smaller boa and pythons?

[Vypyrz]

central american boas

X3 I love my Costa Rican BCI. Caulker's Cay boas can also be a good choice and they are very slow growers. There are also two Mexican boas that are dwarf species. The Tarahumara and Tamaulipas are considered to be the smallest of the dwarf boas, but they can be hard to come by. Nicaraguans are probably the most readily available. Some of the others are Costa Rican, Panamanian, and Sonoran.

Male Dumeril boas usually stay around 5 feet long too. However the Hogg Island boa is a much more docile boa. Some Dumerils can be agressive...

Especially at feeding time...
And they are strong for their size. I swear I think my Dumerils does the P90X workout at night...

[j_h_smith]

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Especially at feeding time...
And they are strong for their size. I swear I think my Dumerils does the P90X workout at night...

Yes, in my opinion, a female Dumeril has the most agressive feeding response around. I had one really BIG girl that would almost jump out of her enclosure to get to her large rat. She would also take a bite out of any male put into her enclosure for breeding. I found that if I put her into the male's enclosure, she would be receptive, but not the other way. But she was the odd one, most of mine were great pets as well as really good breeding stock.

But as you said, I wouldn't try to pet them when feeding them.
Jim Smith

[Vypyrz]

Yes, in my opinion, a female Dumeril has the most agressive feeding response around. I had one really BIG girl that would almost jump out of her enclosure to get to her large rat. She would also take a bite out of any male put into her enclosure for breeding. I found that if I put her into the male's enclosure, she would be receptive, but not the other way. But she was the odd one, most of mine were great pets as well as really good breeding stock.

But as you said, I wouldn't try to pet them when feeding them.
Jim Smith

I know what you mean. My male Dumerils has come flying out of his tub a couple of times and snatched the rat off of the tongs before I have a chance to even get it near the tub. As soon as I popped the latch on the lid...BAM. I used to have his tub on the top shelf, which meant it was almost the same height as my face. But, after I saw the distance that he can strike, I have reconfigured my set-up...