free ball python??
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well im waitin to find out when i can meet up and check it out. so about how big do boas get? like a rough guess.. and i would imagine its a common boa, because we dont get any real exotic pet stores. and how hard would a boa be to take care of?
Depends on the subspecies. But yeah females usually average between 8-10, while males usually don't get past 8 ft.
If you know any current keepers that might want the chance of it, mention it to them. Someone with some experiance might be happy to take a free snake, but I think it would be a bit of a rushed decision for you to take it. If not find the species, do the research, see if you can handle it - not the snake, the task of keeping it, and take it from there.
im pretty sure that i can handle the task of taking care of it, but i talked to one of my local pet stores, and he said if i bring it in he will give me a different snake that i could handle better, like a BP or corn snake or a king snake. i just dont want a 8' monster... i would prefer something a lil smaller.
thanks to all that have replied, i appreciate the advice....
thanks to all that have replied, i appreciate the advice....
well the lady went to las vagas for a week. still waiting to hear back. when i talked to the local pet store, they said if i didnt want the it if it was a RTB, they would give me a partial trade on a lavender king snake..... i thought it was pretty tempting, the lavender king had amazing color!!
Jessica Dring;1261080; said:
Oh come on, Show me a 12 foot Red tail boa, that WASNT a myth,
lets not exadurate, I have full grown WELL fed, 8-9 foot female Suri's,
they are complete monsters, i have only ever seen TWO bigger then that in my life, (biggest was at 10 and 1/4 foot) and ive heard a few accounts of them getting even bigger, but very few people can PROVE it is,
If you don't have many reptile stores around its probably a Colombian BCI
If its male, it will stay pretty small, 4-5 ft average, female 5-6 Average,
not saying they can't get bigger, with good feeding and care, they may.. but probably not. Nothing compared to some of the BCC Monster locales, so don't worry yourself,
Honestly a RTB is more pleasure to work with then a BP would ever be, Boas are more active, more fun, less picky... if its a boa jump on the offer, BPs are a pain in the ass,
