Clifford the (not so big) Red Boa

[treaux]

So BeksNY, my lovely other half, has been wanting to adopt a RTB since there are so many abandoned or given up. We found our perfect pet at the Sacramento Reptile Show thanks to Dawn at the Northern California Herp Society and took him home.

His name is now Clifford and he's a very mellow and curious boa. He was found in a hotel parking lot and rescued by NCHS. They got him to a vet where he was treated for severe dehydration and stomatitis. He's now healthy and eating again, though he has some serious damage on his snoot which leaves him with a little whistle when he breathes and a cute little lip movement he has to do to get his tongue out without it snagging on his lips. He has a lot of eating to do to catch up in size, though we have no idea how old he is.

We are very much in love with him and now get why so many people say RTBs are their favorites. We have no idea if he is a BCI or BCC, so if any of you with a keen eye have an opinion on it, we'd love to hear it.

[Reinz]

Congrats on adopting Clifford. He's a good looking boy.

He looks like a BI to me, "normal". They now only use 2 letters instead of 3, BI/BC since since both groups are Boa Constrictors (BC).

Boas are cool snakes, you are in for a treat!

[BeksNY]

@Reinz -- Thank you so much! He has totally won us over, to the point where I find myself sitting at my desk at work counting down the minutes before I can go home and spend more time with him.

[GoingPostal]

Awww, what a great looking BI and awesome that you adopted him-there are so many around in need. Do you have a closer up of his face to show the damage?

[treaux]

[dkatz4]

So great of you to adopt, seriously, it a really wonderful thing you've done. That poor nose, but i'm sure he's just happy to be in loving hands now. Incidentally, as mentioned above, he is definitely a normal BI, "common" boa, but only common b/c they are so awesome that everybody has to have one.
Congrats!

[BeksNY]

So great of you to adopt, seriously, it a really wonderful thing you've done. That poor nose, but i'm sure he's just happy to be in loving hands now. Incidentally, as mentioned above, he is definitely a normal BI, "common" boa, but only common b/c they are so awesome that everybody has to have one.
Congrats!

+1 for that!! We're so smitten with Clifford, and RTBs in general, that someone ::cough:cough:treaux:cough:cough:: may have already committed to taking in another adult RTB rescue from the Northern California Herpetological Society. It may or may not have to do with my hogging all of Clifford's out-of-the-cage time. The only logical solution was to get his and hers boas. Obviously.

Photos of the new girl to come after we pick her up this weekend.

[sneakysnake611]

as far as if he is BCI or BCC etc, ive always heard that you can count the scales from the vent to the tail, also the saddles on their back too?

its been awhile, this may be to determine their locale???

[BeksNY]

as far as if he is BCI or BCC etc, ive always heard that you can count the scales from the vent to the tail, also the saddles on their back too?

its been awhile, this may be to determine their locale???

Interesting... I had never heard that before and did a little Googling. It looks like both are methods. I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any insight on how effective this is.