What are some smaller boas?

[fishmommy]

Boa Constrictor Amarali

[FatBoy]

Hog island boas stay smaller.. 4-6' is pretty average.

Here's my big female hog island:



They can be very orange.. you can see some of it here.. this is the male:



Dumerils boas are another good bet.. 5-7' is the average.

WOW!!! We have a female Hogg that is pushing 9ft. Is she that much of an exception? She is A LOT bigger than our 8 year old Columbian Red Tail Female.

[Hardwikk]

full grown female Candoia

Are those things easy to get? And how long is that one in the photo?

[Schlyne]

Candoia are kind of hard to find, and almost all of them are WC. What you find may not be very healthy.

[Hardwikk]

Candoia are kind of hard to find, and almost all of them are WC. What you find may not be very healthy.

I knew there was some flaw if I never saw or heard of them till now...
so I guess I'll scratch them off the "next snake" list.

[ballpythonandragon]

yea im wanting to get a boa also but not sure about the size of a the BCI i had a Amazon tree boa once but sold it with i still had it but they person i sold it to let it bite her son and he pulled some teeth out wonder if she would be ok to get back? hey actually LLreptiles is have a sale on boas $55.00 plus shipping.

[the_Ryno]

Ill look into some of these boas. There are a few family owned herp stores around here that ill look at and see what they have, then do some research and see what would be best for me.

[Shelby]

WOW!!! We have a female Hogg that is pushing 9ft. Is she that much of an exception? She is A LOT bigger than our 8 year old Columbian Red Tail Female.

9' is really big for a Hogg island.. are you sure it's pure hoggie? For the record, my female is bigger now than she was in the picture.. not a lot, but she's good sized.

[DLawIII]

full grown female Candoia

Wow, that is one intriguing little boa. Where can I find more information? Any other pictures? How did you acquire? Any other special considerations?

[Shelby]

Here's a good info page on candoia boas: http://www.kingsnake.com/candoia/

From what I remember they are difficult to switch to eating rodents. I know viper boas are (they're the biggest of the candoia). You can occasionally find CB candoia.. but it can be hard.