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I got this BCC boa a while back...sold to me as a 6' (not so much, actually), female (whoa, there's something extra down there!) aggressive biting boa (funny, I'm not bleeding?)

Turns out I have an adult male, about 5 and a quarter feet, and other than a little head shy, a complete sweetheart...he's in shed in these pics...there's a lot more color under there...

"She" was pretty snappy and unhandleable the first few days...kind of makes me wonder how he was being kept, considering I didn't have to work with him at all to get him to this point...after a few days of settling in, I needed to clean the cage, and was able to pull him right out...no hissing or biting at all...he's actually become one of my favorites to hold on my lap when I'm on the internet...

I don't mind the mixup, though it was moderately annoying when I realized I had a male. (Couldn't really complain at that point, because I waited several months before the length of the tail gave me reason to sex "her" )

I am female heavy now, so he will fit in perfectly...

Could have been much worse, so I am considering myself lucky...didn't get what I wanted/paid for, but I'm happy with what I ended up with.

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Heather Martin
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I couldn't agree more in regard to the attitude. I don't meet one in a hundred boas that have an attitude, if you know what you're doing. Just understand their body language, be receptive to the cues, remove the irritant(s), provide for their physical and psychological requirements and you've got it made.
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

Exactly...something was making this boy very, very unhappy...

I almost considered passing on this boa...because I really don't like working with large, aggressive biters...I'm glad now I took him.
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Heather Martin
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