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Hi,

I am new to boa's but have a lot of balls and a burm. My dream one day is to open up a small reptile store so that my girlfriend can run it while I work the day job

I've been lurking for awhile here trying to learn as much as I can (there seems to be a lot more "types" of boa's then pythons). I was wondering what everyone thinks the best bang for your buck is in terms of getting a pair of boas? I personally love the Anery's since they lack all the red pigment, my girlfriend would prefer something like the Albino.

I'm trying to purchase a pair or trio for under $1k. What is a good starter pair that can lead to some good combos?

Also, what size cages are best for boas? What is the biggest cage they will generally need? Are the 4 foot boaphile cages big enough for a full grown Boa?

Thanks for the help!

Hi!
I agree with the “get what you like” philosophy.
A good compromise might be an anery het albino for you and an albino het anery for the GF.
You’d each have what you wanted AND the pair would make SNOWS, albinos het anery, anery het albinos and double het snows in the end and ALL IN THE SAME LITTER!
You could probably get that pair for about $1000 and each of you could have what you wanted for the next few years as you raise them.
Good luck and welcome to boas!
They’re awesome!
Aaron

Thanks! That does sound like a win-win situation.

I'm surprised it would be that much for that pair? I guess it costs more to get the visual plus the het

I've been looking through a lot of the advertisers here on KS and a lot of people don't look like they update their pages too often.

I'm also wondering why in all of Jeff's (boaphile) videos he has rows and rows of snakes but only like 4-5 different kinds for sale on his site?

Jeff, are you out there? Can you say package deal with cages?
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1.0 Het Albino Burm
1.0 Albino Ball
1.1 Pastel Balls
0.1 Spider Ball
0.2 Het Albino Balls

Seeking bigger cages for the family

You got it on the fact that the het for the second trait makes the visuals worth more.

Albinos are a lot more common and genetically "easier" to make than albinos het anery (not to say that they're "easy" to make) and worth the price difference if you're hoping to make some snows...but, then again, also in my opinion, plain albinos are "worth it" as well!

Good luck and again, I have to stress, buy what you'll be excited to look at everyday for years and years.
Breed to produce babies that you wouldn't mind keeping.

Aaron

sunglow project.

Sunglows are a combination morph, hypo and albino.

There are many ways to get there but a good way to do it would be to purchase an albino female and a hypo het albino male. You could get such a pair for $700 - $1500 range depending on quality. If you wanted to mix things up - later on you could get a number of different males that would pair well with the albino female.

I think a 4ft wide cage, 2ft deep is perfect for most adult female boas. Males can be housed in large sized tubs or approximately a 3ft wide, 2ft deep cage.