http://www.redtailboas.com/general_c...eral_care.html has some great information on red tailed boas
or you could find BP.net's very own BCI care sheet here http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules/...warticle&id=13
Both these will probably have a lot of information to help you out.
A full grown male BCI, according to BP.net's care sheet should get 5'-8'
With this size snake, I think you would need an enclosure that is about 4' long by 2' deep, or if you insist on using a tank about 75 gallons.
I encourage you to build your own enclosure or housing device. Doing this is very rewarding and you can meet the specifcations that you need. You will be able to provide the type of heat source you want, you will be able to control the humidity the way you want, and you make alterations more easily (say you want to add on a shelf, you could just drill something in place. You could probably do all of these things with either a tank or a custom built enclosure, but a custom built enclosure is going to be more flexible.
I am thinking that rats will be able to do for the boas lifespan. Maybe if you get one on the higher end of the weight/length distribution you might have to feed something larger.
As for addiction, I think I've been moderately buying herp and herp related things, I couldn't stop at just one though
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