I'm wondering if anyones has ever done any selective breeding with coachwhips for the red color.

I saw one this weekend crossing the road that was a solid 6ish feet, and bright red... not pink, not brown and red, but just red!. needless to say, it was a very impressive looking animal even though I only had eyes on it for a few seconds.

i hoped out of my car as fast as I could, and ran back to it, but once i was within 10' it took off down a ditch into various thorn/spine covered plants and was a lost cause.

I kept a young 3' one years ago just for the hell of it and it was high strung, but stopped biting after a few months. so i'm thinking if any solid red ones were ever bred in captivity, they might make a cool captives provided you could deal with the squirms and didnt mind setting them up in large cages. having seen tons in the field, i'd think a full grown adult would need to be kept in something maybe 8'L X 3'W X 3"H with some branches because they sure love to shoot up mesquite trees here in central TX.

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