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I'm sure it's been covered before but I haven't seen it. Since you've worked with so many if not every locality there is, could you lay out for me the differences you've found between BCI and BCC? In temperament, feeding, breeding, etc.? It sounded on your website like BCC were a little more difficult to care for and maintain healthily. Thanks for your help.

If you've been to my website and have looked through it without understanding the differences between the BCI and the true Redtails.. Gus needs to get to work!

Thanks for the heads up!
(and you can E-mail me directly if you have any questions about our website or projects).

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Gus
A. Rentfro
RioBravoReptiles.com
www.riobravoreptiles.com

"Quality is not an accident. Perfectly healthy animals are a minimum requirement.. everything else is just salesmanship" gus

"Often, as a keeper you will also discover that red-tails will generally be more demanding captives. Cage temperatures are more critical and stress is also more of a concern. Red-tails can be more susceptible to digestive disorders and other ailments. Frequently, they are intolerant of overfeeding and will on average grow and mature more slowly. They can be the biggest of boas but will have smaller litters (of larger young). Don't be discouraged; the competent keeper who knows how to keep red-tails will avoid most problems. And, more captive produced red-tails are now in the market, these babies are more adaptive and easier to keep."

This is an excerpt from your boa care page. I wasn't sure if you were referring to "redtails" as the whole group of BCI and BCC or whether you had singled out the BCC group there. Thanks again.

I believe that earlier in the article he states that all references of "Red-Tails" is toward BCC.

Absolutely true. For the reference though, I'd like to hear more about those differences. Especially for the people considering boas for a first snake...anyone feel free to chip in.

in my opinion, getting a Colombian or some form of Central American Boa from a long established captive bred and born line, such as one from Gus, these animals are a bit more hardy and can be more forgiving to the novice keeper.

Many refer to boas as red tails, but the only true redtails are bcc. Colombians are just Colombian Boas.

BCC are less forgiving... these are generally for the more dedicated, experienced hobbyiest who has 'fine combed' all his techniques and experiences.
If you haven't 'mastered' all aspects of caring for a colombian, I would not look for a BCC.

Recent imports and farm bred BCC or Central American Boas can turn out well and be hardy specimens, thing is, many times they come in infested with parasites which cause many other problems.
Even a good feeder can be more unpredictable, nervous, and/or flighty, just because of the fact that they are wild animals, and/or nowhere near as domesticated as a Colombian Boa from long CBB line.

Hope that helps.

Take care, Joe Rollo
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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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While I hate your comment "bci sit dumbly in your hands while bcc only allow you to hold them" (paraphrase), it does get to the heart of the matter. I haven't been at this long, but can readily notice the difference with wild caught or captive breed/born bcc. Thanks for all of your time and effort, your site actually inspired me to take a shot at breeding.

Thanks again,
Al

... when you get around to giving up your best-work on the world-wide web for millions of people from 63 countries to see and freely use..... I'll think of a nice way to congratulate you too.

'Til then!

Your Buddy, Gus.

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Gus
A. Rentfro
RioBravoReptiles.com
www.riobravoreptiles.com

"Quality is not an accident. Perfectly healthy animals are a minimum requirement.. everything else is just salesmanship" gus

rotfl....

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