Interesting offer

So the other day,my boyfriend was at work,and started talking about snakes to a customer who was just leaving the store (he works at a gas station). The guy offered to trade an adult Columbian Red Tail Boa for one of my young BP girls. He wants to breed in a few years,and his males arent ready yet,but the only female he has is very moody.. So,interesting offer,but I am considering it..
What do you guys think?

I would require a lot more info, how old exactly is the RTB, is it in good health, how has it been housed/taken care of. Will this guy take good care of my BP that he is getting in the trade, etc.

Well,the guy has a few,ranging from 1-7 years old,and said we could visit our girl anytime and trade pictures,because he would also want to keep tabs on the boa

What Bp girl is he looking at? If its a normal, I'd go for the boa :p

Half the fun of owning snakes, in my opinion, is raising them from babies to adulthood.

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Originally Posted by Bobbafett

What Bp girl is he looking at? If its a normal, I'd go for the boa :p

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I agree, are you trading enclosures as well? Housing boas can get expensive if you buy and time consuming if you build. Or are you going for a rack?

All of my bp's are normals,as far as I know we are not trading enclosures,but I will find out for sure,since my spare tank may not be big enough,he wanted my year old girl,but my bf said hell no,as she is our newest addition,a normal that was born with one eye,that holds a special place in his heart lol..but I really do want a redtail boa,he has babies and adults,so maybe I'll get a young adult..kinda bugged me when he said I overfeed my 2 month old bp,every 5 days its a small mouse

Ok...if he said you Overfeed a 2 month old every 5 days, that's a red flag to me. At the least, I would ask this guy a TON of questions on how he keeps his snakes before even thinking of trading with him. Too many people out there are convinced that snakes, even babies, only eat once a month or something ridiculous like that... Be Careful.

He said we need to feed our girls once a month and if not twice. He also said that we need racks because they are better than tanks. He said his 5yr old boa is like 18"...I know males are smaller than females but it should be bigger than that at 5 years old..

Ummm, *quietly shy's away from offer*

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