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Suriname Red Tail Boa
I'm not quite following that train of thought, there. I've got Colombian Boas, which are often erronously sold in the pet trade as "Red-Tailed Boas", even though anyone can compare my snakes with Squamata's snake here and see that there is a BIG difference in appearance, and I have had true Red-Tails, Surinams, Brazilian BCC's, and Peruvians. I've also had many Coastal and Jungle Carpets, and have a male JCP that's over eight feet long now. I've had a 10-foot female Coastal, so I'm not sure I can follow the logic that a Carpet is any smaller or easier to handle than a Common Boa. My present JCP is as mellow and laid-back as a snake can be without being dead, but that's not the case with many Morelia. I've had some that were downright nasty, and they're a faster snake than a Boa Constrictor. I'm only 5'2", but I've never had a Boa I couldn't handle on my own, and I've had some big ones, but I HAVE had a few Carpets that were a real handful, that I would not have been comfortable having to deal with on my own. They can be more like Retics than Boas, if they happen to have an attitude.Thats a very beautiful female you have there...If she is a she lol....Looks heavy...How much does she weigh?
You feed live or pre killed?
What do you feed?
I had to get ride of my red tail boas because I have a four month old daughter and had to get something I could handle on my own so I have jungle carpet pythons.
I'm thinking about getting a hog island boa because if I recall correctly they don't get too big because since they are on an island they can only get as big as the biggest meal they can eat and they have a limited amount of food choices.
I think that's how it goes.
Not if we band together and fight these bills. Once we resolve ourselves to the AR people winning, they win. These are still just BILLS, NOT laws and it's up to us to make sure they don't become laws.Do it before the New Laws Pass.
Red-Tails are soon gonna get "Locked-up Abroad"
Beauty you got there.......you can always, always tell a healthy Boa by their skins appearance! Pretty!:worship:
I was just going by what i read on here in the past when someone asked whats the smallest boa they could get that didnt get too huge and hog island was one of the responses...Maybe i shouldnt have went by that persons opinion i guess lol.I'm not quite following that train of thought, there. I've got Colombian Boas, which are often erronously sold in the pet trade as "Red-Tailed Boas", even though anyone can compare my snakes with Squamata's snake here and see that there is a BIG difference in appearance, and I have had true Red-Tails, Surinams, Brazilian BCC's, and Peruvians. I've also had many Coastal and Jungle Carpets, and have a male JCP that's over eight feet long now. I've had a 10-foot female Coastal, so I'm not sure I can follow the logic that a Carpet is any smaller or easier to handle than a Common Boa. My present JCP is as mellow and laid-back as a snake can be without being dead, but that's not the case with many Morelia. I've had some that were downright nasty, and they're a faster snake than a Boa Constrictor. I'm only 5'2", but I've never had a Boa I couldn't handle on my own, and I've had some big ones, but I HAVE had a few Carpets that were a real handful, that I would not have been comfortable having to deal with on my own. They can be more like Retics than Boas, if they happen to have an attitude.
Hogg Island Boas actually can get quite large in captivity. I've seen more than one that was in excess of 6 feet, and very massive in girth, and most of the ones I've dealt with have had a more "iffy" temperament than a Common or Colombian Boa or even a true Red-Tail. There are some naturally-small Boa Constrictor morphs, like the Sonorans and the Nicaraguans, but most of these lack the really bright colors that attracts many people to the Boas, and most also tend to have rather snappy dispositions. It's hard to go wrong with a captive-bred Colombian Boa or a BCC, insofar as the right combination of good looks and stable, laid-back personality, but having dealt with aggressive specimens of both B. constrictor sp. and Morelia sp., I'd much rather deal with the former!
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