Looking for 3rd snake!

[Will0W783]

Lol. Snakes are addicting. Plain and simple, they are like potato chips- you can't have just one. I was exactly like you when I started out. I got a BP and had him for a year thinking he'd be my one and only snake, but when my fiance decided he wanted a snake of his own, I fell in love with a gorgeous Pueblan milk and got my second. Then he wanted another, and I wanted another, and so on. Once we had 10 snakes in the house, we decided we would like to think about setting up for breeding them. We wont' be breeding for probably another 2-3 years, as I want to get more experience with the animals I've gotten over the last year before I think of putting anyone through the stress of cycling and breeding. I am very lucky my fiance likes snakes as well, and puts up with me bringing new ones home all the time, although I have decided I really can't get any more for at least a year or two. I'm really not all too sure on the growth rate of womas and Hogg island boas or Dumeril's for that matter as we've only had our Dumerils for about 6 months, and he's grown maybe 6 inches in that time. He is about 4 feet long and 3 inches thick. My womas I've only had for a month, and they are just 4 months old, but I dont' think they are particularly fast growers. I think with any snake it will double in size the first year, then begin to slow down. Most boids (pythons and boas) are full-grown in 3-4 years. But at any rate, you would probably be safe with any of those choices of snakes, as long as you get a baby. Babies of any kind of snake, save for ball pythons, do tend to be nippier though, as it is a built-in defense mechanism to strike at stuff to protect oneself. As they grow they gain confidence and calm down. That being said, my woma babies are fine- I use a little hook to get them out so they dont' get defensive, but once they are out they are sweet, inquisitive little things. The Dumeril's was already at least a yearling when we got him and he is very calm. Although he is a bit food-aggressive- so I use a hook for him too. He wants to eat all the time..lol.