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Yesterday I placed a post inguiring about small BCs. One that was mentioned a couple times was dwarf boas. I have to admit I am a little embarassed in that I have never heard of these before, but after a little research I think these may be the ticket. So now I am probably going to become obsessed and start spending all my time finding out more about these creatures and figured y'all could help me out in my all-consuming quest to learn more.

- For starters, how do they do in the captive envirnment, are they a good hardy ssp in private collections?
Do they have any special requirements that differ from a BCI? (other than smaller cages and not having to be fed rabbits which is why I am interested in them in the first place)

- Is there a current market for them, are they somewhat readily available, what is a typical price for CB neos?

- Are they readily breedable? What about morphs/color phases/different locales etc?

- Any reputable breeders dealing in them currently? I did get into Rio Bravos site, that is where I have gotten all my info so far.

Anything else I need to know about them but don't know enough to ask?

I would also be very interested in seeing any picks you may have or any testimonials as what they are like to keep.

Thank you!

PS I still haven't ruled out Hogg Islands either so I'll take any input on them as well

the term Dwarf boa's mainly describe the central Americans although their are a few other's. My experience with central's is that their a very hardy boa that do well in captivety and do not have any special requirements. they seem to be growing in popularity in my opinion because of their hardy nature, smaller size, highly variable apperance and affordability when in season you can get a farm bred Nicaraguan for about $50 or you can go all the way up to $1000 for a type 2 anery or a hypo. they are said to be very easy to breed, I will hopefully find this out for myself soon as my Nicaraguan group is at the 3 year mark now. The one thing I've found with centrals is they do require more handleing to tame them, I never spent time additional time with my Nicaraguans so now 3 are handleable and 3 you need a glove. Dispite that I realy like them and have added to my collection a pair of Costa Rican's and more recently a trio of Hondurans. hope this help's and if I can do this correctly I'll post a pic of my hypo Nic.