Pic of my new comlumbian rtb

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i got her from a pet store who bred them..they had 2 females that they probed in front of me..and 1 unknown..i decided to just get this 1st female i saw she had gorgous..they said it was salmon color..and it was a good pic..

im not too up to date on rtb's but maybe u can let me know what salmon is...

and if they were serious.. lol...

thanks for checking her out..

i decided to name her Tina.

She's very pretty.

Salmon is a pink color (like the flesh of the fish)

haha dc i just left a comment on your post on the other site. good find.

ok then she has salmon coloring..because i noticed a lot of pink color on her sides..i'll post better pics tomorrow, you can kind of notice it in that pic....but let me get better pics up tomorrow when i get batteries for my cam.

oh btw here is a new pic of her in her setup.


http://tinypic.com/fc3fbr.jpg

EDIT: NO she's not a petco rtb. lol..but i forgot to grab hides..how foolish of me to forget those..so she was w/o hides for about 10 minutes while i ran to the closest place i knew who sold the type i wanted...so i bought that log one, then i thought for the cold side, that ceramic plastic type log would be nice a cool...the temperatures for warm are 87ish and cold are 77ish(maybe warmer but not lower) anyways it was cool i snapped that first pic when i got back..i put her in the cage and she slithered around and climbed right up on that wood, it was awesome...she was hard to get in her cage..she is all over the place..she hasn't hissed at me once or tried to strike..even when i tried to put stuff in her cage..and my hand being right by her..she was just fine.


^ just a little update :)

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Originally Posted by Shelby

She's very pretty.

Salmon is a pink color (like the flesh of the fish)

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FYI. The color of the flesh of the salmon is actually white like other fish, but for some reason, salmon flesh changes to pinkish-red if they eat certain things and stays white if they don't. I have actually served white-fleshed salmon at the restaurant I work at and it was as white as Chilean sea bass and tasted no different from the redist of red salmon. I paired it with a fruity and delicate Pinot Noir from the Santa Maria Valley by the way.

Rachel, the food and wine geek extraordinaire

PS BTW, that is one gorgeous snake. Every picture I see of a RTB just makes me want to get one. But they just get too big. Are there any dwarf RTB species out there like they have for retics? 4-5 feet would be perfect.

Rachel

rtb males will grow noticibly smaller than females. avg 6 ft. a 4ft cage will be good for the life of the snake. anything bigger than 6ft, a 6ft cage is better.

I've seen 20+lb male BCI.

I didn't know that about salmon.. I love salmon too. My specialty is salmon teriyaki.. I also love salmon sushi. (I'm a food geek too) ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...salmonmale.jpg

hypomelanistic aka Salmon

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Originally Posted by Shelby

I've seen 20+lb male BCI.

I didn't know that about salmon.. I love salmon too. My specialty is salmon teriyaki.. I also love salmon sushi. (I'm a food geek too) ;)

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Luv all kinds of salmon dishes. And I live like about a stone's throw from like 20 sushi restaurants. I think my favorite thing to do with salmon though is to place a little lemon and garlic composed butter on top of the salmon and then wrap it in puff pastry and bake it in the oven and then finish it with a beurre blanc (white wine butter sauce). Hard to do in a restaurant because of cooking times, but for a really nice sunday dinner, you can not beat it. Especially if Copper River king salmon is in season. (OMG IT'S GOOD!!!) A nice buttery and oaky chardonnay would set that meal off.

And yes 6 feet and 20 pounds for a snake is too big for me. I have a T3 cage for my BP and and it is only 3 feet long and I think that is plenty big.

Rachel

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...tcage/per3.jpg

But they are so purty:) How about 7.5 feet and 41 pounds.. This chick does what she wants to do!!!

I wish I had a 40lb snake.

Just think, getting tagged by that big girl..... *chills* That would be something to remember.:eyepoppin

I was bit by an 8' burm.. and by my 7' 4" 21lb dum.. neither was a big deal.

My biggest problem with large snakes is not fear of them hurting me physically, but more financially. Doesn't it cost a lot of money to keep large snakes? Isn't that why most large snakes in Florida get released in th glades?

Rachel

http://tinypic.com/fd6ag1.jpg

another pic of tina..she's been like that for about 2 hours and is still hanging still there,lol.

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My biggest problem with large snakes is not fear of them hurting me physically, but more financially. Doesn't it cost a lot of money to keep large snakes? Isn't that why most large snakes in Florida get released in th glades?

Rachel

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I think the releasing is more that the owner is intimidated by the animal, bored of it, or has a family member who hates it.. etc.

My biggest snake is my 7' 21lb dumerils boa. I feed her every 2-3 weeks.. one jumbo rat. She isn't breaking my bank.

colossal rats at my local petstore are 6.99 or 7.99

medium and large rats are about 4.99 so assuming i do 5 bucks a week that's 20 a month.but if you were to feed your large snake every 2-3 weeks you'd onl ybe doing 14 bucks a month or 16.

so imo i dont think it'd be more for food.

the cage is going to cost me a bit but, it's no tthat big of a deal if i save up for it.

You can order Xlarge rats at rodentpro.com for $1.79 each. Even with shipping it'll be much cheaper than your average pet store.

See that is one of my main concerns about getting a RTB is the food cost also, I have a BP and ATB to feed. SO i don't know yet Would a baby be able to live a 20G long for a while? also how do you feed a adult RTB outside of it's cage or inside?

Start a baby rtb in a ten gallon. A 20g wouldn't last you into the first year usually.. but for a few months, sure.

I feed ALL snakes inside cage. Who wants to lug a 20lb snake out, feed it, then lug it back in the cage again? Only time I got bit by my hogg island boa was by trying to handle her too soon after she ate. She was still in hunting mode.

Justcage I like that big female snake! She makes Rauri look small even though he is a big snake really! I would like to hold a big snake like that one day.

Im going to purchase a BCI some day i just can't right now. How much of a difference is the BCI then a BCC? So is the BCI actually a not a true red tail are they?

BCI - tend to be smaller, duller, sometimes calmer, and cheaper

BCC.. the opposite.

BCI and BCC are both red tails.. they call BCC 'true' red tails because an adult can be expected to have a cherry red tail, whereas an adult BCI usually has a brown tail.

Hello I'll have my BCI Tuesday, i can't wait to get it. I'll post pics soon. thanks Aaron