I bought a red-tailed Boa from a friend of mine yesterday. It was twenty dollars, and included the tank and a subtrate heater. There is a catch, it's aggressive. It's only about two feet long right now, but it will get bigger, and when it does I don't want it to decide that my face is the enemy/food. From what I hear it was mistreated by a previous owner (before my friend got it). It was dropped on the ground a lot and things like that. Now it can be friendly sometimes, but when I tried to take her out of her cage the day I bought her she bit me. She didn't constrict any fingers like my kinsnake has been known to do when it's hungry, but it did draw blood. I'm inclined to think that I need to hold it more often, so I bought a pair of leather gloves so as to not get mauled again. My manager has a burmese python that i believe she said was sixteen foot (I saw a picture of it around a guys neck and it went all the way up and back down) and she told me to feed it pre kills and that will help tame it. I could see that being useful in letting it know that living things aren't food. If anyone has any suggestions for me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Also, what would you recommend as a subtrate for a boa?

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