Dumerils Boas are NOT terrestrial

[Dutti]

My baby dum went straight into a 3'x2'x17" cage complete with a perch and branches, he never went up. My bp uses the space more and occasionally climbs up there when he's hunting so moved the dum into a longer lower cage and the bp into that one. The dum is nonstop buried in the substrate or under a hide, he used to go in a cork log but is too big now.

My Dumeril was in 3,2x1,60x1,60 feet enclosure before when he was younger with no branches or perch. So as i moved him to his adult enclosure, i had the space to provide him with a tree branch to climb on. And he did not disappoint me at all.

[C.Marie]

Not meaning to be rude but why if you believe what you say to be true why so defensive? Also how long have your cared for your Dumeril boa? Animals change behaviours and preferences like children my daughter loved Monster High sore she would forever now latter 13 years old and 500 dolls later can not stand them�� I think listening to advise given to you verse trying to prove a point is more in your and the animals best interest best wishes for you and happy holidays ��

[SDA]

I get the intent of the conversation here but the wording is so absolute and then there always comes the replies of contradiction. It's cool that your dumeril's climbs and others have proven but they are also shy and easily stressed snakes so putting them into too big of an enclosure when small without adequate hiding spaces may be the root cause of climbing.

The answer to this thread is that if something is defined as one type of thing and it does something outside of the definition of that thing, that does not mean that something is no longer that thing. A terrestrial snake that can climb does not invalidate it as being a terrestrial snake. Even sea snakes come on land.

[Godzilla78]

Trolls be trolling

[PythonBabes]

Trolls be trolling

They always are

[Dutti]

Not meaning to be rude but why if you believe what you say to be true why so defensive? Also how long have your cared for your Dumeril boa? Animals change behaviours and preferences like children my daughter loved Monster High sore she would forever now latter 13 years old and 500 dolls later can not stand them�� I think listening to advise given to you verse trying to prove a point is more in your and the animals best interest best wishes for you and happy holidays ��

I have my Dumerils boa since he was one month old baby. Thank you, best wishes to you also and happy holidays

[Dutti]

I get the intent of the conversation here but the wording is so absolute and then there always comes the replies of contradiction. It's cool that your dumeril's climbs and others have proven but they are also shy and easily stressed snakes so putting them into too big of an enclosure when small without adequate hiding spaces may be the root cause of climbing.

The answer to this thread is that if something is defined as one type of thing and it does something outside of the definition of that thing, that does not mean that something is no longer that thing. A terrestrial snake that can climb does not invalidate it as being a terrestrial snake. Even sea snakes come on land.

I have already answered the point about the hide. The enclosure is big, the photo does not show the hide. Of course he has a hide. He uses his hide regularly. It’s located at the other side of the enclosure. In the photo you can see his big water bowl where he by the way like to hide behind it also. At the other side of the enclosure which does not appear in the photo is the hide. And he can burrow in Aspin as I have mentioned before. So stress is not the reason.

[Godzilla78]

They are so terrestrial Dude. Purely terrestrial, they never climb at all in nature.

[Dutti]

They are so terrestrial Dude. Purely terrestrial, they never climb at all in nature.

I just don’t know how could you be so sure of that if you didn’t visit Madagascar and observed the snakes behavior there. Here is a video that i found on YouTube of some tourists in the forests of Madagascar where they met coincidentally with the cousin of the Dumerils boa, the Madagascar ground boa which is also considered terrestrial. And guess where the boa was? High above the trees.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kfpulmZ5k_A

[Dutti]

I have to correct myself, my Dumeril boa is 15 months old now not 13 months.