First Colombian Red Tail Boa!!!!

[probe7899]

Hi I have a few questions that hopefully some one can help me with. I am thinking of getting a colombian red tail boa and I am wondering as far as a pet snake how are they???? Are they very aggressive or are they docile( do they mind being handled)?? How big do they grow to be and how much do they weigh when full grown, and what size tank do they require and any other husbandry info that you can provide...
Thanks
Briain

[ReneeB]

do some research online, look at various care sheets.. THEN ask questions.. all of these would be answered already if you looked at a caresheet

[probe7899]

There would be no need for forums then because you can find everything through care sheets but I rathered some personal opinions. So hopefully some body with out a bad attitude will help out.....

[McPatch]

All of my columbians are great.This goes for my 8 footer down to my little ones that are 5months old.They all have their own personality,and temperment.The more you handle them the more used to it they become,the better they are.Hope this helps.

Darren

[Jeff_Favelle]

Not really man. Forums are great, but they become a 1000x more useful after you already have a grasp of the knowledge available. Renne is completely right. Not everyone just wants to regurge care sheet info when you could simply look that info up yourself. Now, once you have a grasp of that info that's readily available, then you can ask other questions. Insightful questions. Then a dialogue can be started and then we really progress.

But asking for people to regurge stuff that's out there (ad nauseum) doesn't always work.

But, I'm a sucker so here goes:

Bci adults will need at least a 4x2x2 cage with a hot spot of 90F and a cool end of 75-78F. Big enough water dish for soaking, feed them once a week, keep them on newspaper........yeah, there's a ton more, but really, my head hurts when trying to answer a question like "how do you keep a boa"? Its really too hard to answer. If you asked, "what's the preferred temp of a Bci?", or "I know the preferred temp. of a Bci, but how do I accomplish this in a cage like this" etc etc. Those are much easier and funner questions to answer. If you truly want to benefit from the experience of someone who's done something before, then read all the info that they read, and then you'll be on the same level as them regarding everything, except experience.

[McPatch]

nicely put Jeff