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I would really like a red tail but they are just too big, are there any similiar species around 6-7 feet?
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dwarf boas. i dont kno to much about them, but there was a pretty good right up in the reptile magazine a couple months ago.
nevin
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.1. green tree python-bates
.1 jungle carpet python-echo
1.1 brazilian rainbow baos-peace&chaos (rip sunshine)
1.2 leopard geckos-killer, narvana, sallean,
1. blizzerd lizzard-grim
.1 bell leopard gecko-ecstacy
.1 tremper leopard gecko-euphoria
.2. amazon tree boas-sweetness&carnage
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa-stimpy R.I.P.
1.2 bearded dragon-blaze&isis
1. uromastyx-chubby
2 green Dendrobates auratus-zoate, stricnine
.1 terquise Dendrobates auratus-acid
.1 blue Dendrobates auratus-toxic
.2. phyllobates terribilis-cyanide, arsenic
.1. pacman frog- MR belly
.1 columbian redtail-trinity
2.0 brothers
0.2 sisters
3 cats-fat max, spiderman, &toby
1 miniture mutt-brutis

all ive got is insane

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont become classified. if you are nothing, then you can be anything."

Hog island boas, Bolivian boas, Mexican boas and Common boas to name a few.

Just stay away from BCC, like Peruvians, Guyanans, Brazilians and Surinames and you should be fine.
Good luck!
- E

hog island boas, nicaraguan boas, cay caulker boas, sonoran desert boas, solomon island ground boas, brazilian rainbow boas

I have all of the above and find them all quite easy to care for. My sonorans only eat small mice every 2 weeks or so....any sooner they won't feed...they're kinda finicky....my nics and cays only eat live mice, which is a pain sometimes....solomon island ground boas are great but also difficult to care for. My best suggestion for a smaller size boa species would be Hog Island boas. Besides having a wide range of color tones, they are a great snake for educating others about reptiles. Anyone who hates snakes always ooohss and aaaahs over Hogs after I tell them how they're extinct in the wild. BUT its just my op.
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Sincerely,
Jason
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My Website:
www.members.aol.com/northeastsnakes

BOAS: 0.1 Solomon Island Ground Boa, 1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas, 1.1 Argentine Boas, 2.2 Nicaraguans, 1.1 Sonoran Desert Boas, 1.1 Cay Caulkers, 1.0 Columbian Boa 100% het. Kahl Albino, 0.1 Anery Col. boa, 1.1 Hog Island Boas, 0.1 Hog Island Boa poss. het. patternless, PYTHONS: 1.2 Green Tree Pythons, 2.2 Bismarck Ringed Pythons, 2.8 Normal Ball Pythons, 1.0 Ball Python 100% het. Piebald, COLUBRIDS: 1.1 Black Pinesnakes, 1.1 Northern Pinesnakes, 2.2 Bairds Ratsnakes, 1.2 White-sided Black Ratsnakes, CORN SNAKES: 1.0 Blizzard, 1.2 Bloodreds, 1.2 Butters, 1.0 Ghost, 0.1 Sunglow, 1.0 Hypo het Amber, 1.1 Lavenders, 1.1 Miami Phases, 1.2 Reverse Okeetee, 0.1 Snow, 0.1 Striped Amel, 3.2 Okeetees

Sorry for any typo's in my above post. Also, if you chose to get a Hog Island Boa, try to buy from a private breeder who can tell you the lineage/genetic history of the snake.
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Sincerely,
Jason
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My Website:
www.members.aol.com/northeastsnakes

BOAS: 0.1 Solomon Island Ground Boa, 1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas, 1.1 Argentine Boas, 2.2 Nicaraguans, 1.1 Sonoran Desert Boas, 1.1 Cay Caulkers, 1.0 Columbian Boa 100% het. Kahl Albino, 0.1 Anery Col. boa, 1.1 Hog Island Boas, 0.1 Hog Island Boa poss. het. patternless, PYTHONS: 1.2 Green Tree Pythons, 2.2 Bismarck Ringed Pythons, 2.8 Normal Ball Pythons, 1.0 Ball Python 100% het. Piebald, COLUBRIDS: 1.1 Black Pinesnakes, 1.1 Northern Pinesnakes, 2.2 Bairds Ratsnakes, 1.2 White-sided Black Ratsnakes, CORN SNAKES: 1.0 Blizzard, 1.2 Bloodreds, 1.2 Butters, 1.0 Ghost, 0.1 Sunglow, 1.0 Hypo het Amber, 1.1 Lavenders, 1.1 Miami Phases, 1.2 Reverse Okeetee, 0.1 Snow, 0.1 Striped Amel, 3.2 Okeetees

I have a male columbian red tail boa and he is 4 years old and he's only about 5.5 feet long. Excellent temperment too, except for that one time he bit me during mating season. I usually stay away from him in the winter months.

One other thing, a dumeril's boa doesn't get that big either and she is my favorite snake of all of them.

bc longicauda stay small my breeding female still under seven feet at about 6year old and my male is may 5 feet long and a third the body weight at 4 years old. plus they dont look like any other boa. i have amaril, argys, hog's, houndrans, a couple of bci morphs but my favorate is by far longicauda.

I would just tell you to stick with the males of the species.... and get a columbian, better temperments, good feeding response, stay small and are all together awesome animals....

JUST my .02 cents
Rose
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www.srsnakes.com

most red tails are pretty mellow i'll give you that but i trust my bcL's and bcA's a lot more then the any my my bci's, true male bci's dont get real big but why look for a male if you see some thing you like don't pass it up because it's a female.