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#1688326
Alienboa
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Rosy boa urget question 
i went to my cuzins house and his rosy boa was in a cage up in his closet, it looks like it hasent eaten in forever, it is very tiny and had no water. im going to talk to him and see if he will give it to me, any sugestions when i get it? i already have a ball python and a red tail boa
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04/03/08 08:36pm
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#1688389
Snakecharmer713
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Message To: Alienboa In reference to Message Id: 1688326
Rosy boa urget question
Do your reserch on the breed. You have two snakes now so you know the basics on care. Get the baby to a vet to make sure there is no infection. Also keep the new guy seperate from the others. There are some people on here that have rosys so they can give you detailed info.
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04/03/08 09:40pm
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#1688410
Alienboa
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Message To: Snakecharmer713 In reference to Message Id: 1688389
Rosy boa urget question
ok i talked to my cuzin and he said i can have it, but he said he cant get it to eat, im guessing its because the poor thing has had no heat or water
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04/03/08 09:52pm
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#1688599
Aliceinwl
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Message To: Alienboa In reference to Message Id: 1688410
Rosy boa urgent question
If it’s around or under a foot, I’d set it up in a medium critter keeper (you want to go small so that it will be in close contact with the prey until you get it eating) as a temporary house. Put a UTH under the rear 1/4th of the tank (you want UTH temps to be between 95-100). Fill the tank with about 1-2" of aspen shavings. Put a small hide on the warm end and a small water bowl on the cool end. Offer a live pinkie. If it doesn’t take the pinkie try a small fuzzy. Sometimes rosys won’t eat pinkies, they want something with hair. Find a furry fuzzy that’s small enough for the snake to eat and offer it live (rosys have a huge gape size, but since your guy hasn’t been eating you don’t want to over tax him). If it drinks a lot, which it sounds like it might, wait a few days before offering food as this can lead to regurgitation.
I gave one of my baby boas to a friend in 2006, he was never able to get it eating. I took it back to try to get it feeding a few months later. As soon as I got home, I threw a large fuzzy into the carrying cage and he constricted and ate it on the spot. He just didn’t want pinkies; rosys are notorious for this. The snake is back in his care and has never refused a meal since.
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04/03/08 11:48pm
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#1688618
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Alienboa In reference to Message Id: 1688326
Rosy boa urget question
What was he kept in? Do you know the size of tank? Did he have a heating pad at all or any heat source? How big is he? If hes still fairly small, get a 10 gallon cage...glass cage. Get a heating pad and place it under one side of his cage. You can put either aspen bedding down or just use papertowel which is what i do with my rosy since he had his Respiratory infection. Get two identical hides,one for the cool side and one for the warm side. GEt two digital thermometers, the cool side temps should read about 75-80 while the warm side temps should be from 85-92 there also should not be a high humidity at all, the most it should read is about 20%. Don’t use a heat lamp unless it is completely necessary to get the temps up. For the feeding part, i’ve never had a problem with feeding my male...our female has gone a few times without eating for a few days. Try getting him the right things for the cage and then let him settle in a bit. You may want to take him to a vet before hand as well. I would probably try feeding him live fuzzies at first, pinkies are to small to show any girth with them unless hes a newborn. I’ll post some pics of my cage for a reference. Soo...give us the details on the size and maybe post some pics of him and the cage he was kept in so we can give you proper instructions.
(i don’t have the cardboard box anymore, i’ve changed it to a different hide but thats basically all i have)
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04/03/08 11:59pm
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#1688627
Albinorosyboa
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Message To: Aliceinwl In reference to Message Id: 1688599
Rosy boa urgent question
do you know how big he is ? and what size cage he is in ? that might be one reason he is not eating another reason could be the temps.. Do you have any idea how long its been sence he has eater ? or can you find out? make shure where you get his cage set up the cool side is around 75-80 and warm a good 85-98 ish. you have snakes now so im shure you know the basic. hides,UTH,bedding,water bowl, heat lamp if needed to bring temps up more...with feeding try doing what Aliceinwl said but make shure when you do that its NO!! bigger then 1 - 1.5 times the thickest part of the snakes body or it can n will regurgate it..
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04/04/08 12:09am
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#1689086
Alienboa
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Message To: Albinorosyboa In reference to Message Id: 1688627
Rosy boa urgent question
i will find out when the last time he ate was. and i have extra UTH, hides and small water bowl. im guna use paper towels for now until i get him back to health, and when i pick him up today im going to the pet store to get him some supplies, o and he is very small, i saw him when he was a new born about 4 months ago and he looks worse. he is in band condition , but ive brought a corn snake back to health before, and i hope i cansave this little guy. the cage is about 1 foot, buy 1 foot, its a square shape.
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04/04/08 01:11pm
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#1689605
Aliceinwl
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Message To: Alienboa In reference to Message Id: 1689086
Rosy boa urgent question
Personally, I’d go with the aspen right off the bat. Rosys like to burrow so it could help him feel more secure (you want to maximize his comfort to maximize your chances of getting him eating quickly). Mine burrow to a particular depth above their UTH depending on how warm they want to be; the aspen will give him more flexibility in regulating his temperature too. The cage size sounds fine for now, just make sure the UTH only occupies ~1/4 of the floor area and don’t use any type of heat lamp as this will overheat the cage. Once he’s eating consistently, move him up to a 10 gallon. Follow Albinorosyboa’s advice on prey girth. In lieu of separate hides, you could get a cork bark slab that covers about 1/2 the floor area, this way he can move around underneath it to achieve his desired temperature.
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04/04/08 08:03pm
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#1689968
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Aliceinwl In reference to Message Id: 1689605
Rosy boa urgent question
Just use newspaper like u planned. Makes it easier to see him and make sure everything is alright. A foot by a foot sized cage is fine if hes still fairly small (under a foot long). Let him settle into his cage first before trying to feed him so u don’t stress him out. Make sure the temps are right and everything before u bring him home, you want everything perfect before hand.
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04/05/08 01:40am
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#1779980
Lmonne
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Message To: ColdBlooded666 In reference to Message Id: 1688618
Rosy boa urget question
you are going to freak out so many people with this 20% humidity thing. Rosys are good with anywhere between 30 to 50% humidity . 55 to 60 and above is pushing it. 40 45 = great. again... coldblooded all your advise is PERFECT but the humidity thing. for you that is great you are in colorado but for people in california or even the south. they will need an industrial strength dehumidifier to get it down to 20 % rosys are from southern cali and mexico where humidity is about 40% all year. and they burrow to even higher humidity levels to stay cool.
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07/01/08 07:45pm
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#1780198
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Lmonne In reference to Message Id: 1779980
Rosy boa urget question
Umm no if you go and read every freakin caresheet out there, humidity says 20-30% thats it. My husband and i did TONS of research before hand and each caresheet said the same thing.
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07/01/08 11:49pm
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#1780200
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Lmonne In reference to Message Id: 1779980
Rosy boa urget question
This post is old..
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07/01/08 11:50pm
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#1781676
Lmonne
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Message To: ColdBlooded666 In reference to Message Id: 1780200
Rosy boa urget question
i guess they have different books and care sheets in different states?????????????
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07/03/08 12:52pm
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#1781677
Lmonne
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Message To: ColdBlooded666 In reference to Message Id: 1780200
Rosy boa urget question
every professional breeder i have spoken with has told me the same.......but hey whatever right?
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07/03/08 12:53pm
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#1781778
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Lmonne In reference to Message Id: 1781677
Rosy boa urget question
I know a professional Rosy Breeder, his humidity is the same as what i’ve been saying actually. You can go look up Rosy Boa caresheets on google, it’ll tell you about the same.
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07/03/08 02:54pm
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#1781911
Lmonne
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Message To: ColdBlooded666 In reference to Message Id: 1781778
Rosy boa urget question
ma’am, i have been and they all say everywhere from 35% all the way up to 60%. I imagine 60 is way too high. But honestly every breeder i have spoken with, including randy wright, has assured me that 35 to 45% humidity is optimal. So there it is. I’m sure your snakes are happy with 20% humidity but i have never had any problems with feeding breathing or shedding at a steady 40 to 43%. All i am trying to say is you are going to freak out a lot of people who own rosys and live in the south or wherever they are from. someone in florida is just not going to get 20% humidity. They will end up freaking out like i did when i first started collecting rosys. You just make it seem like they need 20 to 30% humidity when in fact they easily handle much higher. Rosys live, naturally, in 40 to 60% humidity in the wild, here in southern california and mexico. Thet are great little snakes. I love them and i am sure you do to.
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07/03/08 04:49pm
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#1782066
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Lmonne In reference to Message Id: 1781911
Rosy boa urget question
Whatever dude. If you want to keep your rosys at a high humidity go ahead. Humidity can cause them to have skin problems and other issues as well. Here, check out these websites. And by the way, this post has been dead for months, the guy has already fixed this rosy problem and it is no longer a concern.
http://www.anapsid.org/rosyboa.html
http://www.vmsherp.com/CarePages/CareRosyBoa.htm (this guy i talk to personally)
http://www.reptilekeeper.co.uk/rosyboas/kaplancaresheet.php
These are just a few examples. All the ones i just looked up say the same thing. Rosys live in dry areas with barely ANY humidity. If humidity is WAY to high, you will more then likely have a sick snake.
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07/03/08 07:00pm
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#1785707
Lmonne
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Message To: ColdBlooded666 In reference to Message Id: 1782066
 Rosy boa urget question
are you serious. the 1st site you sent me to was a bum link...it took me to nothing. the 2nd link said exactly what i said. anything higher than 60% is bad. the 3rd link didnt give a number % so i will just stop here and realize this will go nowhere. the back up you sent me only supports my side of our little herpers’ spat. my rosys are happier than ever and healthier than ever here in their natural environment in southern california with humidity levels between 40 and 45 % throughout the day.(may i add my mexi rosy just had his first shed since i got him and it was just perfect.) Im sure your snakes and your husbands snakes are just great and happy too. hurray!!! lets just leave this post as dead shall we? or are you outraged? i know that dry air can go to your head sometimes.
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07/07/08 01:19pm
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#1786496
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Lmonne In reference to Message Id: 1785707
Rosy boa urget question
Not lately, Heat hasn’t been much of a problem lately here in Colorado..its been raining
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07/07/08 11:49pm
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#1786986
Lmonne
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Message To: ColdBlooded666 In reference to Message Id: 1786496
Rosy boa urget question
my brothers in denver. actually aurora but close enough. the weather is crazy out there. dont they say....if you dont like the weather in denver, wait 5 minutes. i liked it there. really really beautiful.
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07/08/08 12:16pm
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#1787023
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Lmonne In reference to Message Id: 1786986
Rosy boa urget question
Yes,Weather is crazy here. I’m actually about 30 minutes away from Denver.WEather can change in an instant. Sometimes it will rain while its sunny, or just out of the blue hail...its odd!
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07/08/08 12:57pm
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#1787378
Lmonne
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Message To: ColdBlooded666 In reference to Message Id: 1787023
Rosy boa urget question
i was there in april and it was totally sunny. out of nowhere it started snowing on us. really snowing though not just little flakes. it was amazing.
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07/08/08 04:50pm
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#1787917
ColdBlooded666
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Message To: Lmonne In reference to Message Id: 1787378
Rosy boa urget question
mmhmm i know how that is!
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07/08/08 11:36pm
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