Pictures of full grown male boas

[JoshSloane]

Billy I'm almost in the same boat you are, so thank you for making this thread and thank everyone else for providing so much great insight.

I mean I'm only just about to get my first BP, and afterward maybe I'll get a corn snake, but I've always been fascinated by how beautiful the boas are, so much so that I've contemplated getting one in a few years once I have gained enough experience. The size of BCC's has always intimidated me though, and I've been apprehensive about eventually getting a true BCC to the point of maybe considering only a BCI male. However this thread is really informative and made me feel better about them overall, so hopefully in a few years I too can appreciate the wonders that are boas. They are truly beautiful snakes and I've heard they have much more developed personalities than BPs. I hope one day I can have one of my own!

I agree that ball pythons are amazing animals. But it's interesting how people consider them to be a starter snake over a boa. While their size stays smaller, IMO they are much trickier to house and feed as a first time herper. BPs are notoriously picky eaters and get stressed out on a whim, sometimes from ridiculously small things. On the other hand boas are voracious feeders, and are much hardier when it comes to caging and husbandry. If you can accommodate the size, boas are great as a first snake.

[Billy29]

I think the whole thing with Ball pythons is that they can be somewhat personable (as much as a snake can get) they really don't bite and don't get huge. We have to face it that Boas get big and the average mom and dad is not going to want that big of a snake in their son's or daughters bedrooms. As far as eating goes that has more to do with wild caught specimens although if a captive bred BP is not being kept right they won't eat.


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[frostysBP]

I think the whole thing with Ball pythons is that they can be somewhat personable (as much as a snake can get) they really don't bite and don't get huge. We have to face it that Boas get big and the average mom and dad is not going to want that big of a snake in their son's or daughters bedrooms. As far as eating goes that has more to do with wild caught specimens although if a captive bred BP is not being kept right they won't eat.


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You are going to have to look hard for a wild caught bp right now. And they are know to be very picky eaters even in captive breed. With the perfact husbandry. The will often fast and not eat for months on end. Yes your bp might be eating good for you but get a collection of 20 or more and 9 times out of 10 one of them is going to refuse a meal. I had time were i would only pull out 5 or 6 rats at a time because half were on strike with the longest being 7 months. Were as all of my boas have never skiped a meal. So to say there not picky eaters is false

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[Billy29]

What I don't get is if the snake is on a hunger strike is it that big of a deal. They generally start eating again after a couple of months. If the BP doesn't eat his dinner give it to the next snake. I guess it's a good excuse to have a few snakes.


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[Reinz]

What I don't get is if the snake is on a hunger strike is it that big of a deal. They generally start eating again after a couple of months. If the BP doesn't eat his dinner give it to the next snake. I guess it's a good excuse to have a few snakes.


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Good excuse to get a Boa!

[frostysBP]

Its not that big of a deal with bigger ones but when u get one less than 100g not eating for months its a different story. Thats were my boas carpets and retics come into play they are my garbage disposals and take any left overs.

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[Billy29]

That's what I'm thinking.


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[HVani]

I only started considering getting a BP after I had a boa. That way rats won't go to waste since Cy will eat anything!

[Billy29]

If you get a BP spend the money to get a cool color morph, it is worth it.

My Pastel Banana.


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[HVani]

Oh totally. I'm getting a BEL