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    Columbian Red Tail Boa.

    Just got one of these, they're very nice. I like it much better than the ball python I used to have -- the boa is much more active, somewhat like a King snake (without the aggressive side). It's much more attractive, as well.

    It's currently about thirty inches in length and approx. two inches around, as it's a baby. As an adult, it should grow to around eight to ten feet in width.

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    http://www.exotictropicals.com/encyc...redtailboa.htm

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    Hehe, now there's a pet I certainly wouldn't have That snake does look nice though.

    Do you keep it in a cage or something?
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    Yeah. I'll take pictures of the setup I have soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shawn Weeks
    As an adult, it should grow to around eight to ten feet in width.
    That is one wide snake! Or did you mean length?

    Nice looking snake though

    How would you feed something like that?

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    Yes, I mean length.

    I'm going to feed it baby mice.

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    I have two. The female is Jafar and is 7 feet or so and pretty fat. The male, Oscar, is 5 feet and skinny.

    Oscar is supposedly heterozygous for albino, but so far my mating attempts have not been fruitful.

    If you have extra freezer room, I find it cheaper to order rats and mice in bulk a couple times a year from Rodentpro.com
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    As it gets older, I'll introduce frozen food into its diet.

    While it's so young, though, I'm going to feed it live fuzzies.
    Last edited by Shawn Weeks; 11-29-2004 at 12:38 AM.

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    Fuzzies? Whats a fuzzy?

    So you just pull a frozen mouse out of the freezer, and then presumably whack it in the microwave for a couple of minutes to defrost it?

    What would you do if one of these snakes escaped?

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    Tip: Don't use same microwave for defrosting mice as you do for cooking microwavable meals. End of tip.

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    Quote Originally Posted by r2d2
    What would you do if one of these snakes escaped?
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    To defrost frozen critters you stick them in a plastic bag and put them in a sink of hot water.
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    You know if he is already 30 inches long I'd think he'd be up above fuzzies already.
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    Congratulations on the new pet! I used to have a ball python. I've heard that red tail boas are generally more aggressive than other boas. Does he snap at you at all?

    I could never get my snake to eat frozen mice. It would have been nice, though. Sometimes I would put a mouse in his cage and he wouldn't eat it right away. If he didn't eat the mouse within 15-20 minutes, I would take it out so it (the mouse) wouldn't chew on him (the snake). I know that sounds crazy, but I've seen a mouse chew on a snake's tail when the snake wasn't hungry and left it alone for too long!

    Once when I was reaching in to remove a mouse, my snake suddenly decided he wanted it. Scared me pretty bad! From then on, I was a little more hesitant to reach into his cage when food was in there.

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    Well, keep him well-fed Good luck with the new snake.

    What do you do if you're holding a boa and they start wrapping around your arm?

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