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| austin_89 |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 15:58:14
Hi  another question, not about royals.
I've seen on here that a few people own boas so i thought id ask a couple of questions about them.
So here we go, are they aggressive or snappy? On average how big do they grow? Do they need a higher level of care than a royal? And is there a beginner boa, or are they pretty much the same?
I've always been interested in owning one but wouldn't dream of going into it with my eyes closed. Kane, my royal is only my second snake so would you advise against owning a boa while inexperienced? |
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| austin_89 |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 14:23:25
No not yet :( still really want one though so I'm still looking :) |
| JanieW |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 11:32:27
Austin, got one yet?
I can't wait to see your pics of a Boa :) |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/02/2012 : 21:45:15
Im gonna soon as i can :D |
| Scottydog |
Posted - 09/02/2012 : 19:17:49
I got my Boa a couple of weeks ago and she's fantastic. Such a placid snake, and great with handling. She fed the first time we tried, no problems at all, unlike my sons Royal who is still fasting. Go for it |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/02/2012 : 09:27:40
Ok great, thank you :) don't worry i will  |
| Laws |
Posted - 09/02/2012 : 01:55:10
heeey , boas! They really are great ! i had alot of reserves and so did my other half with regards to size and the strength . We managed to hold a large female when we went to our petstore back when we were doing our research and it suprised us and at the time frightened us . So we settled on dwarf boas and i got intouch with someone called Gazboas he breeds crawl cays , so we headed over to wales and met him and handled lots of different boas . we saw a few adult crawls and thought they were perfect , dont get too big , but just the right size. We came home with a 2 year old . Then the boa bug caught and i got Lexi who is a 50% dwarf and at almost 3 shes around 4 foot and so gentle . Then we got a true ca dwarf motley and our normal sunglow bci who should reach the 9 ft mark eventually . I would advice getting a baby to begin with , but as kelf has mentioned u can easily get a big adult and you adapt to how to handle them .
Do some research on here and im sure you will settle on one that will suit u , theres plenty out there :) They feed great and are normally gentle with the exception of a few . Keep us posted :) |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 20:08:41
I'll go shop tomorrow then :)
I'm sure I'll talk her into it eventually |
| chrisc |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 20:07:48
grr you lot need to stop taking about/showing pics of boas, i really want one but dont have the room or money at the moment |
| n/a |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 20:03:09
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Originally posted by austin_89
Yeah I meant the snakes names, sorry. Lol
They're all cool :) I dunno where Kane came from, I couldn't think of anything exotic... I wanna get my sister to call her corn Sir Cornelius Slithers but she's having none of it! Lol
I think Kane's cool - makes me think of 'Citizen Kane' - lol LOVE 'Sir Cornelius Slithers' - when my ghost corn arrived she climbed up on her branch and said, 'I am a girl. My name is Salome Spooks.' But since I couldn't be sure until she was probed, she had to be called just Spooky. |
| JanieW |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 19:59:21
Austin if you in and hold a Boa, I can almost guarantee you'll be getting one sooner than planned lol |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 19:45:00
Yeah I meant the snakes names, sorry. Lol
They're all cool :) I dunno where Kane came from, I couldn't think of anything exotic... I wanna get my sister to call her corn Sir Cornelius Slithers but she's having none of it! Lol |
| n/a |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 19:37:40
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Originally posted by austin_89
I keep overlapping with people! Lol yeah it's always best to be prepared :)
Where do you get your names from bats? I like em :)
Thanks - you mean my snakes' names?
The royals' names happened by accident - a few years back I had a craze for learning Urdu, and the night before I picked up my first royal I was racking my brains for a name for him and thought, what's the Urdu for 'royal'? Shahi!
So the rest of them sort of followed on - Saada is Arabic for 'happiness', Surahi means one of those potbellied water pitchers with the narrow neck, and Shiva is a Hindu god who is depicted meditating with a snake round his neck.
The corns all have corny American names; Shadrach I chose because it fitted in with the general 'S' theme; Sulah chose her name before she came (I couldn't stop thinking about a snake named Sulah) and as for Ziska ...well ...there's a very melodramatic Victorian novel called 'Ziska - the problem of a wicked soul' ...it does rather suit her lol! |
| blackskull |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 19:21:11
boas are lovely.i always wanted a common bci but the other half was worried about the size they reach and concerned about having to deal with a fully grown one if for some reason i was un able too.but the bug was always there in the back of my head and one day i saw an add for true sonoran dwarfs, so i sent an email got in my car a couple of days later and snapped up the last female and not regretted it since.
sonorans are slow growers as far as i understand and don't get too big, males 4-5ft females 5-6ft. mine has never once gone for me or my gf, even though she can be slightly nervous when picking her up and she has only hissed at me once when i was picking her up. mine is a bit on the shy side, doing her best to be like a royal lol, but when she is out of the viv is very active. she has lovely colouring with a blue sheen and a slight pink colouration to her white markings.
so in short get a boa, any species lol |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 19:14:36
I keep overlapping with people! Lol yeah it's always best to be prepared :)
Where do you get your names from bats? I like em :) |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 19:12:35
I've never even handled a boa, all the pet shops I've been in never have babies in :( but thanks for the advice |
| n/a |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 19:12:34
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Originally posted by austin_89
I'll read that in a sec, thank you :)
What do you need to do for quarantine?
I use antibac gel even after changing Sulah's water or touching any of her belongings - never mind handling her. She has her own feeding tongs and container for holding her cleanings, and like Bob I attend to the other snakes first and see to her last - and wash hands with antibac after that.
I don't anticipate any problems, but it's as well to make sure. |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 18:59:31
Aww she's gorgeous :) I'll definitely post pics when I get a new one don't worry about that :)
See that's why I love this forum, I wouldn't have known about quarantine otherwise. |
| JanieW |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 18:57:44
IBD is a dreadful disease, and definately one to be aware of and quarantine, but so you should bringing any new snake in. It is however rare, and no reason to be put off getting a Boa..my vet hasn't seen a case in 12yrs.
Just be sure to handle the snake before buying..it should have a firm grip and not feel floppy. |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 18:50:17
Aye like lotabob I didn't quarantine through not knowing about it, I got lucky too. But I have declined rescue boa's on the basis I cannot quarantine |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 18:37:28
Quarantine is just that, they cant be kept in the same room, you deal with the quarantined snake last and scrub down after. I regrettably didnt know the full facts about IBD and didnt quarantine my Boa though I had known my Boa for a month or two before buying her but that is no excuse and I do consider myself lucky. There is also the requirement for quarantine for other nasties such as mites etc but IBD is fatal to Royals very quickly.
On the Boa front I have a Hogg Island Boa, another dwarf Boa but a larger dwarf with very pale (colour changing) skin.
They are amazing snakes, Hoggs have a reputation of been a bit nippy and Sanke was a little bit defensive when she was little but I have never been bitten by her, now she is such a calm and lovely little snake.
This is a video of her just chilling out on my lap, she is about 3 feet at the moment so still has a little bit of growth to go (5-6 feet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPtxe76MNuE |
