Can A 6 or 7ft Red Tail Boa Eat A...

26in Cat It Sounds Like A Dumb Question But I Got To Know.

depends on how big the cat is, even if it couldnt swallow the cat it might still kill it.
please dont tell me you wanna feed a cat to your snake...

no lol i have a cat and 3 kittens and im gettin a baby male columbian red tail boa and my cat is like a said head to tail 26 inches maybe more

has nothing to do with the length of the cat. its the size in weight that will determine if it can take it out. a fully grown BOA pushing 7+ft will take out your average cat and eat it no problem

I would say that it could eat it. Are you worried about it getting out and eating the kitten?

not as a baby also how big should his enclosure be as a adult

my guess would be a 4x2 for a full grown
a baby can be in a rack till it out grows it

male adults will need 4x2x2 and females will need minimum 6x2x2 sometimes 5x2x2 for smaller females

thanks one more question would it eat my cat

if it got the opportunity to it probably would

A boa of 6 or 7 feet could very likely kill and eat a cat. The more important question, I think, is why you would be concerned about this in the first place. There is no reason I can think of why any snake and any cat would ever be in such close and unsupervised proximity to each other that might result in this situation ever arising. The cat could also harm the snake when it was too young to protect itself. Cats are predators at heart.

So yes it's a possibility and if it occurred it would be the owner's fault for not keeping the snake and cat apart and safe from each other.

well ball pythons here i come

dont let that turn you off from getting a red tail. You just have to be responsible owner. When you handle the snake make sure the cats are locked out of the room that the snake is in. Remember with a 6 or 7 foot snake to have someone else there to help if things go wrong

Ok I rethought my decision and im going to get a red tail boa and when it gets big its going in a different room

Just be smart about handling it and there shouldn't be a problem. Make sure you get the proper caging for it as an adult.

I've seen some pretty big cats.

I doubt a 7 footer would handle one of those 20lb+ maine coons.. though I suppose I could be surprised.

It doesn't sound like your cat is that big though, lol.

maybe i should get a hog island boa

Like they said... there should never really be any chance for the snake to even encounter your cat unsupervised. BTW most cats are terrified of snakes and won't go near them. My 2.5 foot rosy boa scares the crap out of my cat lol...

My cats are fascinated by my snakes and not scared at all. Whenever my boa is out,the cats are put into another room "just in case" and that's a lot because my cats ARE NOT afraid of the snakes and would have no problem walking right up to it as if to say "Here I am! Free Dinner!"

one thing is that i dont have alot of room to keep my cats away

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Originally Posted by MinLynn

My cats are fascinated by my snakes and not scared at all. Whenever my boa is out,the cats are put into another room "just in case" and that's a lot because my cats ARE NOT afraid of the snakes and would have no problem walking right up to it as if to say "Here I am! Free Dinner!"

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Like they say, curiosity killed the cat!!

You don't have an extra room to put them in? I have 6 cats and they either go into my bedroom or downstairs in the basement play room when they big guys are being handled. I don't worry so much when I have my corns out and my beardies actually get along great with my cats(Tequila will actually fall asleep in my 21lb cat's fur) but the big guys I keep away from the cats. Heck you could even put them in the bathroom if it's just a short handling session.

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Originally Posted by ev477

like they say, curiosity killed the cat!!

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lol! Exactly!:p

if i had a big boa i would either keep it in my room or a spare room that has a door that can be closed when taking the snake out.

Not for handling but to keep it in