Suriname Boa Or Baby Red Tail Boa?

[paolo_28]

I WAS SOO CLOSE IN BUYING A BABY RED TAIL BOA, BUT TODAY I SAW A PICTURE OF A FEMALE SURINAME BOA ON WWW.REDTAILBOA.NET OWNED BY SWERVE AND NOW I CAN'T DECIDE IF I SHOULD STICK WITH THE BABY RED TAIL BOA, OR GO FOR A SURINAME BOA.

WHAT ARE THE ADVATAGES OR DISADVANTAGES IF I BUY A SURINAME BOA INSTEAD OF A REGULAR RED TAIL BOA, OR VICE VERSA.

PLEASE HELP ME DECIDE, CUZ IF I DON'T GET HELP, I HAVE A FEELING THAT I MIGHT END UP GOING FOR BOTH!

CONTACT ME AT: paolo1028@hotmail.com

THANKS, PAOLO

[Linds]

Well for starters, a "Suriname Boa" <B>is</B> a redtailed boa. Often people label Colombian Boas aka "Common Boas" as redtailed boas but this is incorrect IMO. This was just a marketting ploy developed by dealers a few decades ago, since BCC are worth more than BCI, to make more money off the common boas. Mostly what you see labelled as redtailed boas in stores are BCI (Colombian Boas).

Now for the differences. Asides from being different subspecies, they can be quite similar. BCC tend to get larger - but some BCI can reach equally large sizes. BCC are usually more colourful as well and tend to have {} or <> shaped saddles, whereas BCI have )( shaped saddles. BCC have a saddle count of 14-22, BCI have a count of 22 or more. BCC can be a little more "sensitive" temperament wise and take more effort to acclimate to handling, but this is not always the case. BCI mature eariler than BCC do, and are generally hardier and easier to keep. Those are some of the main differences between the two subspecies, another one obviously being that BCC are more expensive than BCI. Hope this helped :)

[hip]

As always linds my hat is off to you! Man can you take me under your wing as an apprentice or something?. Or better yet how about a bit of your dna to bond with mine? that would make herper sapien(me) into herper superior(the next evolutionary advance in herpers)I hope you are now laughing Happy HO HO

Hip

[boa maniac]

Paolo, just to help you decide heres some shots of some of the surinames we have at Boa Mania, all the true redtails are exceptionally nice, you just have to decide how much are you willing to spend??? But dont let this fool you though because there are some Boa Constrictor imperators that cost a heck of a lot more then any of the Boa Constrictor Constrictors.


heres a blue and a pink suriname

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/249mr_pink_and_miss_blue-med.jpg

twins

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/249twins-med.jpg

another nice red one

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/249real_nice-med.jpg

[Lisa]

Those are some great looking snakes Mike