Who has a Dumeril's Boa!?

[Trackstrong83]

What did all of you pay for your Dumerils? I've seen the average price online around 125$.

Does this seem about right?

[WarriorPrincess90]

I got my girl Black Friday weekend...so she was only $75 plus shipping. Not sure what the average price is. It will likely be lower at a show.

[The Serpent Merchant]

I paid $99.... $125 seems reasionable.

[Trackstrong83]

I got my girl Black Friday weekend...so she was only $75 plus shipping. Not sure what the average price is. It will likely be lower at a show.

Haha gotta love Black Friday

And that's good to hear about them possibly being cheaper at shows, because I plan on picking mine up at Repticon in a few weeks.

[sissysnakes]

I payed about 125 for my girl who is a promising red color.

[MarkS]

All three of mine were free. A friend of who produced a litter couldn't sell the last three so she gave them to me.

[Trackstrong83]

All three of mine were free. A friend of who produced a litter couldn't sell the last three so she gave them to me.

Lucky!
Can't beat free snakes. There is a colony of red tail boas breeding in a park in Florida. Everyone is freaking out, but im thinking heck yeah! Free red tails!! Haha

[SquamishSerpents]

I have a Dumeril's, and like many others, "she" is my most favorite snake in my collection! I say "she" because when I acquired her, I was told the snake was a male. I had an acquaintance who was driving across Canada for a vacation in the summer, and he asked me to take care of David Bowie, the "male" dumeril. He didn't trust anybody else, because everyone he knew had zero experience with snakes or reptiles.

Of course, I said HELL YEAH!! I had met this snake a couple times and he was totally chill; I was in love!

When he got back from his trip though, I guess the living situation had changed (owners wanted to sell the rental suite) and he couldn't find a new place in time that allowed snakes. He said that I could just keep "him" because he knew how in love I was with this snake.

Before I "officially" adopted this snake, it was eating live hamsters & live gerbils. Sometimes, live rats. Needless to say, it took me forever and a day to convert to f/t. BUT David Bowie is now happily eating f/t on a very regular basis. When she was eating live she was quite the explosive feeder, but now that she's on f/t she is very slooooooooooow and steadddddyyyyyyyyy. Typically I just end up leaving the rat on top of one of the hides, and she goes and starts swallowing it. No constriction, no drama, just GUUUUUUUUULP, mmmmmm nummy nummy rat!

This snake is so chill that I regularly "spoon her in my bed, lol. Or on the floor, or watching TV, or pretty much just anything. Today she was resting on me while I was laying down on the floor.

I can scratch her under the chin, or grab her by the head and kiss her, anything really. The most chill snake. And DO NOT underestimate the "colors!" of "normal" Dum's! Mine's got brown, beige, black, white, pink, salmon, etc! So many colors, and so, so beautiful!

Easy to handle, I love her heftiness (not unmaneagable at all, and I'm only 5'!) and I love her disposition. Care is so super easy. I just am in the process of upgrading her to an almost 48" x 24" x 18" cage as well, so I will let y'all know how that goes!

Either way if you're thinking of getting a Dumeril's, DO IT!

[Gio]

How heavy is she? I'm guessing since you are 5' tall and just hanging with her that easily there is no requirement for a second person to assist with handling?

I'd love to give it a go, but sadly I think my son's BP is it for now.

Thanks for the info, I think if there is ever a 2nd snake for this house the Dumerils will be it. Reading that they are endangered makes me want to own a C/B specimen from C/B parents. It would be a shame to see them vanish from their natural habitat.

[Trackstrong83]

I am absolutely getting a Dumeril's now at the show in two weeks

Can't wait.
I am starting to do animals shows at boys and girls clubs, and pre schools now. Showing things like snakes, beardies, uromastyx, chinchilla, (pretty much everything except dogs and cats) I would LOVE to throw a Dumeril's in there now that I know how calm and chill they are. Aaron(the Serpant merchant) says he would trust his Dumeril's 100% around little kids...is everyone else's like that too??