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    Half dwarf burm or boa?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sauzo View Post
    I beg to differ. All of my snakes are inquisitive at times, even the BP.

    All my boas perk up when the doors are opened and they are quick to check out whats going on lol. Sometimes it's a pain especially when Im trying to clean up a huge turd from Rosey and she is either poking her head around the area seeing what I'm doing or trying to climb up my arm as I'm scooping the poop with a paper towel.

    Every snake is going to have it's own personality.

    Basically OPs question is kind of a loaded one like asking "apple or orange?" or "what's better, a burm or boa?". You will get different answers depending on what snake preference other have which could or could not be the same as the OPs. I mean if you asked me, i would say boa hands down but that is me and you can see from my sig, i am partial to boas lol. Now does that mean i would say dont get a burm? No. In fact i would like a caramel burm but to me, a boa is my first choice.

    OP, you just need to look at different ones, read up on them, research them and figure out which one you like the most and also which one you can afford. Keeping a burm is going to be a lot more expensive than keeping a boa. My big boa costs me about $8-9 a month for food and i spot clean her once every 2-3 weeks. My super dwarf retic costs me $40 a month in food and i have to spot clean him every couple days. Not to mention i can get away with changing the substrate on the boas every 2 months or so. The retic i have to change his stuff out every month or so cause he poops and pisses so much. Then there is the caging. I was able to keep my boas in a 4x2 cage for about 5 years before getting them 6x3 cages. The retic lasted 9 months in a 4x2 cage before i had to get him a 6x3. And i dont expect the boas to outgrow a 6x3 but the retic might and he's a super dwarf. So take that into consideration as well. And just because something is a 'dwarf', doesnt mean it cant have the potential to still get fairly large.
    Good post although whilst I agree that all snakes CAN be inquisitive at times my point was that my Dwarf Burm is inquisitive 24/7 as is my Retic and the King snakes .

    By stating he wants an inquisitive snake he presumably wants a snake that is 'switched on' so to speak ..

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