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hey all, i am looking for a new addition to my collection. i have an argetinian boa and a cooks tree boa. i am looking for a smaller yet big bodied snake. something along the lines of a clood python but i know i don't want that kind of snake. something under 6 ft but ideally 4 ft in body length.

have you thought about a Rosy boa?

i honestly just started to look into another guy for me, so i haven't looked at anything specifically. thanks for the advice, i will def look into that type.

>>hey all, i am looking for a new addition to my collection. i have an argetinian boa and a cooks tree boa. i am looking for a smaller yet big bodied snake. something along the lines of a clood python but i know i don't want that kind of snake. something under 6 ft but ideally 4 ft in body length.

Look into an Argentinian Rainbow boa (E. c. alvarezi or E. alvarezi, depending on which taxonomist you believe.) They max out at about 4 ft. For me, it's almost perfect - it's a small boid, attractive, unusual and VERY easy to care for.

although i don't have much background with rainbow boas i do remember doing research on them a few yrs back and i seem to remember them needing higher humidity than other species. do you have one now or had onein the past? if so, what kinda set up did you have for it? and did you have to have a mister in the tank?

>>although i don't have much background with rainbow boas i do remember doing research on them a few yrs back and i seem to remember them needing higher humidity than other species. do you have one now or had onein the past? if so, what kinda set up did you have for it? and did you have to have a mister in the tank?

Good questions. Brazilian, Peruvian and Colombian Rainbow boas require high humidity and slightly higher temps. What's great about Argentinians is that they come from colder, drier areas, so they can thrive without the high humidity. I got one as a baby and raised him for a couple years. (I just sold him to a friend who
has a female for him to mate with.) I manually misted once or twice a week, but I don't think that was necessary. I had him in a Reptile Basics cage with a decent sized water bowl. I would say there care is not much different than for a corn snake.

Thanks,
Ed

thats perfect! thanks so much for the info ed. i am for sure gonna look into the species and see if they do it for me.

>>thats perfect! thanks so much for the info ed. i am for sure gonna look into the species and see if they do it for me.

You're welcome. Just PM me if you want some pics.
Good luck with the search, it's certainly tough to narrow down to one species!

Hey man. I googled for pics but majority of them looked to be BRB's are they thy similar in looks and marking with the irridescence? Or were they actually jut BRB's as I think.... Also do you have any contact info for a breeder who has the argentine's?