sometimes baby dums will give a bit of trouble when you first bring them home but once you get them started theres no shutting them down. lol So a direct answer to your question yes. they have a way better feeding response than bp's! They are way more active than bp's also. I have begun replacing my bp's with boas and im not missing them at all! Male bci's average 5-6 feet and females 8'. that is an average obviously there are exceptions. some localities stay smaller and with bcc's your looking at 8' on the males and 12' females on average. As for dums my adult female is in the neighborhood of 6'7" and tipping the scales at about 43 lbs eating avery 14 days. my sub adult male that is about 2.5 years old is only 3.5 feet and about 6lbs. someone will straighten me out if I misquoted anything but that should be well in the ball park.