I hear so much that the boas feeding response is so much better. My ball eats pretty good but she will skip a meal every now and then. I was also looking into the dumerils. I want a boa I can manage and wont get to large so I will be looking at males and the smaller species of boas.There is someone who just had some amarali born and am leaning towards them. But I just love the color of a pastal. LOL Its hard to decide.