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My brother just picked up a 3 foot male columbian red tailed boa from a petshop for $100. He is supposedly about a year and a half old. He is amazingly high pink and orange especially around his head. Being a ball python girl myself I am totally clueless to whether this is just a normal columbian. The guy at the store said that all columbians are colorful like this as they are changing into their adult coloration. Is this true?

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*Amy*
0.1 Green Iguana (yes, I have a lizard in my bathroom)-iggy
2.1 Ball Pythons (normal)-cosi, jake, and frosty mcfry
0.1 B.smithi (mexican redknee tarantula)-athena
0.0.1 midland painted turtle-nemo
1.1 dogs-rocky and skippy
1.0 normal grey cockatiel-opie
0.0.30 betta, guppies, rosy reds, fantail goldfish, clown pleco,...

Yes its just a really nice BCI. Some times you can come across nice bci's I had one that I sold.

How is the imperator different from the constrictor subspecies? I read that there is a different number of scale rows....is this accurate?
Thanks
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*Amy*
0.1 Green Iguana (yes, I have a lizard in my bathroom)-iggy
2.1 Ball Pythons (normal)-cosi, jake, and frosty mcfry
0.1 B.smithi (mexican redknee tarantula)-athena
0.0.1 midland painted turtle-nemo
1.1 dogs-rocky and skippy
1.0 normal grey cockatiel-opie
0.0.30 betta, guppies, rosy reds, fantail goldfish, clown pleco,...

Scale counts, saddle counts and shape, tail length/color/shape, body color, shape, head size/shape, growth rates, feeding requirements, maximum size, breeding size/weight, price, value..

these are just a few

Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

The salesman was correct about the BCI part but wrong when he said that all Columbians look that good at some point. That is a very clean and well colored Columbian. To get a 3 footer that looks that good for the same price as normal looking baby is a great find!

NP
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*Amy*
0.1 Green Iguana (yes, I have a lizard in my bathroom)-iggy
2.1 Ball Pythons (normal)-cosi, jake, and frosty mcfry
0.1 B.smithi (mexican redknee tarantula)-athena
0.0.1 midland painted turtle-nemo
1.1 dogs-rocky and skippy
1.0 normal grey cockatiel-opie
0.0.30 betta, guppies, rosy reds, fantail goldfish, clown pleco,...