What is a good tip for keeping red tails?

Ok, there is a possibility that i will be rescuing two female red tails from a woman in my town who cant care for them or the two other snakes and two lizards... im only interested in the boas...

she keeps them together, cause they always have been together... the largest is about 6 foot...

Uh, firstly, im going to separate them when i see their size, if the smaller one can live in a 40 gal for qt thats whats going to happen. uh, do yall have any good tips? i have read up on them before, but i was curious if you had any good ideas...

Thanks guys
-Sara

I suggest to feed them frozen thawed, because of the size of the prey that you will be feeding them. I suggest using tongs while feeding. They have a great feeding response.

They are fairly easy to take care of. Much like taking care of a ball python. They are much more inquisitive than a ball when handling though.

Hope this helps.

alright, dumb question but what is the best f/t food for a 6 foot red tail?

im guessing because of my rainbow eating med rats a red tail would that size shouldnt be to diff...

i feel so stupid hahha.
but i just wanna give these two girls a good rest of their lives lol

well... my 3-4 foot boas are currently on med. rats, and i'm about to bump them up, you have a 6 foot rainbow on mediums? Does that even leave a bump? Anyway off topic, medium should be fine because depending on their current state of health you don't want to feed them too large a meal.

My 5'3" boa eats large rats and is very close to going up to XL. You'd be fine getting a couple large ones and if they don't leave a lump, then step up to XL.

yeah, it does... they might be large, but they arnt the biggest ones you can get at the pet store, and its cheeper for me to get them there lol.

uh, ok, i'll prolly get a size smaller for them to start on... i dont wanna feed them to much to start judging from the pic on craigslist one of them is at a healthy weight... so we shall see... in 4 hours lol... i just dont wanna stress them to to much... any way...

today couldnt go much slower haha

thanks for yalls help...

any idea if a 6 foot boa could fit in a 40 gal breeder viv for QT?
i really dont wanna house them together...

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Originally Posted by ChicaPiton519

alright, dumb question but what is the best f/t food for a 6 foot red tail?

im guessing because of my rainbow eating med rats a red tail would that size shouldnt be to diff...

i feel so stupid hahha.
but i just wanna give these two girls a good rest of their lives lol

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Thats not a dumb question at all. The prey item should be about the same thickness as the thickest part of your boa. I feed my 6.5' female Jumbo rats, and my 4 - 4.5' male medium / large. I also started feeding them every two weeks, as opposed to every week since the items are much larger than what I feed my balls.

Hope this helps.

Hi Sara~

None of my boas are that big and so I'm not much help in answering any of your questions.

I just want to say how awesome it is that you are rescuing these two girls and how excited I am to see pictures of them :)

You rock!! :gj:

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I also started feeding them every two weeks, as opposed to every week since the items are much larger than what I feed my balls.

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ok, i was actually going to ask that next, lol... thanks!

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Originally Posted by starmom

I just want to say how awesome it is that you are rescuing these two girls and how excited I am to see pictures of them :)

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well, i figured, i have always wanted a red tail... and my mom found the add, talked to my dad and they agreed that i could get them... shes asking a small adoption fee and they come with their large tank...

a friend of mine told me i was backwards because i always get big adults (when it comes to the big snakes) and then babies.... lol...

I feed Jumbo rat every other week for my adult females. Sometimes a chicken if my breeder has some that hes giving away.

As far as tips go.......be cautious. These are extremely powerful snakes, and wont hesitate to show you that. But that being said, they also have some of THEE best personalities, I think, of any snake around.

the lady said on the phone that they are sweet snakes, and handleable, so im hoping that thats the truth...


NOW
qt, im going to go with 3 months, in my sunroom, the only ways into the room are through my parents bedroom and our living room... im going to bring the snakes in through the outside door into there... cause i basically dont wanna take any chances of mites...

i have to find a new vet because after my dog adventure our old one will no longer help us.... they sent us the records for both of the dogs and my ball python that i had brought to her...
but as soon as i find one that does exotics they are going.... and i'll be treating them for paracites, but what about mites, what sort of precautions should i take? im going to get some stuff to treat that... what kind should i get?


i have never had to deal with mites before, and these snakes could be perfectly fine, i would just rather have the answers before something happens so i know what to do and what to get...

Provent-A-Mite is what I use on the enclosures of new snakes coming into my home. Even though I've always purchased from breeders, every snake enclosure still gets the treatment.

It's good that you'll be doing a fecal float on them too :gj:

where would i get provent-a-mite?
i dont think the pet stores by me have that... they might...

im so excited...
i cant wait to get pics... thats always my favorite part about getting new snakes!!!!

uh, im trying to think of more questions... ahha

but i seriously need to figure out this vet sitch...

off topic but what happened with the dog?

her and her sister were wrestling and it got a little rougher, and she got a slash in her hind right leg... its healing up now but we sat in the vets office for 2 hours and then were told it would be almost another 2 hours [we were walk ins] my mom called a new vet and we walked out, so a week later or so we got all our records in the mail... :)
it didnt matter to them that my dogs leg was ripped open and that it was oosing stuff... they were to busy taking dogs back that just needed to be checked for worms and stuff... lol