Would you rather own a Brazilian Rainbow boa or a Red-tail boa?

[pugilist]

Apparently I've got some exceptional BRB's, because neither of them have ever so much as struck at me.

I had 22 at one point - one was the spawn of satan... but was an adult when I got her and never been handled, the rest were just fine.

The babies are nippy, but you see that in a lot of species.

I am not sure why they have such a bad wrap for being mean, It was certainly not my experience.

Now - they do have a HUGE feeding response - so maybe much of the "nippy" quotes are simply keeper errors/feed response that is mis-diagnosed as mean/aggressive.