Care Sheet for BoasAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 2.50 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 05/29/2007 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Boas |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Catzilla |
Years Experience: | 1 to 2 Years |
Species: | Orange kenyan sand boa |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | other sand boas |
Sexing and Characteristics: | These snakes live for about 15-20 years, and grow to be about 2 feet long. My boa is patterned with orange and black circles and its underside is white/off-white. |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | My snake is IN LOVE with her sand - calcisand works like magic. For water, I fill a small rock - looking tub with about 1/3 cup water, and refill it whenever it is low. |
Lighting and UVB: | I have 2 basic heat lamps, one is a purplish heat lamp, which i keep on 24/7. The other is a basic bright - white heat lamp, which goes on only at the daytime. Sometimes, when it is cooler, i put a heat pad under the cage. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | It is good to have the temperature on about 75-90degrees at the daytime, and 65-75 at night time. It shouldn’t be that humid at all, because they are originated in the desert. |
Heating and Equipment: | As I said, I have one purplish heat lamp, and one basic heat lamp. A heat pad may be needed, depending on the climate of the area. |
Caging Provided: | I provided a 10 gallon tank for my juvenile boa, but later, when she is fully grown, I will supply her with a 15-20 gallon tank. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | I feed her a pinky(baby mouse) once a week. CAUTION- don’t handle your snake much at all for up to 24 hours after she is fed, for this can cause in your snake to regurgitate, and this is very likely to damage your snake’s body. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Pinkies work fine for babies, and as your snake progresses in size, so will the mice you feed it. |
Maintenance: | I handle her pretty frequently to keep her active, and supply her with a few snake habitat accessories, as well as a small tub for feeding, a water bowl in her cage, and a healthy diet. |
Some Words on this Species: | These snakes are not very active,but are very good beginner pets, don’t bite at all(theoretically), and make very good companions. |
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