BoA
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Amazing boas! You are very smart to have done what I think you did.... as in taking them out every day and handle them so they become hand tame, and people tame, and feeding them in different tanks so they know when to become aggressive. Very nice
Taking them out of the enclosure will not make them become more docile, and when they get big enough to take you down during feeding time -- it is not a good option. I know people that needed help from their spouses because they decided to pick up the boa from the feeding tub and move them to the enclosure. When these guys get to be 6' or more, it is serious. Although they may not kill you, they can deliver a nasty bite; some of them go for the face. It is not that they try to hurt humans, it just that their feeding response is incredibly strong and reactive.
Boas are probably one of the most tolerate of people out of all the reptiles out there, as long they are handled often, not treated like crap and not bothered around feeding or shedding times. I prefer handling boas over pythons anyway, even though pythons are my favorite. I think a friend of mine might pick me up a boa this fall or this spring anyway, judging from his questions on the Internet. Usually if he get an animal, he get another one extra for a friend for some reason. So I will have to see.
What kind of plant is in that picture? I wonder how long before it get enough mass to take it down.
Boas are probably one of the most tolerate of people out of all the reptiles out there, as long they are handled often, not treated like crap and not bothered around feeding or shedding times. I prefer handling boas over pythons anyway, even though pythons are my favorite. I think a friend of mine might pick me up a boa this fall or this spring anyway, judging from his questions on the Internet. Usually if he get an animal, he get another one extra for a friend for some reason. So I will have to see.
What kind of plant is in that picture? I wonder how long before it get enough mass to take it down.
toehead11183;1085121; said:
What species where they? I find Hogg Island boas and some locales of BCC are downright nasty sometimes. Of course with enough handling, they usually do calm down. Probably 98% of all the decently-treated boas are calm and melt like putty.
BloodyIrish is right about the problems you get from feeding them in different cages. I don't really have anything to add, other than don't dangle a dead rat in front of your snake unless you're holding it with a hemostat. That's how stupid people get their hands bitten by snakes who smell the dead rat but see the warm hand. Needless to say, I now just drop the dead rats in, close the cages, and leave.