Quote Originally Posted by towelie4365 View Post
I just got my hog island boa this week, and I'm already a huge fan... I'd definitely give hog island boas a consideration too. (Here are my pictures of her)


I don't have any experience with carpet pythons, but I've heard they can be almost impossible to handle when they are younger without getting bit fairly frequently (obviously it will vary snake to snake--but someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this).

I took a long time to decide between getting a hog island boa and a dumerils boa. I settled on hog island since the dumerils has the potential to get a bit bigger than my wife is comfortable with From what I've heard, you can't go wrong with either. I also stumbled on a few people commenting that their dumerils boa seems to go to the bathroom several times a week (urates only), which could mean a bit more work cleaning.
Regarding Carpet Pythons. My Irian Jaya has not even once offered to bite anyone, while her sister from the same clutch(I don't have her I do know the guy that acquired her though) was pretty bitey with certain people, possibly a handling or scent issue, whatever the reason the two have completely different personalities.


For the OP, I am loving having both my Irian Jaya CP and my Peruvian Longtail Boa (Boa constrictor longicauda) They take handing very well and often are reluctant to return to their enclosures once out.
Others I know that have either Dumeril's Boa's Or most of the smaller locality boa's seem to think just as highly of their snakes.
That would round out my short list of suggestions.