Care Sheet for Boa ConstrictorsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.15 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 07/23/2004 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Boa Constrictors |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | BoaBabe448 |
Years Experience: | 1 to 2 Years |
Species: | Redtail Boa |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Redtail Boa |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Light brown/tan with medium brown markings
markings get reddish towards the end of the tail
Females are generally larger than males, but for accuracy, get it probed by a professional. |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Substrates:
Indoor/outdoor carpet
newspaper
paper towels
repti-bark (not cedar)
DO NOT use sand.
Water:
Provide a clean water bowl big enough for it to submerge in at all times. |
Lighting and UVB: | Heat lamp if needed.
They require no UV. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Cool side: 80-85
Warm side: 85-90
humidity: 60% |
Heating and Equipment: | Under tank Heat Pads and Heat lamps work. |
Caging Provided: | Start with a 10gal. and gradually move up in gals. as they grow. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Their food should be a little smaller than the largest part of their body.
Pinkies’s, Fuzzy, and Hopper Mice for young
Feeder mice
large mice
rat pups
small rats
medium rats
Large rats
jumbo rats
colossal rats
increase diet as they grow |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | They need no vitamin supplements. |
Maintenance: | Wash out there cage once every 3 weeks.
Provide fresh water at all times.
Clean out there feces.
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Some Words on this Species: | They are great pets, very docile, they are amazing creatures!
they are normally not nippy, and can live up to 20 years in age. |
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