New Member of the RTB Club
OK folks welcome me in! After several years of soul searching about whether I was willing to take on 30 years of caring for a Red Tail that will probably hit 8 feet I decided I was. Up until now my only boa has been a Dumerils that I love but I have always been attracted to Red Tails they are just so beautiful.
I made the decision last month that if I found one that "spoke to me" at the NARBC I was willing to do it. This is the one that hooked me. I got him from Winding Creek Herps and he had a whole bunch of them that were about 21 months old and healthy as heck at about 3ish feet long. I opted for a male figuring it would be a bit easier to care for as they get less bulky. He did tell me that all his adults are in the 8 foot range so I should have a big boy in a few years.
What struck me on these boas of his is just how stunning they are for a "normal". They are such a light blonde they almost look hypo. I think sometimes we are over morphed, this seems to be about as perfect as a boa can be all direct from Mother Nature. Check him out,
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To give some scale the water dish is not one those small tiny ones but one size up about the size you would use to feed an medium sized dog.
This guy is real friendly no aggression at all. The breeder doesn't handle the babies much so he is a bit squirmy and likes to travel a lot while you hold him but I figure he will calm down. He is settling in now and I am resisting the temptation to handle him until he has a week, then a meal and another week.
Anyway I am really stoked to finally have taken the leap.
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wow a bp and an rtb in one day and such beauties also not to throw the board off but i signed up for the African house snake website great info and i just got done reading that the free reptile book download when i joined.
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I too love the normals! So, so beautiful and such a range within 'normal'! Yeah, holy cow, a ball and boa!! Do you have them QT'd in separate rooms?
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I too love the normals! So, so beautiful and such a range within 'normal'! Yeah, holy cow, a ball and boa!! Do you have them QT'd in separate rooms?
No not separate rooms but separate quarters for sure. I am not that concerned being I know the source of both animals. Certainly they will not come in direct contact with each other (or any other members of the family) for a long time. I keep sanitizer in my snake room and always use it going snake to snake and have never had a problem.
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well congrats on the new pick ups and enjoy the rtb i love mine i have toget pics of him but hes in shed right now so i wanna get him when hes done
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He is doing well the guy said he had been a week since a feed so after two days of rest I offered him a mouse. No interest it seemed, I left the room and went back in an hour he was on the hot side snoozing with a nice bump in him. :banana: Always nice when the seller says "ya he is on PK" and it ends up being true. Unlike my JCP I won't have to go get rats for this one every week.:taz:
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Excellent, excellent, excellent example of the species! Sexy as hell... seriously that's one good looking boa. Congrats and welcome! :D
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wow, he's a real jaw-dropper!
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Congrats! He's a real beauty...welcome to boa club.
The first rule of boa club is that we don't talk about boa club.
The second rule of boa club is that...we clean up lots of pee. :P
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Congrats! He's a real beauty...welcome to boa club.
The first rule of boa club is that we don't talk about boa club.
The second rule of boa club is that...we clean up lots of pee. :P
I think the last word is blood and I think you are talking about Fight Club.....:gj:
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I think the last word is blood and I think you are talking about Fight Club.....:gj:
Not in boa club! My boa loves to marinate in her own wee-wee...:rolleyes:
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Not in boa club! My boa loves to marinate in her own wee-wee...:rolleyes:
I know what you mean my Dumerils has a huge viv compared to his current size and where does he deposit both types of waste? Under the Aspen exactly where he likes most to burrow under it. Last time I took him out he had some stuck on him, :puke:. Why they feel the need to do this I have no idea. My carpet python just can't seem to do her "business" with out doing it DIRECTLY in her water bowel, :weirdface.
Boids are weird animals. Good news is I gave my new RTB a nice small adult rat today and none of the timid eating of the first one, nope SLAMMMMEDDDDDD it, :snake: Guess he just needed time to settle in. I am glad I finally took on a RTB even with 14 other species I think he is quickly becoming my favorite.
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Boids are weird animals. Good news is I gave my new RTB a nice small adult rat today and none of the timid eating of the first one, nope SLAMMMMEDDDDDD it, :snake: Guess he just needed time to settle in. I am glad I finally took on a RTB even with 14 other species I think he is quickly becoming my favorite.
They'll slither right into your heart...no house is a home without a boa. :D
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Congrats! He's a real beauty...welcome to boa club.
The first rule of boa club is that we don't talk about boa club.
The second rule of boa club is that...we clean up lots of pee. :P
I can certainly agree with the second rule, but it's not that bad really if kept on a thick layer of aspen. They are very rewarding snakes :D
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The first rule of boa club is that we don't talk about boa club.
The second rule of boa club is that...we clean up lots of pee. :P
Pssstttttttt Cass, should be break it to Jack about the huge dumps they do when they are adults???? :D
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jjspirko
Good news is I gave my new RTB a nice small adult rat today and none of the timid eating of the first one, nope SLAMMMMEDDDDDD it, :snake: Guess he just needed time to settle in. I am glad I finally took on a RTB even with 14 other species I think he is quickly becoming my favorite.
Jack, he's absolutely gorgeous! I can see why he spoke to you. Welcome to the wonderful world of owning an RTB! They very quickly steal your heart. :)
I love the feeding response of these types of snakes. They generally do exactly what you saw - incredibly fast, bull strong, very long strike range type of feeding. If a ball python refuses we don't generally worry immediately, but if one of the boa's won't eat....well that's an event to wonder about LOL.
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They'll slither right into your heart...no house is a home without a boa. :D
Well said Cass!
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Pssstttttttt Cass, should be break it to Jack about the huge dumps they do when they are adults???? :D
No Worries Franky,
I did enough zoo work in the past to have cleaned up more then a few horse sized dump piles from boas, conda, burms and retics. It ain't that bad, have you ever cleaned up after a big cribo?
