billy - 2013-04-07 Hey there just wondering I am geting a 6 ft Colombian boa and would they kill a dog or a baby if she got out? Are they vicious? Do they act like a wild predator?
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Jeremy Roche - 2013-04-07 It is very possible. They can easily suffercate a baby. It is not that they are vicious, it is nature.
Anthony Harden - 2013-03-22 I have a Redtail Boa, its name is CHANGE. I had it for about three months and I am Loving him.This is my first BOA.....Thumbs Up to BOA`s 1LOVE
Ernest Williams - 2011-09-23 I just discovered after buying 100 mini-pinkies for $65,that my 3 foot baby rtb would not eat them. They are to small for him to consider as prey. I ordered them from Big Apple Pet Supply. I did not have $75 to order 25 rat pups from Big Apple Pet Supply. I looked for another supplier and found Layne Laboratories.com. They have more options in order size 10 a time for most of they mice and rats. They also 25,50,100,500,1000 order sizes. I bought 10 rat pups for $49.24,a big price difference. I like the 10 a time option. I can step up the rat size every 2 months,if I need to keep up with his growth. The rat pups are still a tad small for him,but with in minutes of me offering one to him,he ate it. I will order 10 weaned rats from Layne Laboratories.com next time at $47.34. I would hate to waste the 99 mini-pinkies that are left I will sale them for $40 to any one in the west Atlanta area,you can reach me at wolfman2468@live.com
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chris - 2012-12-26 I've owned and deal with all types of snakes. Your 3ft boa should be on small too medium size rats. He or She should be eating 2 smalls or 1 meduim once a week or every 2 weeks. Rats are better for them its makes the snake healthy. Then full grown it will be eating super & or mega jumbo rats or rabbits what ever you deside
LaTischa Franzmeier - 2011-07-19 I recently picked up a very young RTB from a local petstore. She was very weak and thin and wouldn't grip my fingers. She did a little bit of climbing around her terrarium, but she seemed to stare off into space a lot, and this morning, I found her dead with her mouth slightly on edge. The space on her cloaca was a light orangey red yesterday and appeared to be swollen, but didn't feel hard. She seemed coordinated enough, but just weak. There are no mites that I can see. Does this sound like IBD? I am freaking out because I am babysitting a friend's python, and I don't want her to catch it.
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Clarice Brough - 2011-08-01 Wow, so sorry about loosing your boa. From what I understand, IBD is very hard to diagnose, and takes a liver biopsy to be sure - is what I've heard. It's also primarily transmited by mites. So as long as your area is clean, and you haven't seen any mites during the time you kept your snake.. I'd guess you're okay taking care of your friend's python
LaTischa Franzmeier - 2012-01-10 No worries. It's been a few months and that definitely wasn't it. Just a bad pet store.
kc - 2012-03-13 I have a red tailed boa and he's gasping for air. I don't know what to do
Jake the Snake - 2012-03-28 Might be a respiratory infection, 2 of my ball pythons have had one, so has my friends red tail. What other symptoms does it have?
Anonymous - 2012-04-26 I had a baby CRT die on me from a internal parasite and he was sold to us like that so the store gave us a 1 1/2 yr old CRT male for free. I would get the ball python away from where the other snake died because it can catch it clean everything up immediately. I'm sorry for your loss I know how it feels my snake died in my arms on the way to the vet also had a huge lump and mouth open but it was because his stomach exploded due to the parasite
Anonymous - 2012-04-26 For the respiratory infection, you can either buy medicine or do what I had to do. Just crank the heat up a little bit than how it usually is and make sure it has extra extra humidity. If it keeps breathing out of its mouth get it to the vet ASAP
chris riccitelli - 2012-12-26 Sorry to here about your boa it could of been an import. Also you said it was stare into space a lot, check out star gazing disease
Lori Mo - 2012-07-23 I just purchased a RTB and a Caramel Royal Python. The sellers were so quick to get rid of them they sold them both to me for $50. They had them both in a plmastic shoe box. The seller said neither had fed in 2 months. Actually once I began to handle them I realized these beautiful creatures were severely dehyrated and underfed. The RTB wasn't round but like a flatworm and is 6 feet long and weight is 2.8lbs. When I took them home Chance RTB, at 66 hoppers and one adult, drank 1/2 cup of water. He is getting less lethargic, but any suggestions on how to build I'm up to his proper weight, he was cage aggressive but I waited until he seemed to be satisified from feeding before putting him in his tank. He didn't show any signs of biting me but wrapped loosely around my arm and laid his head in my hand and stayed there. Any ideas on how to get him safely to where he needs to be?
Liz Lewis - 2012-06-26 hi could any 1 tell me what light or heating u use for a 10 months old bora in a 3ft viv
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-06-26 Repti-Glow light is a great choice for lighting. Do not use any ground heating sources as this can dry your snake out. An infrared heating source at the top of cage works best. Make sure to have a guard around it to make sure the snake doesn't getr burned.
gypsy mills - 2012-05-07 I bought my husband a seven month old red tailed boa recently. It's the youngest snake we have owned so I'm not sure the proper feeding schedule. Our red tailed boa is approximately 3 feet long but very thin.
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-05-08 Really depends on size of food. Once or twice a week is good for that age.
happy - 2008-12-12 My family owns a beautiful RTB, we call him McSnakerson. We love him dearly. He has to be the easiet pet to have. However, when it comes to feeding time he can be very agressive. We feed him in a separate feeding area other than his home. We do this to pevent the possibility of him striking. Funny thing though, one time I moved him into his feeding box and he knew it so I began to get ready to put the rat in. McSnakerson kept striking the cage and as I tried to walk to another side to drop in the rat he had his eye on me and just kept following me. Needless to say I had to get someone else in the room to distract him so I could drop in the rat. McSnakerson is the perfect eater though, always ready and quick to it. He is my first reptile pet and my love for snakes has grown cuz of it. We now own a Ball Python as well. He on the other hand, is another story, but loveable just the same.
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Ernest Williams - 2011-09-23 You should always use tongs to feed your snake. You should never hand feed your snake, your scent will mix with the feeder rat. I wait until he is in cool hide. I have have half top open,so he can see just the rat. I shake the cage a little, to get his attention. Then I slowly lower the rat to about 2 inches above the hide. He usually take it within a couple minutes. You should should also clean your feeding box with a pet safe cleaner like Zoo Med Wipe Out 1 Disinfectant. That will get rid of the rats smell.
Trevor - 2012-02-02 I've had my RTB (Ka'ne) for about a 1/2 year, never had any problems, and she has been the best. But due to financial problems, i haven't been able to feed her , her normal 2 mice a week, and had to wait a week and a half, i went to grab her and she bit me, i know it is my fault for not feeding her on time, but just want to know if once they bite you, and taste your blood, will they continue to bite you for no reason, or will i be able to play with her like normal after feeding?
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mike - 2012-02-21 Trevor, he only bit you because he probably associated the sound of the cage opening with feeding time and when he saw the movement of your hand he thought is was food. Had he had a chance to smell you before you reached in he would have known food was not present, unless you smell like a mouse ;) and maybe would not have stuck at you. They don't bite for no reason, either food or protection, he won't bite you because he like the taste of your blood. Otherwise, that happens, when you play with fire you get burned, or in this case, when you play with snakes you get bit.
Lex Bradley - 2012-02-17 I got my red tail black a while ago when she was a year old and so far she's been fairly good. Growing fast. I was thinking about getting rid of her sometime when she gets really big but then again I might not because I want to work with animals when I get a job and having her would help a lot.
The Colombian Boa or Common Boa has an exotic appearance, and is considered by many to be the most beautiful of the constrictors.
Hey there just wondering I am geting a 6 ft Colombian boa and would they kill a dog or a baby if she got out? Are they vicious? Do they act like a wild predator?
It is very possible. They can easily suffercate a baby. It is not that they are vicious, it is nature.
I have a Redtail Boa, its name is CHANGE. I had it for about three months and I am Loving him.This is my first BOA.....Thumbs Up to BOA`s 1LOVE
I just discovered after buying 100 mini-pinkies for $65,that my 3 foot baby rtb would not eat them. They are to small for him to consider as prey. I ordered them from Big Apple Pet Supply. I did not have $75 to order 25 rat pups from Big Apple Pet Supply. I looked for another supplier and found Layne Laboratories.com. They have more options in order size 10 a time for most of they mice and rats. They also 25,50,100,500,1000 order sizes. I bought 10 rat pups for $49.24,a big price difference. I like the 10 a time option. I can step up the rat size every 2 months,if I need to keep up with his growth. The rat pups are still a tad small for him,but with in minutes of me offering one to him,he ate it. I will order 10 weaned rats from Layne Laboratories.com next time at $47.34. I would hate to waste the 99 mini-pinkies that are left I will sale them for $40 to any one in the west Atlanta area,you can reach me at wolfman2468@live.com
I've owned and deal with all types of snakes. Your 3ft boa should be on small too medium size rats. He or She should be eating 2 smalls or 1 meduim once a week or every 2 weeks. Rats are better for them its makes the snake healthy. Then full grown it will be eating super & or mega jumbo rats or rabbits what ever you deside
I recently picked up a very young RTB from a local petstore. She was very weak and thin and wouldn't grip my fingers. She did a little bit of climbing around her terrarium, but she seemed to stare off into space a lot, and this morning, I found her dead with her mouth slightly on edge. The space on her cloaca was a light orangey red yesterday and appeared to be swollen, but didn't feel hard. She seemed coordinated enough, but just weak. There are no mites that I can see. Does this sound like IBD? I am freaking out because I am babysitting a friend's python, and I don't want her to catch it.
Wow, so sorry about loosing your boa. From what I understand, IBD is very hard to diagnose, and takes a liver biopsy to be sure - is what I've heard. It's also primarily transmited by mites. So as long as your area is clean, and you haven't seen any mites during the time you kept your snake.. I'd guess you're okay taking care of your friend's python
No worries. It's been a few months and that definitely wasn't it. Just a bad pet store.
I have a red tailed boa and he's gasping for air. I don't know what to do
Might be a respiratory infection, 2 of my ball pythons have had one, so has my friends red tail. What other symptoms does it have?
I had a baby CRT die on me from a internal parasite and he was sold to us like that so the store gave us a 1 1/2 yr old CRT male for free. I would get the ball python away from where the other snake died because it can catch it clean everything up immediately. I'm sorry for your loss I know how it feels my snake died in my arms on the way to the vet also had a huge lump and mouth open but it was because his stomach exploded due to the parasite
For the respiratory infection, you can either buy medicine or do what I had to do. Just crank the heat up a little bit than how it usually is and make sure it has extra extra humidity. If it keeps breathing out of its mouth get it to the vet ASAP
Sorry to here about your boa it could of been an import. Also you said it was stare into space a lot, check out star gazing disease
I just purchased a RTB and a Caramel Royal Python. The sellers were so quick to get rid of them they sold them both to me for $50. They had them both in a plmastic shoe box. The seller said neither had fed in 2 months. Actually once I began to handle them I realized these beautiful creatures were severely dehyrated and underfed. The RTB wasn't round but like a flatworm and is 6 feet long and weight is 2.8lbs. When I took them home Chance RTB, at 66 hoppers and one adult, drank 1/2 cup of water. He is getting less lethargic, but any suggestions on how to build I'm up to his proper weight, he was cage aggressive but I waited until he seemed to be satisified from feeding before putting him in his tank. He didn't show any signs of biting me but wrapped loosely around my arm and laid his head in my hand and stayed there. Any ideas on how to get him safely to where he needs to be?
hi could any 1 tell me what light or heating u use for a 10 months old bora in a 3ft viv
Repti-Glow light is a great choice for lighting. Do not use any ground heating sources as this can dry your snake out. An infrared heating source at the top of cage works best. Make sure to have a guard around it to make sure the snake doesn't getr burned.
I bought my husband a seven month old red tailed boa recently. It's the youngest snake we have owned so I'm not sure the proper feeding schedule. Our red tailed boa is approximately 3 feet long but very thin.
Really depends on size of food. Once or twice a week is good for that age.
My family owns a beautiful RTB, we call him McSnakerson. We love him dearly. He has to be the easiet pet to have. However, when it comes to feeding time he can be very agressive. We feed him in a separate feeding area other than his home. We do this to pevent the possibility of him striking. Funny thing though, one time I moved him into his feeding box and he knew it so I began to get ready to put the rat in. McSnakerson kept striking the cage and as I tried to walk to another side to drop in the rat he had his eye on me and just kept following me. Needless to say I had to get someone else in the room to distract him so I could drop in the rat. McSnakerson is the perfect eater though, always ready and quick to it. He is my first reptile pet and my love for snakes has grown cuz of it. We now own a Ball Python as well. He on the other hand, is another story, but loveable just the same.
You should always use tongs to feed your snake. You should never hand feed your snake, your scent will mix with the feeder rat. I wait until he is in cool hide. I have have half top open,so he can see just the rat. I shake the cage a little, to get his attention. Then I slowly lower the rat to about 2 inches above the hide. He usually take it within a couple minutes. You should should also clean your feeding box with a pet safe cleaner like Zoo Med Wipe Out 1 Disinfectant. That will get rid of the rats smell.
I've had my RTB (Ka'ne) for about a 1/2 year, never had any problems, and she has been the best. But due to financial problems, i haven't been able to feed her , her normal 2 mice a week, and had to wait a week and a half, i went to grab her and she bit me, i know it is my fault for not feeding her on time, but just want to know if once they bite you, and taste your blood, will they continue to bite you for no reason, or will i be able to play with her like normal after feeding?
Trevor, he only bit you because he probably associated the sound of the cage opening with feeding time and when he saw the movement of your hand he thought is was food. Had he had a chance to smell you before you reached in he would have known food was not present, unless you smell like a mouse ;) and maybe would not have stuck at you. They don't bite for no reason, either food or protection, he won't bite you because he like the taste of your blood. Otherwise, that happens, when you play with fire you get burned, or in this case, when you play with snakes you get bit.
I got my red tail black a while ago when she was a year old and so far she's been fairly good. Growing fast. I was thinking about getting rid of her sometime when she gets really big but then again I might not because I want to work with animals when I get a job and having her would help a lot.