Boas???

[CINCYBall]

that's a good question, I don't know what causes the size difference for sure, but I'd guess it would have to do with camouflage being easier for smaller snakes in the northern regions where most of the dwarfs come from.

Around the 6-7 ft mark you could go for a male Columbia, as you said, or you could go for a female Nicaraguan or Hogg Island boa (or any of the other Central American boas) as they are some of the "dwarf" boas. The females rarely if ever exceed 7 feet. They also tend to have a bit of a lighter build than the Columbian boas, less chunk.

So im looking at male columbians, nicaraguan, or hogg island boas?

Also, what are the differences between BCI and BCC?

And one more and I am done.

I've been searching around, wether it be on the internet or youtube, about IBD. This is quite a frightening illness for snakes. How does this happen?

I read somewhere that it is passed from a mite from an infected snake. I saw videos on youtube where boas and balls are affected, but mainly boas for some reason. And that balls are affected more quickly, while boas can carry it for much longer, but still end up passing away from it. How can i prevent this? Cause to be quite frank, this has made me a little uneasy about getting one.

I plan to eventually keep all my snakes on the same free standing steel shelf that I got from Lowes.