got in a male rescue

yesterday i got in a 4 ft male boa. im not experienced with boas but im guessing bci? he has a very black tail so i think thats very interesting lol. sorry for the questions as i am not experienced withboas.

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He's definitely BCI. Looks pretty nice too.

Good luck! Hint - Irfanview is a free software that will allow you to re-size your pictures so that you don't have to scroll left and right. I've noticed most of your pictures get turned into links by admin here, since they are so big. ;)

Jeff he's likely dark with stress. I know from taking in a rescue BCI in the past that they have a dark and a light phase but when they are under a lot of stress from poor care they can go a very dark almost muddy color. With good care they return to their normal coloration. The one we rescued was so dark when we received him it was almost impossible to pick out the his saddle coloration.

franky, i dont think he is to stressed as the people that gave him to me have had him a little less than a year but cant keep him anymore(to many big retics burms etc) so technicly he is a rescue but not unhealthy just a little thin(he hasnt eaton in 3 months. the guy with many snakes said hes probably not eating beause hes ready to breed and there are various breedable female rtbs that were letting off hormones) he is the TAMEST little guy i have ever held lol. the first owner (neglectful) was a 13 year old kid that bought a possible "genetic black tail" without his parents permission on www.reptiliandreams.com and as soon as they found out(3 months after he recieved it) it was in terrible condition. extremely skinny, RI ,mites, internal parasites you name it he had it.(btw reptiliandreams didnt send him out like this the kid neglected it)

Pretty nice looking boa! :sweeet: I went ahead and changed those into links cause the pics were wider than the allowed 800px.

its in shed at the mo, so should lighten up some after shedding, I have a very dark tailed normal BCI here late at night u can see the red in the tail but during a sunny day she darkens right up!