- I've got big news, everyone.
Okay, you ready for this?
I found a snake that I not only kinda of like,
but think is underrated.
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I've talked about species I think are overrated,
you can check out my leechy video if you want.
And I've talked about other species
that are just very common very oversaturated,
and that you see everywhere.
I've talked about it, I'm not that interested in snakes,
but Dumeril's Boas are actually pretty cool.
On me, this is a male, a younger male Dumeril's Boas.
I have a bunch of clips of an adult female
that I was handling to show you kinda of
some size differences and I'm gonna to talk about them
because that's usually what I do in videos.
When it comes to larger snakes, there's a lot of people
that have smaller species, like a Ball Python
or a corn snake that wants something a bit bigger
but not necessarily as big as articulated Python
or a Burmese Python or something.
Also, if I'm talking a little fast, look a little different
or I'm acting a little bit jittery.
I drink like this much of a Dunkin cappuccino.
I am not allowed around caffeine.
My tolerance is so low that literally five sips makes
like my hand is shaking right now.
So I don't always look like I'm on Coke
but today (chuckles) I consumed caffeine.
So anyway, yeah, a lot of people look for an animal
that they can kind of scale up a little bit
but that's not way too hard to something
a little bit bigger to handle something,
you can feed larger prey items too, and stuff like that.
And up until this point
I've always recommended boa constrictors
or Boa constrictor and predators
They're not too hard to find they're pretty cheap,
and they get like five to eight feet depending on
whether you get them male or females, female getting bigger.
And when I tell people about the care
I basically say it's like a ball Python care.
You just scale it up in size, same temperatures, humidity,
substrate, stuff like that.
Just scale it up to a larger size, bigger prey items,
larger enclosure and you basically,
have Boas constrictor care
with little differences here and there.
But when it comes to Dumeril's boas,
it's basically Corn snake hair just scaled up, bigger size.
So slightly lower temperatures, lower humidity
and a little bit different feeding.
And you just kinda take corn care and make it bigger.
And then you get a general idea of what can
for Dumerial's Boas is like, look wise.
They don't really look like Corn snakes.
Also unlike Corn snakes
they are Boas instead of color birds,
and so they like to spend a bit more time kind of
under the substrate or just lower down in general
if they won't necessarily bask quite as often.
And they're not really gonna be a climbing species
that much the adult female that you see me handling
she actually really does like to explore sometimes
and she will climb, but it is less frequent
than like a boa constrictor who is a similar size again
but likes a bit more height and a bit more space
and likes to climb more and bask more.
The reason I actually think they are pretty cool is
because they get to this very manageable size
where you can lift them and move them around
with no problems and generally speaking,
they can be pretty docile.
Of course, it depends on how they were raised.
The boa you saw that's actually Alice's of course
I still want it for other animals (chuckles).
The person she got them from did not care for her
well at all and she was super defensive
and constantly struck and he said,
"He's been bitten over and over and over".
She got them from him and instantly completely calm,
completely chill but dumeril boas I've noticed
are super aggressive eaters which I consider a good thing.
They generally have a very easy and good feeding response.
So there are a lot of snakes like say Ball pythons.
Many people do have trouble getting them
to eat consistently every week throughout the entire year,
but dumeril in my experience has been super simple,
just like a corn snake, where as long as the husbandry
is right they seem to never really go off feed.
There could be exceptions to this
but that's how it's been with them here.
Also, they are pretty slow, corns are a lot faster
while pythons are a bit slower and BCIS are kind of
in the middle, I would say, but dumeril.
I would say have the temperament of a ball Python
while having the care and chillness of a Corn snake.
So I think it's a pretty good mix
but one of the big problems is finding them,
this one he actually just sold on Emerald scales.
I'm not sure if they're going to respond,
sometimes customers simply don't reply
or don't send the right enclosure,
So we have to cancel orders.
Some animals have sold five plus times
and we still have to cancel.
So basically there's a chance the snake could go back
on the site and you can monitor their
you can join the newsletter if you want updates.
And so we do so dumeril's boas
but to date we've only sold one and that's the sky.
When it comes to finding trustworthy
and safe places to buy reptiles, it can be difficult.
So sadly, I don't have a ton of advice on
where to specifically find dumeril's boas.
If you have any recommendations, you can leave them
in the comments for people just don't leave a link
'cause you do both Mark that as spam,
but yeah you get the idea.
So finding them is probably the worst thing about them.
They are also a bit more expensive, this one,
I think sold for like 600 bucks when boa constrictor
and predators you can find babies
for maybe under $100, whatever it is.
It's definitely like less than half of a dumeril boas
obviously, Corn snakes and bought Ball pythons
you can find under 100.
So they are going to be a bit pricier,
but in the long run it's not gonna cost a ton.
They are going to want a big enclosure
so that they're comfortable and stuff
and can move around and explore.
But if they want, they're not crazy active,
so they don't need something massive
but it's gonna be bigger
and it'll take up a decent footprint in your room.
They are fed less often than smaller snakes.
I usually feed are like large animals, like Rosie,
the boa constrictor, she eats about once a month.
Now I'm feeding her a bit more often
which you can watch a video on her old age,
so that she does continue to build
some weight here and there.
Yeah, dumerils boas, I think they're actually kind of cool.
This one, obviously you can see a super chill
but he is a crazy eater.
When I opened his enclosure, he looks like
there's a chance of him striking simply
'cause he doesn't know if it's me or if it's food.
And we feed all of our snakes in the enclosures,
I don't think that taking them out
of the enclosure is the best for feeding them.
I don't think it's this end all be all thing if you do,
but people say that they are going to be food aggressive.
If you feed them in the enclosure and you should take them
out first and feed them somewhere else
so that they don't associate it with it.
But it seems like if they associate, you taking them
out of the enclosure equally and food soon
that's kinda the same thing.
Also, it does increase the likelihood
of them regurgitating their food.
If you're moving them around overall,
I just I think it's better to feed them in the enclosure
but you can do either.
And my point in mentioning this is,
I do feed him in his enclosure.
And each time I feed him it's in the enclosure
and I can take him out like this with no problem.
I just got to kinda give them a slow poke,
you could say, so that, he knows that I'm not
a mouse or a rat and you just need to make sure
that you don't smell like mice or rats.
'Cause they might latch on and not let go.
Not, the craziest thing ,they can't really hurt you,
they're not gonna kill you,
even they couldn't even kill a toddler probably this size.
And adult maybe but in generally,
I think you'll be supervising them unless you do
just have too many children.
So yeah I don't really have anything else to add about them,
and I might as well keep this short and sweet
if you've been looking for a slightly bigger snake
I think Dumeril's are a good choice without going crazy big
like a Reticulate or a Burmese Python.
I still have my Burmese but I just don't have anything
to say about them.
People keep asking for a video,
so maybe I'll like compare sizes or something like small,
medium and large snakes, but let me know what you wanna
see in this regard with snakes
and that'll be it for this video.
I'm Alex and thanks for watching.
And I need to like, go get rid of some energy, somehow.
I'll go run laps around the house.
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