Congrats!! Definitely share 
we need to take a poll for names
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Pics please when you get her!!! Congratulations too!!! 
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The future is now!!
I will tell my significant other this to show him a third snake is totally reasonable
Kat (the argentine) is very curious about the cat and watches her but mostly doesn’t mind her. The cat was initially horrified to find out the little snake head was attached to a 6.5ft long body and was traumatized for weeks 
but now she’s warily curious. I don’t let them interact however, mostly worried the cat will hurt Kat with her claws if she were to bop her. (And yes, my boyfriend named the snake Kat to make people confused about who we are talking about 
) I’m hoping eventually they’ll ignore each other.
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Thank you! She already has a name though, actually - granted that I feel it’s suiting once I get to actually meet her, she has tentatively been named Ophelia 
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Just a word of caution for you. I would definitely supervise the interaction between your cat and your boa because if for some reason your boa decided to make a snack out of your cat all it would take is one strike and coil and that would be the end of your kitty cat. Even though that seems like an unlikely scenario I would just keep aware of the possibility……
However TOMS’s dogs often interact with his large boas……
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She is very cage aggressive, she thinks everything that goes near or in her enclosure is food and tries to eat it. Luckily I only got bit once (was barely a bite and she let go in like a second because she realized i wasn’t food) before buying a hook and training her. She also has a really hard time finding the rat after constricting it, i usually have to grab it but the tail and sort of guide it into her mouth lol. Once out of the enclosure she is amazing. Very calm and sweet. She likes to explore outside and around my room but she always moves super slow and takes her time smelling everything. She loves to find the darkest, tightest place that I don’t want her to go in to try to get stuck. She also is content with cuddling against my warmth when laying in bed. She also isn’t head shy at all, she tolerates pretty much everything just fine. Overall she is amazing snake once out of the enclosure and i love her very much!
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10 ft 
What type of boa and how old? That’s like body goals for my snake haha. I’m sorry you had to rehome but I’m glad it’s your friend so you can visit him!
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Love it and apropos, Ophis is Greek for snake right?
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Actually Greg has 3 of my boas. They are a pair and their baby from an accidental litter. The mom is 10 ft and the poppa is about 6 feet I think? The parents are 8 years old and their daughter is 3 years old I believe….
Added: unfortunately they are Ohio but I see pics of them any time!
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Thank you, I’ll definitely keep them separate… I used to think there was no way a snake that skinny would eat something as big as a cat until I saw this picture:
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Thanks for sharing and good to know large dogs and snakes can coexist. I am hoping a well fed boa will not be desperate enough to try to eat a smaller dog or cat but definitely no chances taken. We only let the boa out when we are present and do not let them come within 6 feet of each other. The cat is learning quickly to avoid the snake thankfully!
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My ball python is like this. Sometimes she starts eating the rat from straight down the middle. After like 20 minutes she gives up and spits it out and starts over from a leg or something lol She’s so silly
She sounds lovely! I wish mine would cuddle with me but she literally will not sit still for a minute 
I guess the upside is when she squeezes into a dark tight place, within a couple minutes she’s back out exploring something else 
so I don’t really worry about her getting stuck.
Lately though she has decided she doesn’t want to poop in her cage and will hold it until she finds a dark spot in our house to poop behold this gift she left us recently in the closet. I knew she was acting suspicious when she was in there for more than a few minutes We put out puppy pads there now and hopefully it’s her “litter box” from now on.
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Unfortunately that’s the worst part about holding a snake or letting one roam free. That looks like a nasty stinky pile of poop on that light colored pretty carpet! 
If that happened to me my husband would probably divorce me!!!
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Honestly it’s a miracle mine hasn’t left me yet with all the animal mayhem I’ve caused in his life for the past 9 years
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I would be careful when she is free roaming she could get under and in the back of your refrigerator, stove, dryer, furnace, ductwork. And possible down the toilet drain.
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Just caught up with this thread. This is so fascinating. I have a hard time imagining myself ever getting a snake that big, but the personality of yours is very intriguing! I love her pattern, too.
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The toilet drain is a new one. We lock her out of the bathroom in general so she doesn’t get dirty from going behind the toilet. Our ball python has gotten stuck under the fridge once. Needed a hand truck to get her out. Never again!
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Thanks for stopping by! If I had to have 10+ snakes it probably wouldn’t be 10 more of her hahah. She’s a handful.
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wow that is an awfully big poop! i’m so lucky Dratini hasn’t pooped on my floor haha
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