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2 People??
With an average size male boa, would it take 2 people to get him out and handle him. This is about the only thing keeping me from getting a RTB. I can handle the nippyness.
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Re: 2 People??
Unless you are unusually small or frail you will be fine.. Thye are a powerful animal though...
Just a reptile lover!!!!!
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It all depends on what you are comfortable with....up to a certain size
Personally, anything over 8'.....I would not even attempt to hold an 8'+ snake on my own.
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We are fostering a 5.5 foot male columbian boa. He's is girthy, heavy and very strong for his size as I'm sure most of them are. He's also incredibly easy going but as a matter of rule and to set a firm example for our teenagers I don't remove him alone as he is longer than I am tall (short female here LOL). Our only problem with handling him actually is it takes two of us to get him back in his enclosure as he struggles a bit and slithers quickly back out as fast as you can put him in LOL. He also seems a lot more active when out than any of our ball pythons and definitely takes careful watching as he gets into everything. When he wants to though he can be very lazy and will cuddle under a blanket and watch tv with anyone that's willing to have a rather large lap snake LOL.
~~Jo~~
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Re: 2 People??
Whats a general growth rate. Whats the poundage on a average adult male too.
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Re: 2 People??
General Growth Rate? Not exactly sure; they are born already close, if not, to two feet. They will probably grow at least three feet, some more, in the first year. Although, they will slow down after that. Most are not as big as people say they can get. females 7-9 and males 5-7 feet. a nine foot female will weigh as much as 70-75 lbs--I think .
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Re: 2 People??
You should have 2 people to help you handle a snake when you know longer feel comfortable doing it alone. This will be different for every person. One thing that should be the same is any time a snake 10' or greater is out it there should always be 2 people present. Any time the enclosure must be opened there should be atleast 1 other adult in the house in hearing distance.
-Sean
Mazdaspeed 3, yeah its silly fast!
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My 5.5' boa I handle/feed/give shots to by myself.
My 7' 4" 21lb female I probably should have someone with me to deal with. I never do anything with her unless someone else is home. Yesterday I took her downstairs soaked her in the tub and gave her a shot by myself.
I've held a 12' burm by myself (but with others around), but I wouldn't recommend you doing anything with an animal of that size with no one else around. A boa won't get that big though..
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Re: 2 People??
My decision just got a lot harder now that I found some nicaraguan boas. So I have to decide to either get a columbian male from a nice shop round here or to mail order a nicaraguan.
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