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Post: A little help with snakes please? (someone that actually knows about snakes...)
Forum: General/Off Topic
Assigned Moderators: sypherz, Superman, Shoop, malakadang, They be trippin

Posted by: Saint Grim
Original Content:

I've wanted a pet snake since I was old enough to know what a snake is. I'm hoping to get one within a year, two at most.

But my girl is scared to death it will eat one of us if i get one thats big enough to do so. So I'm looking for a type of boa that can twist around and arm and squeeze, the full length of the arm, but not big enough to squeeze and swallow a full person. Maybe ranging at 3 - 5 feet long and no more big around than 6 inches, maybe a little bit more.

So does anyone know a type of boa that gets around that big? sumwhere between 3 - 5 feet long and around 6 inches in girth? I dont necessarily need a boa if no one knows of a type that is that size, I'm open to any snake around that size. Perferably one that squeezes instead of poisons its prey tho. idk if the boa is the only type that does this, as I dont know alot about snakes, I just think their REALLY cool. But i would really like "snake hugs" as Ive held one at the circus tht wrapped around my neck and arm, but not in an aggressive way and it was really neat and I'd like to have a pet that can do this all of the time. (It was just a "young" boa tho is y i dont want this type, the guy said when it was full grown it'd be twice tht size and thats just to much!).

I've seen picture of "emerald tree" boas and I think they are GORGEOUS creatures. much more so than the brownish colored boas you normally see. But as their just pictures of them wrapped around tree branches, I have no clue how big they get. So if anyone could tell me how big an Emerald tree boa gets that would also be much appreciated.


Edit: I've been surfing the net since i posted this and hoped to come back with an answer or two, but either way I've read now that it depends on where the snake comes from. But the only info I could find was this:

"Sizes like patterns vary with locality. Amazon River Basin specimens are the largest, attaining lengths between seven to ten feet (2 to 3 m). The Peruvian specimens seem to be second largest a boas attaining lengths of four to six feet."

If 4 - 6 is the 2nd largest emerald tree boa and its from Peru, does anyone know what the 3rd largest would be as if 4 -6 is 2nd, then the 3rd would most likely be the perfect size, but it does not list any further details past the Peruvian breed. As it also says patterns differ with locality, if you know where the 3rd longest emerald tree boa comes from, please post a picture of it if you can. As my favorite design I've seen would have to be this:

The actual design on its body is very similar to all of them, but its eyes are what stand out. I perfer its eyes over the "grey" eyes I see in most pictures like this:

 

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