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How is your boas behavior?

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Just curious as to who has the boa with personality out there. I love watching my boas and seeing there different personalities come out. I had to switch some of my bigger females around and Launna one of my larger normals is such a hoot. I had her in a cage that was about chest high and she could see me everytime I walked into the room. She would always lay her head on the ridge of the door and look out at me, probably wondering if she gets more food (she is a pig!). I switched her to the top cage to give her a little piece and quiet from a long breeding season and she is even funnier now. If I walk into the snake room she quickly rasies her head and it just reminds me of a little kid playing hide and go seek. She will pull her head down then quickly pop up somewhere else, it's hilarious. I tried tricking her, I went into her room last night, lights off, and with a flashlight tried to sneek up on her and BAM! She shot up so fast it scared me. I think she does it on purpose! Does anyone have a certain boa that they enjoy to watch like this? Or am I crazy? lol. Lets here some stories if there are any.
 
Way back when i kept ball pythons, i used to take my favorite out all the time. I would put her out in the front yard, about 15 feet away from my steps. I would just sit there on my steps and watch and see what she would do. Everytime she would come crawling back to me, up the steps and into my lap and around my neck. Very cool!
 
Firebill said:
Way back when i kept ball pythons, i used to take my favorite out all the time. I would put her out in the front yard, about 15 feet away from my steps. I would just sit there on my steps and watch and see what she would do. Everytime she would come crawling back to me, up the steps and into my lap and around my neck. Very cool!
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Sweet! She knew your sent!
 
Firebill said:
I would put her out in the front yard, about 15 feet away from my steps. I would just sit there on my steps and watch and see what she would do. Everytime she would come crawling back to me, up the steps and into my lap and around my neck. Very cool!
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awesome! one of my boas used to to that all the time, sadly I don't have an area where I can take them outside anymore. Here was a picture of her following me around, this was back in '01, I wrote it up on a couple forums. No matter where I put her down or where I stood, she would always come directly over to me.
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poor girl, I need to get her out more often for some exercise!
 
*Great* thread, Jeremy. It always amazes me how different each and every snake is, from approachability to curiosity to feeding preferences and more. I have some that will head for me, and others that will bolt for the door; some that investigate everything, and others that just watch; some that will eat from my hand, and some that insist food be abandoned and the room dark before they take it. Anyway, this is one off those threads that deserves to take off!
 
Snakesitter said:
*Great* thread, Jeremy. It always amazes me how different each and every snake is, from approachability to curiosity to feeding preferences and more. I have some that will head for me, and others that will bolt for the door; some that investigate everything, and others that just watch; some that will eat from my hand, and some that insist food be abandoned and the room dark before they take it. Anyway, this is one off those threads that deserves to take off!
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Thank you! I also heard someone on here once say there boa would drink water out of there hand, almost on command, thought it was pretty cool.
 
My biggest female "Big Momma" gave me a little attitude last night. She had just shed and I wanted to get some new pictures of her, well, lets just say it didn't happen. She is a 30lb+ boa, whats she says goes. Normally she is just a sweet heart though.
 
One of my Brazilians pulled a rather unusual move the other night. She is not a snake that is happy to be handled to start -- not angry, just nervous -- and had just suffered the indignity of being recaptured after a surprise "escape" to underneath a cabinet. I was checking her over in one area that looked bruised, and eventually she'd had enough and went for the bite. And this is where it gets interesting: despite the fact my nose was well within reach, and she had the angle and velocity to nail me, she stopped about a centimeter *short*, moved her head off to the side, visually readjusted her jaw, and went right back down. Clearest warning I've ever seen. She went back home right after that.
 
I have several Boas that do that to me as well. I always thought it curious and wondered why too. Is the heat of your body? Is it the comfort of something known vs the unknown scents of the outdoors? Dare I even speak of it possibly being desire for companionship?

Or in TAZ's case, she just wants to eat me...

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Ain't she purty though?

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I'd have to say ALL my Boas have personalities, and about half of them display things that border on anthropomorphic behavior.
 
I sure would like to see what some of mine will do outside. I'm just too scared that I'm going to put one down and it's going to take off!!

Some pretty boas in this thread. I love Taz's broken/unattached saddles!! Gorgeous, despite the pose of, "Come a little closer, my little precious!!" :D
 
Generally boas over 3ft in length are not going to just take off on you. I wouldn't even expect any of my smaller boas to do that. Give a try, its fun and good exercise for them.
 
Pepper my adult female jungle and Slim, my albino male, are water bowl tippers! I am going to look into those ceramic rabbit bowls for these 2! They do it on purpose, you know they gotta be. Little devils!
 
Carma, my 07 Super hypo, just showed me her crazy side last night. During feeding time, I went to give her a rat with tongs and she missed it, biting her self then continued to constrict herself. It was a little funny because after she realized what she had done she just kinda looked around, then slowly grabbed the rat and pulled it inside her hide.
 
One of my babies is a water bowl tipper and her sister is the most savage eater I know she will masacure a rat for fun it seems and I feed them frozens BTW . the other day there was blood dripping from her mouth I got a picture of it. most badass boa pic i have ever taken. another one of my babies has never refused a meal and it seems like shes always looking for a meal. but whenever I take her out shes as sweet as pie. she will just sit in my lap and chill. Its really cool that most boas have a unique personality.
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I love it how people think that snakes are just mindless, evil serpents out to get them, yet we herpers truly see they have personalities and are awesome to deal with.
 
This is a very cool thread, I'm interested now to see if any of my boas will come to me when outside. The boa I believe I have the best bond with right now is my normal female Dexter. I'll bring her out to try and get her to move around and just get out of her cage in general and if I am on the bed watching netflicks she goes down to my feet, get's comfy and seems to watch with me. Very cool IMO lol, although I have found she likes Ice Road Truckers the most. However, we've finished all the seasons so I will have to see what else she likes :thumbsup: I wish I could say I pick up a personality from everyone but I am still getting to know our new handsome motley male (got him near the beginning of last month). Then our two Kenyans we've had for about 4-5months and they seem like REALLY LAZY little buggers lol, we take them out and they wrap themselves around our fingers and then just chill which can be nice if I happen to be on the forum while hanlding them. The Rosy is pretty much the same way although he doesn't like to be "free" on the bed since he always seems to come to me if I move him away lol.
 
mxracer4life said:
Carma, my 07 Super hypo, just showed me her crazy side last night. During feeding time, I went to give her a rat with tongs and she missed it, biting her self then continued to constrict herself. It was a little funny because after she realized what she had done she just kinda looked around, then slowly grabbed the rat and pulled it inside her hide.
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Aurora was known from time to time, when she was young, to toss her food around. Literally. :yesnod:
 
Very cool thread! And a very pretty (and ticked) pink boa!
No waterbowl tipping or food tossing here, tho. There was one time my BRB ate a live fuzzy rat. Live, squirming on the way down. There was the time he made my hoodie a jungle gym, diving out my neck, down 1 sleeve, out the bottom, and up the other sleeve, tying my hands in the process. He is very shy, and has a habit of trying to bury his head under himself and hoping I go away. When out he's usually pretty good. For some reason, he seems quite enamored with the slats of my bed. When he was smaller (and I suppose faster) he made it down below my bed, and had wrapped securely around at least 2 of them in a blink or two. Had to lift the mattress to extricate him. :rolleyes: Since then, he isn't allowed to go over the edge of the bed, though he often tries. I think it's actually his way of telling me he's ready to go back home lol. If he dives for it consistently, I'm going to pick him up. And if I pick him up, I might put him back in his tank.
 
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