New Member Looking For Suggestions and Info

[Mikknu]

Thanks for all your advice guys!

I'll raise my minimums then. I've found a few snakes around $200, and sometimes as low as $80 on herp websites I've been cruising around(LLL Reptile, Morph Market, XYZ, reptiles, Snakes at Sunset, etc. Not sure of the quality, but I've just been looking for general prices). However, knowing that most of you think that they're going to be more expensive, I'm okay raising my price range to fit. I'm not sure I trust a snake that is too far below the general price range. That being said, there are male nicaraguans, a few hogg islands and sonorans, and some other small locality boas on morph market listed in my price range, so I'm not sure it's totally out of the ball park.

Dumerils, longicauda, and peruvians longtails I'll be sure to look into! I'm trying to compile as much information as I can on species.

I do know about boas needing high humidity, and very large terrariums. I, personally, would just prefer to grow with my snake, even though I know that this may be the more expensive option in the long run. I have a few smaller tanks just sitting around, and I am a bit nervous about putting a teeny little baby(as if 18" is teeny) into a super massive terrarium.

I'm no stranger to large cages; I've got a 7.5 ft. Guinea pig cage(which is in a different room from where I'm planning to keep a snake). I've heard talk of Boaphile and another called Animal Plastics or something for an adult cage, but that would be a little while away.

I have looked into rosy boas, and considered them too. I don't mind a snake that I dont see very often; it's totally okay if I got a sand boa and it burrowed all the time. I'm a fan of promoting natural behaviours and enclosures as much as possible, and I think that the glances I would get would be plenty cool enough for me.

As I've been cruising around this site for a while, I've seen mention of Vin and Tommy multiple times. I've seen their websites, but I hadn't thought about calling them. Thank you for that suggestion!

I'm not too shabby with DIY things, and I'm prepared to modify any gallon terrariums to hold in my humidity. I was already going to fit them with personal locks, possibly even clamps, so making a custom lid wouldnt be too far out of the way.

Does anyone have experience with Hogg Island/Crawl Cay boas? I've been seeing those around a bit more too, as well as motley and sharp boas... ? And I've seen a few blood and leopard boas too, which I dont know much about.