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Leopard_Legend
at Wed Apr 5 15:46:41 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Leopard_Legend ]
Thanks everybody, I think I might go w/ a red tailed boa. I just find that they are much more popular these days and being popular, there is much more info out there. With some monitors, the information is hard to find and not reliable, especially if it's from a breeder at a show. I just learned this a week ago when I went to a show, I was amazed at how sometimes they try to get you to buy the retile. First of all, this guy had this bc, but it was some rare subspecies and it was HUGE!! I mean, I've seen a full grown bc, but this thing was huge! Anyway, he was selling it and told me the bc will be happy in a 100 gallon tank, to my suprise. I found this really sad, because that snake must have been giant, and he recommended only a 100 gallon. And another thing, I was looking at some female veiled chameleons owned and currently priced by a woman who breeds them. She let me handle the cute babies, but I wasn't interested in buying but acted like I was because usually when these breeders find out that you're not interested, they stop being nice. Now I don't know a lot about chameleons, but she told me that if you don't breed a female, it will die at 2 years old, but if I do, it will live at least 4 years. Now she said that if I buy one of her chameleons, she'll breed it for me when it's ready and then keep the eggs. So then I left her stand and went to another veiled chameleon stand, and there, the breeder told me the complete opposite. He told me that if you breed them, they live less. I started not trusting either and stopped looking at chameleons.
The other things about monitors (I don't really know if this is true), but compared to snakes, you feed them more, and they poop more. Now w/ a boa, it's like feeding once a month and defecating once a month, w/ urates a little more. Also, monitors need a larger and more specialized enclosure; while boas need something that could be as simple as a vision cage and they need no uv lighting too. Monitors also need to be socialized more, and there are also no claws on a boa. I have a bd, so I know lazy, and I don't mind having a non-active reptile as a pet. The other thing I heard, is that monitors aren't as flexible when it comes to taking them out of their cage. I've heard that they will not tolerate leashes, on the other hand, boas can be carried around and they shouldn't have much problems if they're tame. Sorry if I have bored you guys, but being 14, there isn't anyone else to talk to about this. I've done a lot of research, and a bc is often the best species of snake for a pet, or so I've heard.
Thanks for the replies!!!
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