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Advice on first boa

AbsoluteApril said:
I'm surprised to see durms mentioned so often, I recall the ones I used to see at Prehistoric Pets back in the late 90s being massive, thick 8' monsters. But that could have been because of how they were being kept/fed.
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Most definitely was due to the way they were fed. My male is maybe 5 feet & 8pds or so, the females aren't much bigger.
 
For snakes, no, they should get everything they need from the whole feeders and they don't have the UV requirements like lizards. I've dusted insects with calcium powder with various lizards and calcium and alfalfa powder sprinkled on the iguana's salad.
 
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I paid for a baby Tarahumara boa last week. I should have it Tuesday morning.
I even have an extra cage to get one more snake.lol
 
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Got these guy in from Michael Beach. Beautiful!
 

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Are there any dwarfs that have better attitudes than the Tarahumara????. I'm looking at getting a second small boa, one w/o the attitude.
 
Most of the CA and insular boas are more defensive. Your best bet might be a Colombian male. If not overfed, they usually max out around 5 1/2 and under 5 lbs, which should be small enough for any adult person.
 
Dums have a reputation for being very chill. I'm putting 1.1 six month old littermates into QT next week that I picked up locally. They are incredibly laid back given their age and size, even more so than my ball pythons at that age.
 
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