Pictures of full grown male boas

[Billy29]

I am contemplating getting a boa but as you probably have seen in my other posts I don't want anything too big that could take down a twenty pound dog or cat. I know the females can get big and fat. A lot of the pictures on the Internet are people showing off their big females. I just want to see what is typical size for a male red tail boa to get to.


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[Reinz]

Billy, you are way too paranoid. Those big snakes you see being shown off are from folks power feeding and over feeding.

My 6 ft female BCI may be as big as the largest part of a baseball bat. When she squeezes or looking at photos she may look bigger. She is basically finished growing.

My point is, at this size even a jumbo rat is a stretch for her that I don't feel comfortable giving her. I just give her medium or large rats.

She might go for a pet guinea pig or small rabbit IF VERY HUNGRY and given the opportunity, but a dog or cat? No way!

[frostysBP]

Billy, you are way too paranoid. Those big snakes you see being shown off are from folks power feeding and over feeding.

My 6 ft female BCI may be as big as the largest part of a baseball bat. When she squeezes or looking at photos she may look bigger. She is basically finished growing.

My point is, at this size even a jumbo rat is a stretch for her that I don't feel comfortable giving her. I just give her medium or large rats.

She might go for a pet guinea pig or small rabbit IF VERY HUNGRY and given the opportunity, but a dog or cat? No way!

This exactly.. If you feed them like you should for slow growth you will not end up with a giant dog eating snake....the movies and story's got into ur brain I have a 7 year old female that is maby 6 feet and like 8 pounds. And eats 1 large rat every two weeks. The largest one I seen was about 9 foot and 35 pounds but this particular femal was power fed like crazy this snake was so fat and lazy it never moved. This snake was very unhealthy and is due to have a shortened life span. My suggestion to you would be to get some hands on time with an adult if you can get a chance. Or talk to the breeder you are getting one from and ask them about the size of the parents.

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[Billy29]

I love Surinam red tails, they seem to have a lot of contrast between the body and the tails.

I'm starting to think if I get a male that I might be ok.


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[bcr229]

I love Surinam red tails, they seem to have a lot of contrast between the body and the tails.

I'm starting to think if I get a male that I might be ok.

Note that the BCC's (Suri's and Guyana) are the biggest boa constrictors out there. We saw a 12' ten year old female at an expo and she was absolutely not a fat slug, she had been slow grown. She was also a sweetheart to handle. Sure, some individual males can potentially get up to 10 feet but it takes a very long time for them to grow that large.

I have a couple of four year old male BCI's, one Kahl albino and one hypo pastel. Neither were power fed. I'd say they're in the 6-7 foot range and they're both very handleable.

[Billy29]

That ends the Surinam idea. I guess I'm going to stick with a imperator but have to find one that has the high contrast. Can anyone guide me in the right direction. A 5 to 7 foot snake doesn't sound too big to me.


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[bcr229]

That ends the Surinam idea. I guess I'm going to stick with a imperator but have to find one that has the high contrast. Can anyone guide me in the right direction.

There are many truly stunning BCI morphs and combos. It'll boil down to what you like, and what you can afford.

[frostysBP]

hypo motley het albino hypo het albino

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[frostysBP]

Those are not full grown but just the pics I had available on this phone.

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[HVani]

I love hypos, they have such a clean look.

I have a sunglow and he is cream and orange with some pink.