Good morning, everyone,

Recently I've been considering adding a larger snake to my collection. After getting involved moreso with the local reptile society (board member now, woo), I'm realizing that public events/speaking and educational presentations are one of my favorite things to do as far as positive experiences go. However, I'm also realizing some of my limitations for these presentations, such as the safety of my smaller pets, as well as their patience.

Already I'm adding two ball pythons to my crew to balance things out and allow me to cycle through animals I'm talking about without overhandling them.

However, I am feeling more comfortable now with the idea of adding a larger snake to my collection. Larger being... larger than my corn snake, haha. Dumerils have always made me completely smitten. Moreso than any other boa, to be honest. However, finding realistic representations of their adult size is posing difficult. I hear people saying sizes as far as length goes, but it can be hard to visualize the length/weight based off of stats, due to my lack of experience handling large snakes.

A friend of mine has an '08 Dumerils male I am considering. He went off food as a hatchling for nearly a year, and now he's a f/t rabbit eater. But, he's only 3.5ft. I spoke with the owner and she told me to be prepared for him to get larger as the years go on. If he is over 4 years old now, does he still possess the ability to 'catch up' and become a monster, or are the chances of him getting to a larger size reduced due to his picky eating early in life?

And, does anyone happen to have a photo or two of adult male Dumerils? I seem to find a lot of photos of the females and their nice girth, but they're a bit too much snake. I am hoping to hear from you guys about the males, and perhaps get feedback about their size as adults.

Obviously each snake is different, and each has the potential to get to a different size. Hence me wanting to research this and get direct feedback.