red tail boa

There great snakes and In my opinion I would get them real small.
So this way you can hand raise them and see what they like and dont like.
You get to know your snake in time,but again you cant go wrong with a
red tail boa. Just have the right space ready and enjoy him or her growing
up. :D

The only time I've ever seriously worried about getting nailed by the three boa's we've cared for is during feeding night. These snakes are serious hunters, no fooling around when they are hungry and ready to go and a very long strike range.

I watched Diego, the summer boarder boa eat last night. He's only about 3.5 feet in length, a male 05. He nailed his rat from across his long tank...easily 18 inches or more from his coiled position and you literally could not see it happen. It was that fast! The rat took maybe two steps, Diego fired out, grabbed in and whipped back into his constriction position in the flash of an eye. A very impressive and incredibly efficient hunter is Diego! :)

Of course afterward he did the typical boa beg LOL. Snout upright to the place his enclosure opens, tongue flicking and intent gaze. "hey lady! over here! here is where you put my rat in! might I have another?" Took him awhile to realize he'd had a perfectly acceptable and appropriate dinner and he should take his fat butt off to his warm side and begin digesting LOL.

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This was a feeding response from a 5' boa. Almost no pain at all, just a scare really. This was a feeding error and she went into full constriction on me.
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What do you do if your 6 - 7 foot boa begins to go into full constriction on you? and your by yourself??? grab its tail and start unwraping if you can. or grab it's head?? or should you always treat it like a anaconda or burmese and make sure you have a second pair of hands handy??

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"This was a feeding response from a 5' boa. Almost no pain at all, just a scare really. This was a feeding error and she went into full constriction on me."


What do you do if your 6 - 7 foot boa begins to go into full constriction on you? and your by yourself??? grab its tail and start unwraping if you can. or grab it's head?? or should you always treat it like a anaconda or burmese and make sure you have a second pair of hands handy??

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over 6 feet you should probably have a second person. but i too have had a 5 footer completely wrap up my arm in a feeding response. i wasn't using tongs and my hand was warmer than the rat. i was first shocked, then i just kinda stared at her in disbelief for a little, then i started carefully unwinding her from the tail. fortunately she ate for me still after that. i'm not sure why you single out annies and burms, because any large snake should be handled with more than one person no matter what the species. any snake species can have foul tempered individuals, i have even come across dog take annies before. so i think that's a little unfair. but yeah, many people maintain the rule, over 6 feet, never handle without 2 people, because even a 6 foot nice snake (or even a 2 foot mean kingsnake, but thats a different story) can hurt you if not handled with respect.

I didnt mean to single out burms and anacondas. I just couldnt think of the word for BIG SNAKES. Boids?? I could have even added rock python and reticulated.

No offense to the big snakes! lol

Thanks I'll keep that in mind when I decided about a third snake. Perhaps Ill stick with a GTP. but I'd love to have a BCC.
Beauty snakes!
:rockon:

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Originally Posted by Jonny2184

I didnt mean to single out burms and anacondas. I just couldnt think of the word for BIG SNAKES. Boids?? I could have even added rock python and reticulated.

No offense to the big snakes! lol

Thanks I'll keep that in mind when I decided about a third snake. Perhaps Ill stick with a GTP. but I'd love to have a BCC.
Beauty snakes!
:rockon:

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we like to use the term "giants" around here. Boids covers BP too as well

Jonny2184: don't let that turn you off a RTB. They really are great snakes and if handled and fed properly this will most likely not happen.This doesn't mean you shouldn't have someone around while holding one over 6' but they really are great snakes.

I won't let it turn me off but it just gives me something to think about when I choose my next snake.
Good point.
I'd have to get a friend ome over everytime I want to feed him or her.
and most of my friends are afraid of my BP let alone a 7-8 foot snake.
I'm sure my dad would love to help but he also seems nervious sometimes with the snakes.

Ah well.. I'll keep doing reasearch on a BCC. Cheers! :rockon:

Do you have to feed a rabbit to a RTB or BCC??
I have a pet rabbit and could never see myself doing that to a rabbit.

or can you just use Jumbo rats??

No rabbits. Rats should be just fine.

Why are you going BCC instead of BCI, out of curiousity?