So sad :(

gorgeous! gotta be husbandry, possibly a nice juicy rat is in order or even a wc

Wish I was close by if you end up not being interested

I was going to say that I would be more concerned about health issues in a CL boa than temperament, but he looks like a healthy (and absolutely gorgeous) snake.

Can you visit and handle him, just to see how bad the aggression actually is? It does sound like the guy is experienced, but you never know. Some people overreact when it comes to aggression and give up on a snake too early on.

Well he lives probably a good hour away from me, so I was hoping to just get my ducks in a row, make a decision and just follow through with it to the best of my ability so I only had to take one trip. She has only had the boa for a month, and I can't imagine calming down a boa in the short amount of time so it doesn't seem like she's tried too hard, or gave up too early. He is gorgeous....I wasn't expecting that.....

From my impression of you, you seem to be very willing to learn and are always offering help when you can. I'd imagine that you'd have no trouble transferring that sort of giving attitude from people to a snake. Especially, being a mother, think about when your child was too young to talk or be able to communicate with you to tell you what was ailing him. It's the same with an animal, you have the ability to help him by figuring out what's making him act the way he acts and fixing it.

Whatever you decide, good luck to you!

I would ask the guy if he would take the snake back if you were not able to tame it down after a month or so, that way you wouldn't be posing a possible threat to your son in the future, or to yourself if you aren't ready to handle a big aggressive snake.

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Originally Posted by lasweetswan

From my impression of you, you seem to be very willing to learn and are always offering help when you can. I'd imagine that you'd have no trouble transferring that sort of giving attitude from people to a snake. Especially, being a mother, think about when your child was too young to talk or be able to communicate with you to tell you what was ailing him. It's the same with an animal, you have the ability to help him by figuring out what's making him act the way he acts and fixing it.

Whatever you decide, good luck to you!

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I appreciate this very much :) I try my best to find and fix problems with anything, including my animals. I think that's why I always offer any info I have to people just starting out with this because most of the questions I see are all things I went through also, and with some trial and error I've found the best outcome for my snakes. My poor male normal Julius, he was my first and went through some crazy stuff before I got his husbandry down pat. He's such a trooper though, and is my sweetest snaker :aww:

The only problem is, my son couldn't have killed me or injured me when I didn't know what was wrong. Best case scenario for this I think is a nice husbandry change to a nice cage with some branches and secluded hides and he turns out to be a happy snake that I can handle....worst case (and probably my worst nightmare) is not being able to calm down the poor thing and having to find him a more experienced home that will take him :(

Go for it Leah. Seeing what it's in, I'm sure with the right setup and some TLC he'll mellow out.