Dumerils Boas are NOT terrestrial

[Dutti]

Not meaning to be rude but why if you believe what you say to be true why so defensive? Also how long have your cared for your Dumeril boa? Animals change behaviours and preferences like children my daughter loved Monster High sore she would forever now latter 13 years old and 500 dolls later can not stand them�� I think listening to advise given to you verse trying to prove a point is more in your and the animals best interest best wishes for you and happy holidays ��

Also i find myself having to be defensive because several members just try to contradict what i say (suggest) just in the sake of contradicting me. I don,t feel that they are really interested in the information itself. For example, even though that i have mentioned at the begining the size of the enclosure and that its a big one, and it was obvious from the photo which i have posted that the photo did not cover the whole enclosure, 2 members suggested that my Dumeril does not have a hide or enough substrate for him to burrow.
Well here is a photo of the other side of the enclosure which did not appear in the previous one. You see his hide, and if you look closely next to the hide you can see a tiny piece of his head, he is burrowing in the substrate.
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[Godzilla78]

I just don’t know how could you be so sure of that if you didn’t visit Madagascar and observed the snakes behavior there. Here is a video that i found on YouTube of some tourists in the forests of Madagascar where they met coincidentally with the cousin of the Dumerils boa, the Madagascar ground boa which is also considered terrestrial. And guess where the boa was? High above the trees.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kfpulmZ5k_A

That’s a fake video. They can’t climb

[Dutti]

That’s a fake video. They can’t climb

You were serious with your previous comment when you said "They are so terrestrial Dude. Purely terrestrial, they never climb at all in nature". After i have presented you with an evidence that you cannot refute, you are now trying to save face by trying to sound funny.

[Godzilla78]

You were serious with your previous comment when you said "They are so terrestrial Dude. Purely terrestrial, they never climb at all in nature". After i have presented you with an evidence that you cannot refute, you are now trying to save face by trying to sound funny.

Super serous. They NEVER CLIMB. you know it’s true, there is no evidence.

[Godzilla78]

Just like I was trying to be “funny” when I said, “TROLLS BE TROLLING.” before that. Is that funny? no. Because it’s TRUE, just like Dumeril Boas can’t climb. so stop using photoshop, to present false evidence.

if you have a real proof, I will concede that Boas are indeed Arboreal Amphibians.

[SDA]

It's ok everything is everything else now. Ball pythons, dumeril's boas, retics, and burmese all live in trees now. Anacondas are desert species now and morelia all live in burrows (mine touched the ground last night with her nose so that is proof). I'm thinking of converting my rosy boas' enclosure to an aquarium because I saw it drink so it must now be aquatic.

[Dutti]

Here are 2 more very short videos of Madacascar boas in Madagascar forests on the trees. I post these for everyone to see that i am right about what i have suggested in this thread that the Dumerils boas are infact a semiarboreal snakes.

This is the cousin of Dumerils boa, the Madagascar ground boa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CuO3HFw7DY

And although the title of this video says its the Madagascar ground boa, i can say according to the snakes head and pattern as well as colors that its a Dumerils boa. I am almost 100% sure of that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt_mt0yXL8s

[MD_Pythons]

What temps are you getting with that setup? I'd bet this is something as simple as your boa trying to get somewhere warmer.

[Dutti]

I am sorry guys, i just keep finding these short videos for Madagascar boas in the wild on trees. This is the Madagascar ground boa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkPgyrG1mk4

[Craiga 01453]

...if nothing else, Dutti's threads give me something humorous to read on the toilet...