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rosy boa & milk snake questions

OtakuDragon

OtakuDragon

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So my plan is to get another snake or two in August, when my next semester break is. I'm leaning to another corn snake but I'm interested in a couple other species as well.

Milk snakes - I know as a whole that milksnakes are flighty when they are young but what are the pros and cons of pueblan vs honduran vs sinaloan vs ?. Atleast any glaring pros and cons?

Rosy boas - I love love love how they look! However, the locality specific lines intimidate me, what's wrong with a "mutt" rosy boa?
 
I've had Hondos and a Pueblan. In my opinion, my Pueblan has been MUCH better to handle and than the Hondos ever were. He'll musk a bit for a second, but my Hondos were named Frigid B**** and another name I'm not even going to censor; I'll let you figure out the temperament on your own. :grin01:

There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with a Rosy Mutt, as long as YOU like the way it looks! :)
 
I have a rosy boa and she is a total sweetheart. The localities made it difficult to make a decision. There were just too many to choose. UNTIL I saw Noah the BOA at Daytona. Noah is an anery Pioneertown. As soon as I saw her I knew she was the locality, and morph, that was the most desirable to me.

There is nothing "wrong" with a "mutt" rosy. If you find one you think is pretty, that is friendly, get it! Otherwise you, you can shop around, either on line or in person, and see if a locality catches your eye. There are a LOT more morphs now than when I was looking, and they are much more affordable.
 
I have some milks, sinas and hondos, the sinas are a little bit calmer, but thats prolly due to them being older too. None of mine musk, they did a handful of times when I first got them, but not anymore. They have never attempted to bite me, and I even took one of the sinas to the school a couple of weeks ago for the kids to see, and she did awesome with them. I have them in the same rack with the corns and they are doing well.

I can't comment on the boas as I have never had one.
 
I love my Rosy boas, especially the male! He is super calm, deliberate in his movements and very docile. He's a good tv watching buddy and the one I'd reach for if someone was afraid of snakes. Ironically, he is the only snake I have now to ever bite me but it was a feeding bite that was completely my fault. It did hurt a good bit though! For such a little snake, he has big teeth! In fact, this year I bred them and believe my female is gravid. They are both Mexican Rosys, which is kind of a label for mutt Rosys that look a certain way. Neither of them have provenance on their specific locale and while they are probably pure, since I don't know which area they are from, they get lumped under the "Mexican" title. I believe they are actually two different localities though. My husband has a young Hypo Tangerine Hondo. He is very flighty but has never musked or bit. He usually calms down after a few minutes of handling and seems to be getting calmer with age. We call him the earth worm though, because you never see him in the tank, he's always under the aspen. He is a very beautiful snake though, when you do get to see him! The Rosys are out and about in their vivs a lot, probably more than any of the others, except for the Hognose who is always out. That's another species you might look into. Don't have experience with any other type of milk snakes, so can't comment on them.
 
Here is a picture of my male Rosy, Sebastian.
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These aren't very good pictures, they were taken in the car on the way home from picking him up from his previous owner.
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This is the female, Esme.
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Rosy Boas are awesome with that silken feel to them. I have a 1.2 adult breeding trio. Perhaps someone can help me with their locality.

The Trio


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The male thinking me to be a meal.

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My sina is actually my easiest to handle snake. He's much less movey than the corns. I did get him as an adult though, so I have no idea what he was like when he was a baby.

I had a rosy for a month or so when my ex left it here, it was neat, also very calm and handleable. I like the milk more though.
 
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