What's the all-around best snake in the hobby and why is it Boa constrictor?
>>2145487
I kinda agree with this. Boas make fantastic pets and have my favorite personality of all of the snakes commonly kept. Only drawback is their size. I mean you can try to track down one from a locale that typically stays medium size. Like a Nicaraguan male BCI would only be 5-6 feet normally.
>>2145524
Some locales max out around BP size or even smaller, I feel like it can make an excellent alternative to a ball python if you're willing to fork over some extra shekels. Hands-down my favorite commonly kept snake species regardless of locale/subspecies.
>>2145600
Speaking of shekels, the BP meme craze has gotten so ridiculous lately that BCIs i'm seeing from the good breeders in my area are cheapers than the BPs.
My juvenile BCO is the meanest of all my snakes. Constantly hissing and striking whenever I take him out, so I've been neglecting to handle him in recent months. Any tips to calm him down?
That's not a ball python
>>2145487
This
>>2145616
The BP craze is getting way out of hand. Too many cooks ruining the soup. Besides it's not even about the animals anymore, just being the first to breed some ridiculous new morph that few people will actually buy.
>>2146100
you are right, but it´s even more extreme with the retics...
The same ist starting now with BCs
Don´t get me wrong, I still love BPs and retics, as well as boas
Got my first boa two weeks ago, fed 4 days ago, not sure when I'm going to handle her. She's a Tarahumara locale and will probably max to 4 feet.
>>2145487
Can someone tell me what locality my female boa is? It's weird that she has no redone her tail is just black and brown.
>>2146188
*Red on her tail
Here's a better photo
>>2145487
I've had tropical arboreal and arid ground snakes and everything in between. The only difference is the amount of work you have to put into them. It's not like they have interesting personalities or such.
>>2146194
Looks Colombian to me.
>>2146408
Its what I was thinking, but it is very dark for a columbian and it doesn't have any red where every columbian I've seen has prominent brick spots on the tail. I was wondering if any other BCI looks like a darker columbian without red.
>>2146412
*brick red
>>2145487
cute af squeaking rainbow boas are the objective answer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp9nJ2Jhz90
So what's the story on blood pythons? I like the look of them but have no experience with that particular type of snake. The short fatness of them intrigues me.
>>2145524
Male Nics max out at 3-4 feet not 5-6 feet. Females should max out at 5'. Colombian males on the other hand average 5'-6'.
>>2145649
Handle him 2-3 times a week and give him 1-2 years, he'll calm down eventually.
>>2146412
It's Colombian, they're highly variable.
Also, I think you've got your boas mixed up. Colombians don't have brick red tails, boas from the species Boa constrictor (previously BCC) do, which consists of Peruvians, Surinames/Guyana (they're the same), and Brazilian. Colombians are Boa imperator. There is speculation of "BCC" Colombian, but they're not exactly common in the pet trade.
Pic is my Colombian-type boa constrictor.
>>2146705
I know the difference between a BCC and a BCI, but I thought the columbian BCIs had much redder tails than this.
I knew mine was a BCI.
>>2146737
Nope, they're highly variable, they can be anything from black to a cinderblock red. I've never seen an imperator with a brick red tail like a Boa constrictor. (They're no long BCI and BCC but BC and BI - Boa constrictor and Boa imperator).
Colombia is a country, Columbia is city btw.
>>2146802
Thanks on the Columbia/Colombia correction.
And why were they changed from separate subspecies to separate species?
>>2146815
DNA evidence mostly from what I gather, but I'm sure there are other points, I'd have to do some digging. It's a new development, so it's going to take awhile for it to gain traction, but so far as I can tell the reclassification is official. It's not really surprising, though.
>>2146895
please look it up, i can't find anything.
>>2146802
What about the other Boa constrictor subspecies (sabogae, occidentalis, longicauda, etc..)? Have they been elevated to full species status or are they subspecies of one or the other?
Out of all the snakes I've kept my favorite is the coastal carpet python. Almost all of the ones I've had were just as docile as a ball python. Be careful when feeding though, they strike first and ask questions later, i've gotten nailed a few times that way.
>>2147034
As far as I know sabogae has been included in Boa imperator, not sure about occidentalis and longicauda. Other than BCC and BCI, most of the others are still undergoing reclassification last I heard.
>>2146904
Yeah it's hard to find things right now, the old classifications keep popping up. I have a couple links but they don't discuss anything beyond DNA evidence.
I'll look around later, I just got off work and I'd rather relax for now.
>>2145487
That's a funny way to spell "Carpet Python" anon.
>implying
>>2147150
>>2147624
>>2147883
these guys know whats up
