New BCA (south Brazilian) Male

[artgecko]

So far... very chill. He didn't hiss or strike at me (I did use a hook to remove from his enclosure though) and once out, he just wanted to "look" around and tried to crawl on stuff. Didn't tense up on me or try to "run" at all. I was impressed considering he just arrived yesterday. Tom said that the BCAs are the most chill of the boas he has and that this guy should be the same once I've handled him more (Tom had not had time handle him a lot due to the number of snakes he has).

I'll be curious to see how big he gets... They're supposed to stay smaller than BCIs length-wise, but get pretty chunky. I'm hoping that both myself and my husband are comfortable with his size as he grows, so that we'll feel confident about getting other boas in the future. I'm also really curious about his colors and contrast as he matures, I'd love it if his background color stayed lighter, but we'll see how it goes.

Gio- I know someone else bought another male from him several months ago, so it could've been that one too. This was the last male of the litter and he was born on 8/11/12, so about 1.5 years old. He's still got, I think, 2 or 3 females left, one of which was the most expensive, so I'm assuming best example from the litter.

I was really happy dealing with Tom, I think that at the price I got this male for, he's definitely not looking to price-gouge anyone. I got in contact with him on another forum and he gave me great information about boas in a thread even without knowing I"d eventually purchase from him. I haven't talked to him on the phone yet, but he did leave me a message to tell me when the snake had shipped and about the heat pack with him, etc. and he's been very professional and friendly through email. I would definitely buy from him again, but I don't think he works with the BCI morphs that I'm interested in (he just had some sunglows, albinos, hypos, and hets born but doesn't work with pastels or jungles that I know of).

I'll have to start a pic thread for this little guy so that I can keep everyone updated on his growth, colors, and weight.

An OT question for you guys... Based on the pics, do you think he would take rat pups? The breeder had been feeding him small rats every 2 weeks, but I want to use a 10 day schedule at first, so I was thinking smaller prey items would be better.. I do have small and weaned rats if he needs to eat items that large at this point.

Thanks for the feedback guys!