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    Enjoy the one you have and give it ALL the opportunities it deserves. If you like display type caging, I recommend a taller cage, with perches and other climbing options, although don't sacrifice floor space for ceiling space. Boa Constrictors display a wide range of behaviors, and the will exhibit them in caging that allows them to.

    CA localities are often even more arboreal than the mainland BC's. My male is fairly active and climbs a lot especially when the summer months get into full swing.

    Have fun, the 3rd picture down is really nice!
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    Re: Why wasn't I warned?

    Quote Originally Posted by Darkbird View Post
    Cutie. Don't worry, the addiction will slow down a bit once you have covered every wall in your living space from floor to ceiling in cages and racks, and every piece of furniture you don't sit on is also a cage, and all your freezers contain more frozen rodents than people food. If you start considering getting rid of your bedframe and box spring and putting the mattress on top of a cage you may have an issue then.
    LOL! Not quite that bad yet. Well except the part about the frozen rodents. The snakes have taken over my guest room though and my bedroom which is what I use for quarantine lol.

    Quote Originally Posted by JoshSloane View Post
    For most the addiction ends when a significant other says "STOP!" So the boa addiction ends and the retic infatuation begins!
    Hubby doesn't tell me to stop. He doesn't care what I get as long as we can afford to feed it. I don't see me getting retics though. I love them but have no room for them.

    Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
    Don't laugh, I saw a picture of a bedroom where the bed had been lifted high enough so that 6' wide x 30" deep x 18" tall enclosures could be slid underneath, one on each side.
    LOL I saw that pic on facebook the other day.

    BWB - Your girl is very pretty
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    Re: Why wasn't I warned?

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    BWB - Your girl is very pretty
    Thank you! Fortunately she doesn't know it.

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    Re: Why wasn't I warned?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gio View Post
    Enjoy the one you have and give it ALL the opportunities it deserves. If you like display type caging, I recommend a taller cage, with perches and other climbing options, although don't sacrifice floor space for ceiling space. Boa Constrictors display a wide range of behaviors, and the will exhibit them in caging that allows them to.

    CA localities are often even more arboreal than the mainland BC's. My male is fairly active and climbs a lot especially when the summer months get into full swing.

    Have fun, the 3rd picture down is really nice!
    Thanks! She's in a 20L tank in my quarantine room. She does like to climb. I sat and watched her for about an hour the other night just checking things out.

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    I wonder how many people read the subject and came here ready to rip into the OP for not reading about how big a boa constrictor could get. Lol nice little boa.

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    LOL. Nope I always do my research.

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    Re: Why wasn't I warned?

    Quote Originally Posted by Darkbird View Post
    Cutie. Don't worry, the addiction will slow down a bit once you have covered every wall in your living space from floor to ceiling in cages and racks, and every piece of furniture you don't sit on is also a cage, and all your freezers contain more frozen rodents than people food. If you start considering getting rid of your bedframe and box spring and putting the mattress on top of a cage you may have an issue then.
    Hilarious! I was just planning a enclosure for that unused under bed area. It is a perfect size, but I have carpet and cleaning may be too hard.

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    Re: Why wasn't I warned?

    Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
    Don't laugh, I saw a picture of a bedroom where the bed had been lifted high enough so that 6' wide x 30" deep x 18" tall enclosures could be slid underneath, one on each side.
    Hey that sounds like a money making opportunity - Lift Kits for beds!
    The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.

    1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
    Mack The Knife, 2013
    Lizzy, 2010
    Etta, 2013
    1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
    Esmarelda , 2014
    Sundance, 2012
    2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
    0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
    0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017

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    Re: Why wasn't I warned?

    Quote Originally Posted by Reinz View Post
    Hey that sounds like a money making opportunity - Lift Kits for beds!
    They've already been done! But for storage, not so you can slide a reptile enclosure under there.

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    That is a good idea though for those monster snakes.
    The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.

    1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
    Mack The Knife, 2013
    Lizzy, 2010
    Etta, 2013
    1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
    Esmarelda , 2014
    Sundance, 2012
    2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
    0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
    0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017

    Please excuse the spelling in my posts. Auto-Correct is my worst enema.

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