue for an hour.

And same, dums have great tempers. Vigil has hissed at me a few times, but only when I surprised her by taking the lid off the tub too fast.

Yeah, once you compare the first few photos to once they're older, it's a big difference. I can't wait for her to grow up.

[Sauzo]

Nice looking dum. Now I know what I have to look forward to in about 2 years lol. My little girl is only about 18" and 2 months old. Looks like she will be on hopper mice for a long time lol.

[redshepherd]

Nice looking dum. Now I know what I have to look forward to in about 2 years lol. My little girl is only about 18" and 2 months old. Looks like she will be on hopper mice for a long time lol.

Thanks!
Oh yes LOL. Actually no idea the rate they'll grow as hatchlings, but when mine was 2 years old, she was on small rats. She's now 3 years old and on big mediums.

[Reinz]

He looks great RS, love all the pics!

[BPGator]

Great pics. It is hard to catch their colors - the camera doesn't do them justice.


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[redshepherd]

He looks great RS, love all the pics!

Thanks, she does! (lol)

Great pics. It is hard to catch their colors - the camera doesn't do them justice.


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You're right, especially their face with all the patterns!

[GoingPostal]

Mine is about 1.5 years old now I think.

[redshepherd]

Mine is about 1.5 years old now I think.

Clean and pretty pattern!
Huh, maybe they're more skittish when they're younger, and I just didn't get to experience it LOL