Some Red Tail Questions

[I-KandyReptiles]

I have a confession: I'm having an affair.
Ball pythons are amazing, and I can't wait to breed mine, but I gotta admit.. I've always wanted one *big* snake.. and fell in love with red tails the first time I held a little hypo Columbian girl at a small local pet shop. So I decided that, one day, I will have just one RTB. (well, actually I want two, the albinos are amazing, but let's take it slow.)
This is going to be far off into the future, of course, but I like educating myself early to work it into my future plans. So, here we go:

1.) Where does one find a BCC? I tried to look around to price shop but no one seems to specify what theirs is.
2.) I notice there are variations in tail brightness- some babies have blood red tails, some have more of a brown color. Will the color they have as babies stay as they age?
3.) How fast to boas grow? This will determine when I will get my boa; I read it's okay to keep them in tubs as young'uns, until they get too big- and I want to make sure I have a nice large enclosure ready for my girl when that happens.
4.) To follow that up, when is "too big" for a tub? 5'? 6'?
5.) Red tails seem semi-aboreal... True?
6.) I read on redtailboas.com (or something like that) on their official care sheet that you can control how big your boa goes by feeding... that sounds incorrect.. yet it's on their care sheet on an official-looking site.
7.) I heard they have more personality than ballies?
8.) Where does one find the large 6x2x2 enclosures? Where can I find an even bigger and more decorative display one rather than a compact PVC box?
9.) How do you guys keep humidity up with such large enclosures?
10.) Vivarium for RTB: have you done it? is it manageable? any particular advice or tales to tell?

And lastly,
feel free to include a picture of your boa; they're gorgeous to look at. Sorry for the questions; I like to plan far in advance! Always best to know what you're getting into.

1). Are you wanting a BCC or a BCI?

BCC's are a lot more sensitive to their husbandry, or so I've heard. I only have BCI's.

Are you looking online? Lots of breeders should have both available.

2).I can't speak about their tails. I have an adopted 10 year old female BCI and a baby boa. I'm assuming they won't change THAT much.

3/4/5). My male boa is about 1200g. He takes up about 1/3 or 1/2 of a 41qt tub. Some people will keep boas their entire lifespan in the large Christmas tree runs.

I have both my boas in large cages now and offer both arboreal branches.

A lot of people will suggest a 4' cage minimum for a male and a 6' cage minimum for females.

6). Boas digest a lot slower than bps. They are typically slow grown, fed every 7-14 days as babies and longer in between as adults.

7). They have tons of personality. I find it hard to get them back in their cages!

8). Animal plastics, boaphile and other places ALL make bigger cages. If you want a nice big one though, I'd suggest making one.

9). I haven't had a problem with humidity in my large cage.

10). I don't do live plants.

My female BCI is in a 6' long, 4' high and 3' wide enclosure made out of wood.



She has no interest on leaving her branches:



My male is in a 4' by 2' by 2'.



And Moar pics

Conga:




Damon: