None of those, though I would love to get all of those in the future
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can I have a hint if it is a snake or a lizard 
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It’s a snake. Something I’ve wanted for a very long time. Hint, not a carpet python because that would be the obvious answer.
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Colubrids- gray banded, cal king, Arizona mountain, barons racer, Rhino rat, Mandarin rat, paradise flying snake, asian vine snake, egg eating snake, false water cobra, Egyptian false cobra, beauty snake
boas- Bci, emerald tree, rosy, rubber
Pythons- SD retic, dwarf burm, black head, woma, STP
I don’t know why but I feel like it is going to be a colubrid.
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I finally caved and got a boa. You finally got me @lumpy
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I was not expecting that. What morph? Can’t wait to see it!
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Yeah, it was kind of a sudden thing, but at the same time it’s been a while in the making. He’s just a normal central american boa. He’s a great looking guy though. Here’s my best picture of him atm.
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I have always been down to the normals. I absolutely love a lot the morphs but just that classic boa look is very hard to beat
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Congratulations! 
. You will love him! Central Americans and the very best and I know that first hand!!! 
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Oh yeah! Boas are king 
Congratulations! I am extremely happy for you!
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Is he a baby? Or is he older? You gotta absolutely love the normal colors. You’re going to really see why I love boas.
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He’s about a year and a half at this point
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You’re going to love him…I just know it.
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Oh I don’t doubt that I will, I cannot wait
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Do you have any tips about boas? I mean I know all the standard care things, I wouldn’t get one if I didn’t know that, but I mean you’re way more experienced with boas than I am, there’s bound to be some things you’ve learned that you can’t learn online.
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C’mon now! You’re gonna inflate that boy’s head! 
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Their body language is very different from pythons and other things that you’ve kept. Their are similar to the large snakes, like reticulated pythons, and Burmese pythons with how they move and act. They move more than burms, but they move less than a retic. They don’t really go into an S shape when they’re going to strike…they kind of always hold their body in that position all the time. A lot of it is tongue flicking, and dilation of eye pupils, is what gives me the most accurate body language reading.
I would say also knowing the difference between being curious, and looking for a place to escape to. Boas, like larger constrictors, move with purpose. They can move fast, if they want to, but curiosity is usually slow moving and flicking their tongue a lot…really taking in what they’re looking at and observing.
Some boas really like to hold on with their tails as an anchor point, so providing your finger when they’re smaller or providing your bicep, when they’re larger, can really aid in their security when they’re being held. And then there’s others that just don’t care and you’ll have to make sure they don’t fall lol .
Obviously, you know that boas usually end up being garbage disposals, so they can have a problem with getting obese because they usually will always eat even when in shed. They also have slower metabolism, which doesn’t help when trying to help them lose weight.
I would say also making sure that their water is clean is some thing that I have at least noticed with my boas. They won’t drink dirty water, or old water that’s been sitting there over a day. They really enjoy watching me pour the water in and then when I leave the room, I’ll come back about five minutes later and find them drinking.
Oh, something that me, and some of my boa friends have noticed, as well as people who are more experienced in the boa side of the hobby, is feeding larger meals more infrequently seems to do them a world of good. It just seems that their body is meant to handle it better than smaller meals more frequently.
Hope that helps @garciademueller
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Lol, I’ll be the first one to admit that I do not know everything about boas. I might know some, but there are definitely people in this world that know a lot more about them than I do. They have been my passion since I’ve been less than six years old and I have gone about learning everything I can about them. That’s why I’m so determined about breeding them and not getting too distracted with keeping a lot of other species that I’m interested in. It’s because I don’t want to lose sight of something that gave me my original love of snakes.
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Ok you win! Well said for and about a lovely species of snake that is dear to my heart as well! You are going to be a terrific breeder Riley! 
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I already have a waiting list .
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