Which One?

Okay, I know I made another thread on about red tail boas before, but this one is kinda different...I uess.

What type of red tail should I get if I want one the shouldn't get longer than 6-7 feet and will also be calm/docile and easy/safe to handle and show people. I like to show people my reptiles and occasionaly let them handle them to show that snakes aren't evil, bloodthirsty killers that willdo nothing but bite you. But it wouldn't help things too much if I got out this big boa and it DID end up biting me or someone else. :eek1:

Get a definite cbb animal, for starters. AS for the animal itself, make sure it is a BCI locality animal. Venezuelan tend so stay 6 ft or under, but there are plenty of dwarf species out there. As for keeping it friendly and handleable, try hook training it from when it's a baby: that is, when you take it out of it's enclosure, use a snake hook instead of your hand. It helps the animal relate the hook with handling, instead of your hand with food.

Its not a red tail, but did you look into dumeril's boas?

Checkerbelly said:

Its not a red tail, but did you look into dumeril's boas?

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prob a little bigger than he wants, but not a bad choice.

I'm hoping to get a male near its "max" size so I know it won't get TOO much bigger and so I know it is friendly when it come to handling.

Hog Island Boa!
http://www.arbreptiles.com/boids/hogs.shtml
and I love the light colouring.
not....not that I want one.......
*shifty eyes*