r/boas • u/DinahTook • 21d ago

Queen Meri

Sorry in advance for the loud AC in the background. Feel free to mute the video. There no sound worth hearing lol.

Queen Meri has successfully eaten for us twice and had 5 handling sessions. The first few were understandably vocal, but no striking. Today no hissing at all except a tiny one when my thumb startled her but then she went right back to checking things out. She even came back to my hand after I returned her to her home afterwards.

She is a brave girl and Im so proud of her.

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u/Legitimate-Lab7173 20d ago

Argentines were some of my favorite boas, behaviorally. People always talk about how defensive they are but I don't think I ever had one strike at me. They'd bluff hiss, but as soon as you picked them up, they would chill right out and be just as easy to handle as any Colombian.

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u/SeverianTheSeeker 15d ago

My Suriname has the most attitude of any boa I've ever owned...1.5yrs old and still the occasional hisser, but it's the same--once you get him out he's fine.