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I would like to know how many of you have NEVER been nipped at by yours.

I purchased mine as a hatchling and she had never once shown aggression. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this same kind of luck.

I got two back in August that were freshly imported. Both are over 5ft. My female has never shown any aggression at all. My male has struck at me only once, but has never bitten or tried to bite me. I love these snakes. Even if they were biters, I'd still handle them. I've really been amazed that these were as friendly as they are. Especially since they are wild-caught adults. I expect one will some day nail me, but it hasn't happened yet.
Cricket

I got 2 five month old rainbow boas and they are very gentle, i even let then come up in front of my face and let them touch my nose with their tongue haha. I dont fear them at all. Only my female strikes sometimes at things that scare her like e.g. a camera... but i can understand that (i would do the same).

Crazytank,
. I have been bitten by hundreds of BRBs. I also have had hundreds of others ones that never bit me. Partly it is a matter of luck getting one that is inherently calm and even tempered but IMO more importantly you have to handle them so that they become tame and stay tame.
Jeff

>>I would like to know how many of you have NEVER been nipped at by yours.
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>>I purchased mine as a hatchling and she had never once shown aggression. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this same kind of luck.

I am lucky, in that I've got two, a male and a female, red phase BRBs, and neither has tried to bite. They are easy to take out of the tank and are fine in hand, have been from the beginning.

I'd like to have a red one. If it's that red now what will it look like as an adult?

Seems to be a combination of individual temperment and gentle handling.
Some BRB are much calmer than others.
As a side note, a local zoo (Dreher Park Zoo in West Palm Beach, Fla.) used to have a pair of Cuban boas and a pair of BRBs for MANY MANY years. They would get babies from each pair every other year and they would keep some back. The funny thing was is that they would use these captive raised Cubans and BRBs for their educational purposes! They would get handled by all kinds of little kids and stuff and yet they remained completly trustworthy. It used to blow my mind to see a friend of mine who worked at the zoo using a 7 foot Cuban boa for visitors to touch.
But as far as I know, both the Cuban boas and the BRBs that they used never nailed anyone.
Of course, not all of them were like that. One year I got a couple of newborn Cubans from them (I was able to do this because my buddy was the head reptile keeper at the time)and they were typically nasty at first. After a time one of them was quite 'tame' while the other was better but would still get you every once in a while.
This has been the pattern I have found with Brazilian and Colombian rainbows too.

The adult cb pair I purchased less than a year ago have not attempted to bite. Their 23 babies did bite, and bite, and bite but I tried to not respond to them and they very quickly stopped. The baby I still have doesn't even become defensive when handled, but the one I gave to a friend bites each time she's approached. I gave away the one I thought was the prettiest and she was the worst biter in the bunch from the start....beware #18!!
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Thanbk you all for your replies I was curious and I got some good answers thank you all