All I can speak to is my limited experience with Becky's male red tail that we are currently fostering. He's about 5.5 feet long and actually is getting weighed tonight but I can say he's dang heavy and bull strong!

He's a great snake considering what he's been through but totally unlike the ball pythons in his basic nature. He does do that sudden head movement thing and we have to constantly watch he doesn't swing into something accidentally. He is "busier" and doesn't ever just lay around when we get him out. We have to monitor him closely when out as he has had to be extracted from a table he decided he liked as well as my husband's favorite chair which was a major deal.

Considering how we are basically newbies in the snake world in most ways, had this snake not needed a home so very desperately, we would definitely not felt ready yet for the full-time forever ownership of one. It's definitely a thought for the future as Mike's very taken with the Surinam's I think they are called but not the near future, at least not for us.

Having said all this, they are a fantastic snake at least this one is and we will miss Rauri when he goes off to his "mom" in Texas (he best send me a freakin X-mas card Becky!)


~~Jo~~