Dumeril's or BCI?

[bananasama]

I am completely stuck between getting either a Dumeril's or a BCI for my next snake. So anybody who has owned one/both could you please give your opinions on each?

[mainbutter]

option 3: BCC

[bananasama]

Any particular reason for the BCC? I figured the upper limits for the BCI about as big as I wanted to go right now, but if you have some good reasons to reconsider I might.

[CoolioTiffany]

It really depends. BCIs are normally very adventurous and like to move around. Dumeril's boas are more of a calm snake. These snakes both are easy to care for, but if personality is what your trying to look at, then choose which ever snake you think you'd like.

[RichsBallPythons]

If this is your first boa then i could go BCI as they arent as picky on the feeding part and or regurgitation. BCC tend to regurg a lot more when feed too much or too big.

[mainbutter]

Any particular reason for the BCC? I figured the upper limits for the BCI about as big as I wanted to go right now, but if you have some good reasons to reconsider I might.

Because they aren't as common as BCIs and Dumerils, they're extraordianrly beautiful (IMO so much more so than the previous mentioned species), and yes their size is a benefit. I know many a snake owner who gets to the point where they wish their snake was "just a little bit bigger" after they get full grown.

Feel free to add the previous sentance to the out of context thread.

Don't forget it takes years for a snake to reach "full sized"

[bananasama]

Ha ha, yea fair enough. I would love to eventually get a BCC. I would love to eventually own all three. Snakes are far too difficult to choose which one I can go with, and which to assign the highest priority at the moment. If only this decision were easier hahaha.

[chago11]

I owned both and i prefer the Dumerils.

[CoolioTiffany]

Ha ha, yea fair enough. I would love to eventually get a BCC. I would love to eventually own all three. Snakes are far too difficult to choose which one I can go with, and which to assign the highest priority at the moment. If only this decision were easier hahaha.

It's not always bad to have different species in your collection

I really like Dumeril's boas because they are extremely beautiful, and can DEFINITELY blend well within their natural home. Plus, their eyes are extraordinary. I loved getting eye shots of my Dumeril's. The stripe going through her eye was actually in her eye, meaning the pattern stripe continued through her eyes. They are definitely a very beautiful snake, and I did notice this snake had like a salmon color near the neck area. These snakes are very excellent and I really did enjoy keeping my girl.

The downside with Dumeril's boas is that they are pretty hard to get started to eat once they are first settled in their home. It took me 2 months to get mine to eat (live) then it took 5 months to get her over to F/T. They do also get stressed out very easily when they don't feel comfortable, so always make sure you're supporting its entire body (these snakes like to feel secure).

[Mike Schultz]

Any particular reason for the BCC? I figured the upper limits for the BCI about as big as I wanted to go right now, but if you have some good reasons to reconsider I might.

BCI (unless you get a dwarf locality) can and will grow just as large as a Suriname or Guyana boa FYI I've seen some monster Colombians.

I voted for BCI. The question depends on: Do you want a big fat slug that will move less than a ball python (dumerils) or do you want a more curious, active snake (Boa constrictor ssp.)