As I continue with the planning and setting up of a boa habitat, it's given me a chance to look around at breeders and check out boas at my local reptile store. Today I found a 2011 male Colombian BCI. The girl helping me also breeds them and just told me she has 11 salmon babies 1 albino and a couple of jungles that will be ready in 5 weeks or so.

She let me handle the 2011 male today, and that was by far my best snake experience to date. We own a Royal python that is about 1.5 years old, and while she is a wonderful, calm snake, I don't get a lot of excitement from her. 3 months of no feeding and in one hide or another 95% of the time. When I handle her she is very docile, but tends to look for a way out of human contact. We love her, but I wanted more.

I got that today. All boa folks seem to sing praises of their snakes and whenever the "If you could just have one?" question pops up almost everybody says boa. Now I know why. I didn't think I would ever feel like I bonded with a snake, but because of their instincts, I felt the boa I held today was totally digging the experience as much as I was. He is not a regularly handled snake, and did have a couple huffs and puffs to start but he calmed quickly and then used me like a tree and was so inquisitive.

His actions were so different from the Royal. He gripped onto me and was checking everything out. He didn't ever want to crawl away or leave and I had to laugh because all of you boa folks say its hard to get them back into the cage once they are out and this guy wanted to stay out LOL!


I have a bit too much time before my cage arrives 4-5 weeks from now to have made an offer or put money down on him but it's my hope that he does not sell, or that they are all like that fella. He was awesome!

I really think you boa people are dialed in because I was totally wowed today and now understand what everybody is raving about.