what would

[oliver]

what would be a good beginers boa ?iam going to have at least 325$ and that willl be the cage and snake and uth and s$it like that!!

Thanks Oliver

[oliver]

WOPS and something that has good temperment

[ydnic]

I would go with a corn snake. Good temperment, easy to house, easy to feed - mainly easy as far as reptiles go. 325 isn`t much of a budget - without being very experianced. lets say you spend 150 - 175 on a common boa, you spend 100 on set up and some food for the first couple of months and then you find out you have a snake with mites, RI, or some other problem that doesn`t leave wyou with much money for a vet. These things are something to considder. Boas require a lot of specail care on the side of humidity and so forth.
Do you have any other snakes? I don`t think a boa would be the best beginner snake - really.

Besides that boas can be very tempermental and if you are not experianced at handling you may not want to choose this either.

Just some friendly advice. If you are experianced perhaps a started boa would be a sand boa or maybe a rosie boa something smaller easier to handle. I`m not sure though. I would really recommend a Ball Python they are a little more forgiving in some respects, but they can also be very easy to handle in most case as they are not as aggressive as boas in my experiance.

Anyways make sure you do research the exact reptile you choose before you pick it up and have the set up ready first, I think that would be key...

Good Luck

[oliver]

Sorry 425 lol ok and i have a corn snake!

[oliver]

YA i have two corn snake s and one ball python

[Reticsrule]

if you want a boa i think you could probably go with a common bci. i have one now and its my first snake. as long as you can deal with their adult size they are great and docile snakes. good luck with whatever you get!

[oliver]

thanks I might get one of thous

[ydnic]

"as long as you can deal with their adult size they are great and docile snakes"
are you kidding em - don`t you think that generalization is a little misleading especailly to some one who has "a corn snake" and then literally one minute later has "two corn snakes and a ball python"

Oliver I think you should do some research on what you are going to keep, including some of the more basic things such as - housing more than one species or together

Because if you are even contemplating keeping a albino burm with a spotted python - well, i`m sure you know where this is going.....

[Reticsrule]

ydnic: im not exactly sure what you mean. im just saying that they are great snakes and i really enjoy owning one. i figured if he already had two corn snakes and a ball python he could easily keep a boa constrictor. i havent had one problem with mine yet.

[BOA68]

ydnic, i hear you. there is a big difference from a corn or a ball to a BCI. Size is not a simple thing. it isn't just housing for a big snake, there are many other things that need to be taken into consideration and it isn't something to be taken lightly, that is why there are so many large homeless snakes out there. Oliver, if i were you and i would look into hog island boas, they won't get much bigger than ur BP and they are fairly easy to care for. I think a regular BCI is gonna be too much.

[Bartman]

BCI's can get pretty big, especially females and they need tons of "big" requirments, such as large hides, big water dishes that cannot spill, objects in the tank that are sturdy, and most important, the cost of food.

Lots of things to take into consideration before jumping a head, but if you read a lot and understand what you are buying, BEFORE you buy it, then I dont see why not. I have a male and im getting my female bci very soon. My male is great and the female looks even better :)

Good luck with whatever you choose, but research research! Dont buy something you cant handle...its a waste of your animals health and your time/money.