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However, most of the time, after a few minutes of crawling all over me, she just relaxes, and 90% of the time falls asleep on me, if during the day. I can easily keep her out for 10-20 minutes at a shot and she will just climb all over me gently. I've had Behira, my female Ghost BCI, for almost a 1 1/2 years now. Always look for signs of stress and put the animal back if they seem overstimulated. When younger, and new to you, keep the sessions short and sweet. Still, once established, I would not handle more than 3-4 times a week (and not on feeding day and for 2 days after - luckily once over a year or so Boas don't eat too often). They are the most interactive and also the most compliant and docile. However, my boas seem to enjoy it the most and get the least stressed of all my snakes. Even if it doesn't seem it, it often causes stress, and 99% of them would be just as happy in a properly maintained tank waiting for food. As I am sure you have been told, no reptile "loves" being handled.
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They are known for slow metabolisms and for being incredibly efficient and using what they eat to maintain and even grow. Even a female BCI never has to eat a rabbit, or even anything larger than a medium or large rat.
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When you see BCI and BCC boas on the internet who are 50 and 70 pounds respectively, in 99% of those cases, those animals are overweight, overfed, and not long for this world. I can explain the whole feeding boas thing another time. A male can easily be kept as an adult at about 4-5FT and 4-6 pounds. I am friendly with Jeff Ronne, the Boaphile, who also built all my tanks, and swears by keeping females, in general, in the 5.5 - 6.5FT range and 8-14 pounds for health and breeding purposed. How you feed, both what and how often, is instrumental in how large and healthy your boa will be. Also, Female BCI are much larger than male BCI significantly. Her "brother," the BCC, is pretty close, but he's still very young, and we will have to see with time.īoas can get large, but are not necessarily meant to be huge snakes, especially BCI. She's the friendliest and most inquisitive animal I have when out and almost seems to enjoy being handled. My BCI female would happily take my hand off for food when in her tank and in food mode, but once rubbed a few times with the hook, is a total sweetheart. I always recommend hook training any snake that can get over 5 feet and has a strong food response, and/or can do damage. Once they grow out of the, "are you going to eat me?" phase, they are usually puppy dog tame. In general, and I've heard this from several breeders, including Vin Russo (who told me not to buy a Dwarf BCI when I asked him - and he sells them) and Tommy Carpenter (who I did buy my Venezuelan Dwarf BCC/True Red Tail from), they can very active, and nippy, and feisty, but again, it depends on the individual.īCI's have a much, much, better reputation, even as youngsters, of being very tame/docile. I've heard mixed things on all dwarf Boa's for the most part. Crosses exist, such as Hypo Hog and Sunglow BCI, and they run in the $300-500 range. Not 100% sure on the locale Hog Island, but I can find out with a quick email to a breeder friend.
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I do understand how to care for snakes after extensive research (1 year now), so i will not starve my snake or keep the humidity too low, etc. So i realized that i want a hog island boa more than a ball python, but this would be my first snake.