![]() ![]() There are several reports of large, adult coastal carpets found several meters up in the canopy in their native habitat.īoa constrictors also climb and hunt in the trees although they the more terrestrial of the two in my experience. ALL carpet species have prehensile tails and exhibit semi arboreal qualities. If you are not going to provide that space, you should be prepared to let them get out and moving. Look at and handle both, and if you can, look at adults and yearlings so you get a feel for what YOU personally find the most pleasing.īoth species are semi arboreal, and in my opinion should be housed in a cage where they can get exercise. Really, my honest answer is one of each if you are able to at some point. I have both a locality boa constrictor and a coastal carpet python. This is a great question, and one I would love to help you with. They hail from Madagascar and can have some awesome patterns to them.Īll of my boas are solid feeders and would eat until they got fat and/or puked if I let them. I haven't had the Dumeril's long enough to get to know them but my understanding is that they're a fairly lazy species, a few keepers refer to them as their "lap snakes". These guys top out at 4' for the males, 5' for the females, so they won't outgrow a 41 qt tub. Once in hand they are much more likely to just settle around my hand and wrist and stay put, where my larger BCI's are active. My three are all 18-24 months old and still hiss when I pick them up, though none have ever struck. They take a lot of handling to get settled. ![]() The Tarahumaras, like most locality/Central American boas, have a bit more "attitude" and defensiveness. As adults they'll all end up in a 48" long enclosure, eventually. The BCI's overall are great to handle, very laid back, none have shown any defensiveness, and only one has ever bit me and it was a feeding mistake on my part (tongs too short). The species you pick depends on what you're looking for. I've never kept carpet pythons so I can't comment on them.įor boas, I've got several common and morph BCI's, three Tarahumaras (locality BCI), and two Dumeril's went into QT last weekend. ![]()
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