Nicaraguan Boa questions.....

[dakski]

Those are great points and several of those never crossed my mind. I’m going to have to go see I’m before I make a decision. I’ll know more after a 2 hour drive on Sat.

Good luck and keep us in the loop.

Boas rock, but you want to start with a happy and healthy one. That's up to you to decide.

Both my boas do very well with handling; better than any of of my other snakes. I can not handle for a while and they are fine, or I can handle for a longer duration and they are fine.

45 minutes is a long time to handle. I don't really handle any of my snakes that long, except Behira sometimes (Ghost BCI). The only way I handle her that long is if she's either playing on her scaffolding/climbing station or she falls asleep on me (which happens often). She's that chill.

The other thing is that Boas are generally sweethearts, once allowed to settle in, and handled 2-3X a week, give or take, with gentle and respectful handling. However, they have a killer food drive. Make sure to hook train whatever boa you get. I can help with that, as can others, if you have questions.