Best boa for me

[Daybreaker]

I think she's the nicest looking BCL I've ever seen.. Maybe one day I'll own one like her. I agree that I prefer the higher contrast in the BCLs... It seems like all the island localities have more muddy / muted colors and patterns.

Thank you for the kind words on Olive, she is a stunner. Great thing about longis is that most of them will get highly contrasted: it will be neat to see if she continues to get more cream and black or may turn a darker brown and black or may surprise me and turn into something unexpected.

I ended up getting a BCL. If you do not mind Daybreaker, could I ask you some quick questions since online info on these guys is so different?

-How big do you expect my male to get? Vin Russo said about 5 feet and I've read the BCL stay smaller then the BCC/BCI'S.

-How often did you feed your BCL when he was younger and now?

-I've read the Peruvian boas like it cooler then the Colombian BCI'S. Do you keep your BCL slightly cooler?

Thank you!

Longis in general take a long time to grow to their full adult sizes: females can average from my research ~6-7' so I would expect your male in the 4-5' average range. I would consider them smaller than BCC localities and Colombian BCIs but they are a bit more slender bodied as well.

She was started on a 7-10 day schedule on mice: she was very shy and actually took over a month to get started. This can happen with any snake though due to stress factors but I have not seen slow-starting as a common occurrence with BCLs. She is still small currently (being grown slow and she's just a slow grower anyway) but she's still on the same feeding frequency but now on rats. I like feeding my boas mice until their 1st birthday. When she's full grown she'll be on a 2-3 week schedule like my other boas.

All my boas are kept and prefer being cooler than my pythons so I can't determine if she like it cooler than my Argies, Colombians, CAs, Hog, or Surinam as all the boas are at cooler temps. If yours will be in a rack or shelving type set up you can house him on the lower levels.

[DSpythons]

Thank you for the kind words on Olive, she is a stunner. Great thing about longis is that most of them will get highly contrasted: it will be neat to see if she continues to get more cream and black or may turn a darker brown and black or may surprise me and turn into something unexpected.



Longis in general take a long time to grow to their full adult sizes: females can average from my research ~6-7' so I would expect your male in the 4-5' average range. I would consider them smaller than BCC localities and Colombian BCIs but they are a bit more slender bodied as well.

She was started on a 7-10 day schedule on mice: she was very shy and actually took over a month to get started. This can happen with any snake though due to stress factors but I have not seen slow-starting as a common occurrence with BCLs. She is still small currently (being grown slow and she's just a slow grower anyway) but she's still on the same feeding frequency but now on rats. I like feeding my boas mice until their 1st birthday. When she's full grown she'll be on a 2-3 week schedule like my other boas.

All my boas are kept and prefer being cooler than my pythons so I can't determine if she like it cooler than my Argies, Colombians, CAs, Hog, or Surinam as all the boas are at cooler temps. If yours will be in a rack or shelving type set up you can house him on the lower levels.

Thank you for the information I really appreciate it. There is a lot of info online but sometimes I like to hear from people who actually own the animal. I seriously think this is the best looking boa I've ever seen. I like all the different contrasts of black, white, and yellow as adults. My little one is coming from Vin Russo tomorrow so I'll be sure to post pictures for the Boa people on here.


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[DSpythons]

Ended up getting a Cay Caulker because there was no males left and I did not want a 7 foot snake. I will get a b.c longicauda next year


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