I already looked in their mouths when I found them (I was curious about their teeth) and the gums were light pink. Didn't see anything abnormal as far as mucous or bubbles and last night when I was holding her she wasn't popping or anything like she was at first. Landlord just re-flooded the tub with chemicals so hopefully they clear out whatever is blocking our plumbing. I honestly wish he'd just call a dang plumber.
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Found two boas under the dog's water bucket (first snakes, need help!)
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bryanb
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The info you got here will get you through to recap the important stuff
90-92 degree hot side 76-78 degree cool
make tubs inescapable
secure temp probe
two hides for each snake as simple as a cardboard box when curled up they can touch the sides in "tissue box" one on each side
clean hands and stuff after handling
clean water at all times
then food a large mouse each is my guess from the pics.
Nanci they are like a big corn snake that likes it warmer and a little bit more humidity i worry more about my corns
90-92 degree hot side 76-78 degree cool
make tubs inescapable
secure temp probe
two hides for each snake as simple as a cardboard box when curled up they can touch the sides in "tissue box" one on each side
clean hands and stuff after handling
clean water at all times
then food a large mouse each is my guess from the pics.
Nanci they are like a big corn snake that likes it warmer and a little bit more humidity i worry more about my corns
Nanci
Alien Lover
They need another hide on the cool side. Anything they can get into. Like take a cereal box and cut it in half and give each one half. (Crosswise). You can fill up a too-large hide with newspaper or a paper bag, crumpled. Or by squishing the box flatter. Even a big sheet of newspaper, crumpled, is better than nothing. I have one snake that has a "toad house" filled with newspaper that he loves.
I don't think I'll be ordering the hides I was going to get after all. I just made my lunch, banquet three cheese ziti and was eating when I looked down and realized the dish will make a perfect hide inverted! Here's the dish, it's about 1.5-2" deep, 6" long and 4" wide -
http://itthing.com/wp-content/uploads/frozen-dinners-smart-ones-lean-cuisine.jpg
Obviously I'll have to buy hides when they outgrow these, but these are perfect right now!
http://itthing.com/wp-content/uploads/frozen-dinners-smart-ones-lean-cuisine.jpg
Obviously I'll have to buy hides when they outgrow these, but these are perfect right now!
Nythain
New member
That's a pretty awesome find. The pic isn't showing up for me, so I don't know size. So I'll throw out what bit I can.
You're going to want a cool to warm gradient of 80-87'ish (86-88 to be precise), preferably with a basking spot of around 90-92. Then again, while they're in quarantine you could consider raising the ambient temperature to 90 across the board to help fight off any infections. Just make sure it doesn't dry the air out.
Humidity levels are pretty common actually. They should be kept between 50% and 60% with a constant 60% being preferable. Again, this isn't much different than the demands of most NA snakes and is pretty easy to achieve without much/any effort.
Being stouter bodied snakes, their metabolisms are a bit lower than slender bodied snakes like corns. Because of this, you shouldn't power feed *ever* and prey size is usually about the same as the girthiest part of the snake, unlike the 1.5x of a Corns meal. You'll probably find rats to be the best source of food for their entire life.
Hope some of that helps a bit, and here's hoping Joba chimes in with a bit more knowledge. I'm still moderately new to BCI myself.
You're going to want a cool to warm gradient of 80-87'ish (86-88 to be precise), preferably with a basking spot of around 90-92. Then again, while they're in quarantine you could consider raising the ambient temperature to 90 across the board to help fight off any infections. Just make sure it doesn't dry the air out.
Humidity levels are pretty common actually. They should be kept between 50% and 60% with a constant 60% being preferable. Again, this isn't much different than the demands of most NA snakes and is pretty easy to achieve without much/any effort.
Being stouter bodied snakes, their metabolisms are a bit lower than slender bodied snakes like corns. Because of this, you shouldn't power feed *ever* and prey size is usually about the same as the girthiest part of the snake, unlike the 1.5x of a Corns meal. You'll probably find rats to be the best source of food for their entire life.
Hope some of that helps a bit, and here's hoping Joba chimes in with a bit more knowledge. I'm still moderately new to BCI myself.
I just ordered two AcuRite's -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390744758595?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
By next Saturday all of their hides will be switched out with the food trays. Wednesday I am going to pick up some frozen fuzzy mice and a spray bottle. I'm going to switch their substrate to coco husk after the AcuRites come in, until then they will be on paper towel with whatever humidity our Louisiana air and their water bowls provide. I just don't want to overdo the humidity unknowingly and make Nagini sicker.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390744758595?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
By next Saturday all of their hides will be switched out with the food trays. Wednesday I am going to pick up some frozen fuzzy mice and a spray bottle. I'm going to switch their substrate to coco husk after the AcuRites come in, until then they will be on paper towel with whatever humidity our Louisiana air and their water bowls provide. I just don't want to overdo the humidity unknowingly and make Nagini sicker.
Floof
New member
I am impressed. For someone who's never had snakes before, you're off to a very good start. Flexwatt, thermostat, separate tubs.. You must have cracked down on some hardcore research. Glad to see someone who does their homework!!!
The pic in the first post isn't working, though? Very curious to see a pic(s) of the lucky little guys!
BCIs are very enjoyable... I just have a subadult male currently. He's a troublemaker, but so sweet. You've gotten some good advice thus far. 88-90F hot spot is standard recommendation, up to 92ish is fine until you can comfortably say they're clear of RI risk.
If you can get larger prey, I agree with the recommendations to get a bit bigger prey item than a fuzzy. I haven't seen a pic of the babies, but if they're as big around as a jumbo sharpie, they're big enough for at least a hopper/weanling. IIRC, Colombian boas are generally born large enough to take hoppers from the start.
Keep an eye out for more babies while you're out and about. Hopefully it was just the pair that was dumped, but you never know with people these days.
The pic in the first post isn't working, though? Very curious to see a pic(s) of the lucky little guys!
BCIs are very enjoyable... I just have a subadult male currently. He's a troublemaker, but so sweet. You've gotten some good advice thus far. 88-90F hot spot is standard recommendation, up to 92ish is fine until you can comfortably say they're clear of RI risk.
If you can get larger prey, I agree with the recommendations to get a bit bigger prey item than a fuzzy. I haven't seen a pic of the babies, but if they're as big around as a jumbo sharpie, they're big enough for at least a hopper/weanling. IIRC, Colombian boas are generally born large enough to take hoppers from the start.
Keep an eye out for more babies while you're out and about. Hopefully it was just the pair that was dumped, but you never know with people these days.
I think an adult mouse would be too large. It would leave a decent sized bump in them. I think my original estimate was off a bit, they look slightly smaller than a quarter at their biggest point. I chose fuzzies based on this -
https://micedirect.com/images/m_fuzzy.jpg
If they end up being waay too small, I could feed two in a sitting, possibly? I'm looking for a local rat breeder because I called a local shop about pinky rats and they were $3.50 a piece.... Seemed a bit high. With the hygrometer/thermometer on the way, I have $17 left. It's $13(+tax, $15) for 6 fuzzy mice. I figured if they ended up being too small, at least they had some food in their stomach and I could find a breeder in the two/three weeks they were eating those. Or will smaller prey hurt them? Just a note as far as the breeder, I will be buying live, but my husband already agreed to snap their necks so we can freeze them. I don't want them touching live, even pinkies.
I read that these AcuRites are used a lot in snake enclosures, I hope they are okay. They will also take the warm and cool side temps for me alongside the humidity so by getting these, I eliminated having to go buy probe thermometers for the time being. I think will eventually get two for each enclosure to monitor the cool and warm hides but for now I think I covered all of their basic needs. My husband LOVES the little boy, Ronaldo. He thinks it's the coolest thing in the world that he has a "moustache and goatee" lol. I never thought he'd fall in love with a reptile. I like my girl but I'm trying to leave her in the bin as much as possible due to the popping.
I'll try to get some more pics up.
https://micedirect.com/images/m_fuzzy.jpg
If they end up being waay too small, I could feed two in a sitting, possibly? I'm looking for a local rat breeder because I called a local shop about pinky rats and they were $3.50 a piece.... Seemed a bit high. With the hygrometer/thermometer on the way, I have $17 left. It's $13(+tax, $15) for 6 fuzzy mice. I figured if they ended up being too small, at least they had some food in their stomach and I could find a breeder in the two/three weeks they were eating those. Or will smaller prey hurt them? Just a note as far as the breeder, I will be buying live, but my husband already agreed to snap their necks so we can freeze them. I don't want them touching live, even pinkies.
I read that these AcuRites are used a lot in snake enclosures, I hope they are okay. They will also take the warm and cool side temps for me alongside the humidity so by getting these, I eliminated having to go buy probe thermometers for the time being. I think will eventually get two for each enclosure to monitor the cool and warm hides but for now I think I covered all of their basic needs. My husband LOVES the little boy, Ronaldo. He thinks it's the coolest thing in the world that he has a "moustache and goatee" lol. I never thought he'd fall in love with a reptile. I like my girl but I'm trying to leave her in the bin as much as possible due to the popping.
I'll try to get some more pics up.