any snake keepers?

I want to get a red tail boa i already have a ball python i have had for about a year maybe longer i know $ wise im covered but can one live in a 75 gallon thats my space right now if i did another large beast if not ill get another ball but ive read they can live there entire life in a 75.id also like to add it would be out maybe 10-14hours a week
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I am not a snake keeper but reading the link you gave I would not house an adult in a 75g. I would want at least a 180g. The reason is to have a water area large enough for the snake to go into and a branch large enough for the snake to climb. With this large enough of a snake I would build the enclosure out of plywood and get some sheet glass or acrylic.

I just cant see this in a 75g:

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ive been looking all day you are right no way in Heck am i gonna stick that i there id feel sooooooooo bad. i am gonna get another ball python

I would be tempted to keep your tall 45 and move the ball python in there. You could do a pretty cool branch in there for it to climb then.

i had to move it from a 35 tall recently because it would never climb i had so many branches ill put up picks later.she hides all day but is a beautiful pet at night

Some just are not climbers. Seems like a slightly bigger tank for her would be good.

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when she gains a foot or so she is still small no where close to the adult size

I'm actually pickin up a baby red tail on friday. I've read that boas NEVER stop growing, biggest I've seen in pictures was a 10ft female at 60lbs

lars on wrote:I'm actually pickin up a baby red tail on friday. I've read that boas NEVER stop growing, biggest I've seen in pictures was a 10ft female at 60lbs

where are you gonna keep it?!? they get soooooo big! and expensive to feed, you gotta feel them big rats, gueniei pigs, rabbits..... Lars, you dont have the heart to do that. lol

They do get quite large but they do stop growing.if you think they don't stop growing then you need to be a wee more educated on the subject before you burn your $.and no they are cheaper than fish what it cost for 3 weeks of fish food is the same as 2 rats wich is a month and a week of food.also I feed pre killed rats that are frozen when I buy them you can also use frozen rabbit (all must be thawed in warm water). It also takes along time for Rtb to grow fully.nobody ever keeps them long enough to let them grow.just think when a 8ft snake deffecates its like a st bernard turd and half gannon of pee the worst kind SNAKE pee.I'm not saying anything about anyone here just to others wanting reptiles its a bigger commitment than fish cheaper but requires more attention don't be scared to buy them though just plz refrain from purchasing snakes that grow to 25ft stick with the smaller species.

I would probably start with a corn snake myself as a starter. I have a friend who has one and very nice little snake.

corn get big too like 5 ft not to big but like doorknob thickness and its hard to find good healthy ones.they are one of my favorite snake.pretty basic but i like em.good starter snake for anybody imo.

I'm not saying by the time they're 12 years old they're gonna be 36ft long, humans never stop growing either whether it be our nails, hair, or ears.

LOL yosef I've been feeding my corn frozen mice forever, and I'm vegan! Prices on frozen mice at petsmart jumped from 6$ to 12$ in a month. This guy'll cost me about 12$ a month in food, same as my poopy stinky goldfish. Cept they've got 50 gallons of water to trash on the water bill

St.Bernard turds n a half gallon of urine if its anything like rabbit piss (PURE ammonia) than it doesn't have anything on a 90 year old ladies diabetes ridden feet or the fungus in the fat folds of a 400lb women.

lars on wrote:St.Bernard turds n a half gallon of urine if its anything like rabbit piss (PURE ammonia) than it doesn't have anything on a 90 year old ladies diabetes ridden feet or the fungus in the fat folds of a 400lb women.

LMAO! I do remember rubbin down my first fat fold...

A friend of mine had a red tail boa, kept it in a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 wood box with plexi windows that he made.... he took it out allot, and always fed it in the bathtub... I guess its not as bad as like a burmese python or anything... those get super BIG!

I have always wanted to keep snakes, but only kept a peuban milk snake, king snake and the biggest was the ball python.... My fav. was the peuban milk snake by far... he was awesome..... but its the smell that got to me afterwhile.... and I think feeding my fish is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay cheaper, I dont know how much flakes and pellets you dump in your tanks, but a 15.00 bag of pellets last me several months. plus, I always fed live to my snakes...