Quote Originally Posted by artgecko View Post
Look at central american, Nicaraguan, or any of the island or Mexican locality boas. They will all stay pretty small. My male CA motley is 3 years old now and is only maybe 4' long and about the girth of a hot dog. My 3.5 year old BCI hypo male is about 5' long and a good bit girthier.

But, with any locality, getting a male will typically mean a smaller size and if you start off with a baby, the slow growth will help you adjust and she will probably develop a liking for him before he gets bigger. Your STP will probably far outweigh even a 6' boa just by girth and mass alone.

I have boas and a BRB. both are great, but I'd go with a boa first... They tend to be out more in their enclosure in the day, easier to view, and a little mellower to handle. I have gotten lucky with my BRB in that she never went through a nippy / flighty stage, but I've heard that is common with BRBs. None of my 3 boas has ever been nippy or flighty and are a lot calmer generally speaking (easier to handle).

Thank you. I'm in the very early stages of research into BCIs and narrowing down localities to find the smaller ones. This reply definitely helps. And to this point, primarily just coincidence, all my snakes are males, so why break the trend, hahaha.

As for the STP outweighing a 6 foot boa, I'm counting on it, hahaha. I showed my girlfriend pictures and videos of adults so she was aware of the mass of a Borneo. She didn't love it, but gave me the green light. Apparently she gets more hung up on length than girth, so I went girthy, hahaha.