unless u buy an adult its all a guessing game i expect, all i do know is females are largest? so sorry not much help

 

I think you can expect a male to be 6 or 7 feet full grown, and very, very few grow to more than 8 feet, while the females will make 10-12.

 

There has been 10+ foot males though. Prepare for the worst, then you'll have no surprises later. I really don't want mine to top 8-9 foot, but if she does, well I deal with it.

 

I don't know if you should call it preparing for the "worst" but you should certainly be prepared for the largest. I'm a great believer in genes and that there can be a great variation in size no matter what your feeding patterns are.

 

I'm in the other boat, I WANT my male BCI to grow big, I'd love it if mine were a 10ft+ one!

But sods law says that wont happen and mine will top out a 6ft

I dont think there is a real way to stop your boa reaching the length its genes tell it to, as has been said, with normals, large is hit and miss.

 

I have no experience with Boas, but I've read Vincent Russo's the complete Boa Constrictor and he says Boa lengths are greatly exaggerated, he says female common boas (colombian BCI) very rarely exceed 8ft, he said he's personally measured hundreds of Boas and not 1 has come close to 10ft. But people on this forum seem to say different. I'm just playing devils advocate. Could it be that a lot of Boas are powerfed?

 

I have no experience with Boas, but I've read Vincent Russo's the complete Boa Constrictor and he says Boa lengths are greatly exaggerated, he says female common boas (colombian BCI) very rarely exceed 8ft, he said he's personally measured hundreds of Boas and not 1 has come close to 10ft. But people on this forum seem to say different. I'm just playing devils advocate. Could it be that a lot of Boas are powerfed?

Thats not true.

Just look in the pictures section here, there are load of 6ft to 10ft boas in there, and then look in the classiified, there's at least a couple of 9ft boa's for sale, and this just a UK site.

 

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What did it say before the edit?

 

Cheers for the comments!

Bit stuck as to what to do... Could get a male, but risks getting too big for me. 6 foot wud be fine, anything else however would be too much.

How long do boas take to get to full grown anyway?Cheers

 

What did it say before the edit?

A question i managed to answer myself

 

Have you considered a dwarf boa? Depending on locality these can top out at 4-5ft give or take...but certainly not 10ft+.

I have to admit mind, i have heard a few times boa sizes are often exagerated and 10ft+ boas are a rare thing. I've always considered 8-9ft an average for the maximum a female might achieve...of course, some will go over this.

 

maybe you should consider a dwarf boa or a royal python. royals only get to a maximum of six foot and thats big for a royal.

 

I believe that a Morph will grow roughly about 8ft... Whereas a common can exceed this.
I took my Male Pastel to Cold Blooded as I'm sure most of you know it here... and they told me that he was 'going to be a big boy' so perhaps if you did purchase whatever sex you decide on, then you could take it there when you feel he/she is getting big and they can slightly determine for you on the future if you like.

 

I thought a morph was simply a pattern/colour mutation of a 'common' and has no effect on the size :whistling2:

 

It depends on the snake itelf doesnt it?! I mean humans are an average of 6 foot. But there are people that get over 7 feet.
I want my female boa to max out at 8 foot. cos the space i have for her will only alow a 7 foot viv. What about a BRB or a royal?
I think the red tailed boas are the boas that average over 10ft anyway. Think the commons average about 8 - 9ft.

 

I've had my Boa for 2 years now, it's a male and is 5ft. It's latest shed was about 2 weeks ago, so it's still growing.

 

Dude this thread is over 4 years old lol

 

That'll teach me for not looking at dates lol
Came up in a google search I was looking at so thought I'd reply.

 

get a dwarf boa bit more expensive but if you want a small one it will be worth it


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I just dug up this old thread. Just measured and weighed my 09 male BCI. He's exactly 8 feet long, and 10.1 kilos, still shedding every 6-8 weeks. What a super snake. :2thumb:

 

hi i have 7 boa's n they all are at a different size my biggest is 12 foot and my smallist but oldest (cb07) is 6 foot none of them have bin power fed so like every one says its just the look of the draw! Bt. if u are interested in them get 1! they personally are my favourite reptile and r so fun to have around the house they will always keep u on your toes but in good way!

 

I don't believe you have a 12 foot boa. Show pictures with a tape measure please. Oh, don't tell me, your camera is broken or you can't post pictures or you'll get some photo's up soon? You don't have a 12 foot boa, stop exaggerating, it's boring.:whistling2:

 

My male Sir Hiss.
nearly 5 years old going by his new vivarium he's 6ft give or take cm.