I went to pick up some chicks for my tegu today. I stopped by our local reptile shop, I never buy animals there because they're so darn expensive but they're so beautiful! Anyway, I saw they had a hogg island boa, first time I had seen one in person and it was beautiful. Then I saw a borneo short tailed python, beautiful and then a woma python, again, beautiful. There were also a couple dumerils.

I mentioned to the store employee that I thought the hoggs were gorgeous and really wanted one but haven't had much snake experience. She said that with her experience, boas can be more aggressive/alert feeders and weren't always the best beginner snake. I said I have a ball but I've only had him for a couple months so I still feel new to snakes.

I kind of wonder how "aggressive" they really can be, my tegu is pretty easy going when it comes to meal time but there was a period of time when I was trying to care for a very very food aggressive tegu. The person who gave him to me would only feed him once a week so whenever he saw me with food he would literally charge the glass and try to bite every time. He ended up being a little more than I could handle and was actually adopted out by the store.

Anyway...
She started to show me a couple others they had starting with the borneo short tailed python. I've seen pictures of them as little dudes but I had never seen an adult in person. It looked so neat! I didn't realize they got that thick/heavy. She told me usually they're pretty docile, while they do get heavy they don't get "huge". She mentioned they have a couple other short tailed pythons (sumatran and bloods I think?) but the borneo was the most easy going as far as what they had in the store.

Then she pointed out the (adult) woma and said they can be nice pets, the one they had had a nice temperament. They probably need to be handled more frequently to help keep them calmed down. I was also told they were pretty easy to keep over all.

I'm considering getting another snake eventually but I'm slowly seeing how many choices there really are... So far I know I don't really like corns/kings, the slimmer bodied snakes. 6-7' would be the absolute max for a snake, I feel like any bigger and I'd need another person with me. I posted something before asking about hogg island boas, now I'm curious about STPs and womas (honestly probably the slimmest I would consider) and whatever else you guys can suggest checking out! Also, if theres anything you agree with or don't agree with from my visit to the pet store let me know! Thanks.