After looking and researching a wide variety of snakes I finally settled on Dominican red mountain boa's. They're semi-arboreal but have a much better general disposition than emerald or amazon tree boas. Males max out around 6-7' and are similar to a rat snake in body mass, well-fed females may go 9' and are a bit heavier bodied. I like the relatively small size, and since they're climbers I figure some branches and a couple elevated platforms would be used. I pulled an old 55 with cabinet stand out of storage to set up for the pair, put an under tank heater on one side, and a 100w ceramic bulb-type heater on the other end. Then I was informed that since they're still relatively babies a 10 gallon tank would be more suitable. Any input on that? I don't understand why a smaller enclosure would be better. I can see having small hides so they feel secure when they're snoozing, but in the wild they certainly would have plenty of space to roam in search of food.
Pics from the seller, daddy is on the pink end of the color scale:
Momma is really red:
Young ones will look like this, color develops as they grow:
Pics from the seller, daddy is on the pink end of the color scale:
Momma is really red:
Young ones will look like this, color develops as they grow: