red boa?

viper99 · 11-07-07, 04:24 PM

i might be getting getting a boa from a breeder in december/janurary and they said its a red boa i thought it might be a red tailed boa but the persson said it was a red boa. anyone know if there is a red boa or what kind they mean? im going to see it in a couple of weeks once it is born and is eating

CHRIS · 11-07-07, 04:36 PM

My guess when he sent you the email is that he forgot to put in the word [TAIL] in his reply to you ,I am thinking he is meaning Colombian red tailed boa's
Chris

viper99 · 11-07-07, 05:22 PM

it was over the phone and hes only breeding a couple of boas

redtails · 11-07-07, 05:29 PM

There are such things as red boas, he either meant redtail like Chris said, or something like a Red Group boa. These boas are actually a shade of red.

redtails · 11-07-07, 05:30 PM

It's most likely just a common redtail boa like a columbian BCI, but who knows until you can get a pic of the parents at least.

viper99 · 11-07-07, 05:58 PM

how big do the red boas get and were can i find a care sheet on them?

RIBBIT · 11-07-07, 06:11 PM

the red boas red tail was talking about are just like blood boas there normal bci just red and there 6 - 8 sometimes bigger by a 2 -3 feet

gonesnakee · 11-07-07, 07:28 PM

I'm with the it was meant to be "redtail" crowd, but there are Amazon Tree Boas that are red. There are also a type of Nicarauguan (sp?) Boa that are Red. Others such as BCC & BCI can have pinkish hues, but aren't really considered red. Mark
P.S. some Rosy Boas etc. can be considered red too I guess

viper99 · 11-07-07, 07:34 PM

the breeder said that the boa stayed under 6feet.

RIBBIT · 11-07-07, 08:00 PM

amazons and like i told you roses are the only reds I know that can stay under 6

PDXErik · 11-08-07, 01:17 AM

First, it sounds like there are a LOT of questions about what you're looking at getting.

Have they sent you pictures? Are you thinking of buying something sight unseen and knowing very little about what you're getting?

Always presume that someone is passing something off.

viper99 · 11-08-07, 06:48 AM

im doing alot of reserch and im probably going to see the adults somtime today or tommorow and ya i got a couple of geckoes of of someone they told me they were leopards and they turned out to be somthing tottaly differnt so im going to get a couple pics of them and go see the aduts before i buy them.

PDXErik · 11-08-07, 04:25 PM

That's really cool. The red didn't show up on my laptop, but it does on the CRT I'm looking at. I'm hoping that's not a lighting/camera color problem. If it's really red like that, oh my, how cool is that?

redtails · 11-08-07, 05:45 PM

well, I've seen better photos, but it only lets you upload 24.4kb photos & the red suri I wanted to post was like 50kb.

Boots Hawks · 11-09-07, 08:11 PM

I have two Hyper Reds from EBV in Oakland. Both of mine are only about 6 mo old. I guess you can say they are a lot like the Salmon Group, but more red instead of Salmon. The older they get the redder they become.. After I saw the Mom, I had to have one, that turned into two. Anyways, they have been selective breeding the snakes for a while. They are normal RTB but they have held out the ones with the most red and use them as breeders. Lots of times they are born looking almost like normal Boas but as they age they show more red. I have been to reptile shows and every now and then you find the ones that are normal boas but have red to them. I guess if you took these and bred them over and then the next generation and the next you isolate the redder snake genes and you get a red boa. Mighty nice snake.
I think you should ask to at least see pics of mom and dad. like I said though, they are normal boas except for color and will grow to that size, that is not under 6 foot.

Boots
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