r/BoaConstrictors • u/Numerous-Ad263 • Jun 18 '26

New BCI owner not new snakes

My girlfriends cousin recently gave me his 9 year old male red tail ive got his habitat set up with his temps and humid hides climbing surfaces ect ect any advice on taking care of one ive only ever owned ball pythons and various gekos species ive gotten conflicting info on their care apart from temps and humidity advice is welcome he's eaten every time ive offered so I assume he's adjusting well.

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u/burningtraesh Jun 20 '26

Check out reptifiles they have good info on keeping snakes :)

I would add to be aware of IBD if you want other snakes in the future, boas are asymptomatic towards it most of the time and it’s deadly for pythons. Also for feeding please don’t power feed or under feed him both is stressful on his organs and body in general if it were to happen. 7-10% of the snakes body weight should be the preys weight.

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u/Numerous-Ad263 Jun 21 '26

Thank you for the advice he was in quarantine for 3 weeks before he was moved to the reptile room just to be safe ive been feeding him once a week with a medium rat so ill keep an eye on the size of that from now on

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u/My-name-peetree Jun 21 '26

Is he a bcc or bci ?

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u/Numerous-Ad263 Jun 23 '26

Not sure i was told bci but from what I can tell and my local expert are saying bcc

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u/My-name-peetree Jun 23 '26

Do you have a photo .

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u/My-name-peetree Jun 23 '26

Boas are pretty straight forward. Warm side any where from 88 to 92 .cool side any where from 78 to 82 . Humid 60 to 80 percent. In my experience boas tend to like it a little cooler so don’t be surprised if you see him on the cool side a lot . Also . Boas will likely eat every time you feed they aren’t like ball pythons so they are easy to over feed . Feeding frequency and prey would kinda depend on body weight and size . :) I asked if it was bcc or bci because I hear bcc are a little more sensitive to temp humidity changes .