My First

[Enser54]

I just got my first RTB today, hes already pretty large as he is 5yrs old and very strong. He seems to always want to explore, and if you don't want him to go somewhere he just grips on and I can't even make him budge. His scales feel so rigid compared to my BP, almost like prickers it is weird.

Any information or words of advice for keeping him?

[ev477]

And no pictures?!?!?

http://www.redtailboas.com/general_c...eral_care.html

There is a care sheet for some pretty good information.
I can say that if you haven't fed it yet, they love to eat, be prepared for a very strong feeding response.

[Enser54]

I was having a real hard time getting him to sit still for a picture but heres what I managed to get [its not a very good pic]:

[starmom]

He is AWESOME!!!
Congrats!

[Enser54]

thanks! can anybody tell me from the picture I posted exactly what type [region] of RTB he is?

[Thor26]

the only true way to tell is a scale count but my guess is a colombian bci considering i cant see the tail either

[Enser54]

yeah it is a poor picture, I'll try to get a better one soon showing all of him. The reason I picked him up was because the seller had him in some poor conditions and I didn't want to leave him there, and it seems he has a RI! Tomorrow I'm going to take him to the reptile vet to have him checked out and hopefully work out the issue.

[SamuraiZr0]

I think he/she's pretty

[Patrick Long]

Its just a Normal BCI, but that said, BCI's are awesome!