REd tails are very good snakes. If you have any experience with ball pythons and have good husbandry down then I dont see any reason why a RTB couldn't thrive with you also. They are lovely animals very very very docile I have yet to see a nippy red tail even as babies most if not all are quite calm. Just do a little research on which locality you would like to buy. Most likely you will get a BCI (not a true red tail.) Which arent as large as bcc specimens.