Thinking about picking one of these up. Are they as easy to handle as BP are? I don't have any experience with snakes that are hard to handle. Also was wondering how much color they loose when they get older as I have seen full grown ones that get fairly dull.
They actually gain color as they get older, the duller ones you might have seen were probably columbian rainbow boas, they tend to be a duller color then the Brazilians.
They are a bit nippy as babies but with time they are known to stop. They can be mellow and easily handled but they usually won't be as chilled as BP.