Rosy Boa
Last week I found a Rosy Boa in my front yard. Well, actually my sister found it, but I caught it. After keeping it for a few days, feeding it a mouse and having it escape once I finally got around to releasing it back in the hills above Nuevo, CA (approximately here Google Map).
These snakes are extremely docile, if you happen across one in your travels, please do not harm it. If you are calm and careful you can easily pick up a wild Rosy Boa with almost no fear of being bitten. If one does happen to strike you don’t worry, they are not venomous.
When I was younger I kept a couple of Rosy Boas as pets, well snakes aren’t really pets, but I did keep them captive. While these snakes are the ideal snake for being kept in captivity, it probably is detrimental to the wild population. Especially if you are keeping a female as you will be removing a viable breeding snake from a specific population. While I am not aware of any specific problems in regards to the Rosy Boas population as a whole, I would assume that the encroachment of human development on it’s natural habitat is having a negative impact. So I urge you to tread lightly!
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