Found a Red-Tail last might keep it

[War]

Hey everyone, I found this gorgeous Red Tail last night and it's gorgous. I never wanted anything larger then a BP but this baby is starting to change my mind. What species is it and how can I sex it? For those that kept Balls and Reds what are some similarities and differences?

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[KMG]

Found it? Where?

[War]

In someone's yard, nobody in the area claimed it, unfortunately in the D.C. area we are getting a lot of dumped reds lately, said kinda

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[Kaorte]

Looks like a BCI, though I suck at IDing boas so I might be wrong.

Similarities between a boa and a ball python, well they are both snakes! Differenced, they get much bigger which means a much larger caging requirement. Their temps are similar, but shoot for 88-90 on the hot side. Also they obviously eat prey a little bit bigger than a ball python. I feed my BCI a jumbo rat once every 2 weeks.

[War]

Thanks, I'm debating if I wanna keep it, might be to much snake for me, might barter for a female bps

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[SamuraiZr0]

that is most definitely a BCI..sexing is simple.. this works on boas only.. look near the vent and if there are visible spurs then it's male..at leas on all my males thats how i checked. also you can run your finger down the tail (behind the vent) and you may feel two "pops" those are the hemipenes... there you have it!

[ewaldrep]

Really, in someone's yard. It seems unlikely that there would not be a taker for such a nice looking snake. Nice find, but I can't help ID it.

[DooLittle]

Looks BCI to me. I would try to locate an owner first. Maybe put an ad out on Craigslist about a found snake , notify your local vets, if it was my lost baby I would certainly want it back . That being said if no owner is found , boas are awesome !

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[Kaorte]

Boas are great pet snakes. I personally like to have some snakes around that aren't ball pythons. I love my BPs but sometimes I like to see something slithering around, haha.

They aren't too unmanageable. I have a 6' BCI and he is a busy body and still not too much for one person to handle. He is over 20 pounds now!

[War]

I seen spurs on em so I guess it's a boy lol, thanks guys yeah it's awesome having something so powerful compared to a bp, like going from a nice riding sedan to a muscle car

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