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Considering a Red Tail

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  • 11-22-2008, 08:19 PM
    anendeloflorien
    Considering a Red Tail
    Ok so after much consideration I've decided that my next herp pickup is going to be a Red Tail Boa. I need some opinions and suggestions though. What is considered desireable in red tails? Obviously a nice deep red tail is good and I really like striped tails but they might be out of my price range.

    I'm just looking for something that might get a bit bigger plus I'm absolutely fascinated by live birth. I'm thinking a female to start off with because even though I don't really PLAN on breeding now if I ever decided to having a female that's already somewhat up to size would be good.

    So now I'm wondering about locale...... Columbian, Nics, Arg (but I think they get a little too big for me right now), Dumerils...... Just need some opinions and some idea of how much I may be looking at paying for something like that. I know it's kind of a broad question but my birthday is coming up (4 days before christmas :taz::taz:) and my girlfriend wants to get me a new species lol.

    Thanks in advance guys!
  • 11-22-2008, 09:04 PM
    ncbloods
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
    If the red tail is most important to you, I'd consider a BCC locality boa. The columbian BCIs tail tends to brown/black out as they get older. I personally really like the Pervuians and the surinames. Rio Bravo Reptiles has some really nice locality boas.
  • 11-22-2008, 09:55 PM
    RichardA
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
    BCC's do have some of the best color retention.

    Here is a baby BCI we have offered up:
    http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...76/bcibaby.jpg

    They are nice snakes.....they do tend to be a bit nippy, but most can be calmed down alright.
  • 11-22-2008, 09:59 PM
    Thor26
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
    nippy really???
    all my boas are the calmest snakes i know if i were you i would go with a suriname red tail = ]
  • 11-22-2008, 10:02 PM
    RichardA
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
    Yeah a few of the big gals are really really nippy and most of the juvies are for a while.....they seem to get over it after a time but they dont duck and cover like a ball does....LOL

    Sarinames are very nice also!
  • 11-22-2008, 10:23 PM
    Patrick Long
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
    I would not go BCC your first boa.....thats just me.

    Get a clean BCI, it will be your best friend for 40 years!
  • 11-22-2008, 11:08 PM
    starmom
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
    Here are my three Bci's. They are much more forgiving of husbandry errors than are Bcc's. They come in all sorts of colors and are just great snakes:
    These two pictures are of my Bci pastel:
    http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/DSCN5986.jpg
    http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/DSCN5989.jpg

    Here's my straight up Bci Columbian:
    http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/DSCN5994.jpg
    http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/DSCN5995.jpg

    And here's my salmon Bci:
    http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/DSCN5998.jpg
    http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/DSCN6002.jpg

    As you can see, lots of beautiful choices without the stress of husbandry exactness and without the feeding issues that sometimes arise with the Bcc's.

    Just my thoughts.... :)
  • 11-22-2008, 11:14 PM
    Kristy
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
    I completely agree with both Starmom and Pat, if this is your first boa go with a really nice BCI. They are much more forgiving husbandry wise, and a great way to start out.

    There are many different gorgeous morphs out there. I got my BCI female from Jimi. She is a normal. Parents are Salmon x Normal.

    http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...n/DSCF4866.jpg
  • 11-22-2008, 11:27 PM
    AndrewGeibel
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
  • 11-23-2008, 12:37 AM
    RichardA
    Re: Considering a Red Tail
    Smokin Boas everyone!
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