what boa should i get?

[camb]

i,m looking to get something a bit bigger an a ball python, but not huge. like in the 6-8 foot range.

for now i'm debating between these 2, but other suggestions are welcome.

[wilomn]

Check these guys out.

An excellent boa site.

http://www.boaddiction.com/search.php?searchid=10904

[starmom]

I'd get a Bci; but that's just me!

Bci's come in such a range of looks and are very different from ball pythons and are really fun to keep. They are forgiving of the first time boa owner's husbandry errors and are what I consider to be a next-step-up sort of snake.

http://jimisnakes.com is a great place to look and learn and Jimi is a great resource for purchasing boas and asking questions

[mainbutter]

100% agree with everything with starmom.. especially the "that's just me!" BCIs are pretty darn neat.

[camb]

i think i will go with a bci, i've been researching and they are just so cool. even the normals have intense patterns and colors! now all i have to do is convince my parents. All my grandparents want to get me a reptile for christmas, but my parents keep telling them no more animals.

[mainbutter]

hehehe, oh "the convincing".

It will be a little while before I can get a bci simply because I need to train the gf to like larger and larger snakes Right now my '08 ball python is the "perfect size" according to her, but I think after it grows up a little bit she'll get used to the idea of a bigger snake.

I'll be totally jealous if you can convince the 'rents!

[mrmertz]

Colombian. Just a good all-around snake that gets big but not huge and has a great temperment (for a reptile with over 200 razors in it's head, I mean). I made the mistake of having my very first snake way back in the 80's be a Burmese.

Yeah, BCI's tend to be a little more forgiving when it comes to husbandry (the snake kind, not the "That's-the-third-time-you've-come-through-that-door-at-two-in-the-morning-this-week!" type of husbandry).

[mrmertz]

I almost forgot the numbers thingy! (I couldn't edit my post because I fell asleep on my keyboard and went over the 10 minute time limit).

1.0.0 Colombian Boa (Mr Biggles)
1.0.0 Suriname Red Tail (Gopher)
1.0.0 Run-Of-The-Mill Ball Python (Humphrey, the "gifted child")
0.1.1 Tarantula (Julie and Charlotte - don't ask)
0.0.1 Emporer Scorpion
0.1.0 Homo Sapiens
0.2.0 Homo Sapiens offspring

Does anybody actually look at these things?

[Patrick Long]

Does anybody actually look at these things?

I do tremendously.

[Thor26]

i look at them too lol i personally would either go with a bci or a hog island boa