Hey friends! Question! So tonight while handling my bean I noticed he kinda smelled “shrimpy” but only near his tail. Does this mean he went to the bathroom or is about to go? Or does it mean he musked??? Or is he about to shed?? I’ve never smelled that from him before so this new for me. Pls let me know

I may have funked up when buying her and I forgot to ask when her last feeding was, so I was curious when I should feed or if there is a sign that she would be hungry? also would it be a bad idea to leave a pinky or two in her tank?

Took awhile and I had to put in another container and keep putting it infront of her to get her to latch on but we did it. Her first meal since taking her home.

Vinny, you almost got it. She trying so hard.

Hi all! I’ve recently adopted a baby sand boa. The guy we got him from didn’t know how old he was but he is clearly young. We’ve had him just over two weeks now and have tried feeding frozen thawed pinkies 2 times now and he has denied. Each time, he kind of appraised it a little, seemed to look at it and check it out with his tongue, and then would burrow into his substrate. Both attempts have been with frozen thawed pinkies, warmed and dried, and I kind of wiggled their faces towards his as suggested, but he hasn’t tried to strike. We’re wondering what our next step is. Should we try in a smaller space instead of in his enclosure? Should we try another brand of mice? My partner suggested “braining” the pinky next time. Does anyone have any experience or ideas? Or should we just leave him be for a bit longer? Thanks in advance :)

I just want to start it off with Nadja is okay, but I am worried if I'm going to make her more stressed since I keep on worrying about her, I know they burrow but I'm just worried if she'll never come up, is there any way I can just try to stop being so worried?

I finally got the new enclosure going up. It's much bigger, got more substrate, actual clutter and things to climb on. Yet the moment he got in he began glass surfing on every surface.

Is this just him not recognizing this place as his new home? Will he get used to it eventually?

Hi! This is my first Reddit post so please forgive me if I don’t have proper formatting or whatever, I just think this is my best bet for advice.

I have a 5 year old sand boa, her name is Fani and I love her to death. I left for college in August and unfortunately couldn’t take her with me because I live on campus. So, I convinced my dad (who hates snakes) to take care of her, meaning he feeds her once a week, makes sure she has water, and turns her heat lamp on and off.

The problem is she doesn’t want to eat when he feeds her. She’s even gone as far as to escape her cage since I’ve left which she has NEVER done before. She’s always such a good snake with me, she eats on time and doesn’t bite or try to escape, but for some reason it seems like she doesn’t like my dad.

I couldn’t find anything on the internet that related to my experience, so I’m here asking for advice! I’m not sure what to do because I can’t make it home every week to feed her, and I don’t want her to be suffering because she’s a stubborn baby.

I hope someone can help me!!!

We have a sand boa that is a yearling (not quite full grown but close) and he's going through his first shed with us

His eyes are filmed over and belly sort of pink which is the only way we realized he's in shed, because he is an albino. But it's been around 2 weeks and he has not actually.... Shed. We did soak him last night and still nothing

Should we be concerned about this? Is there anything else we can do?

(Pic was before he went into shed)

Not really just perfect timing of her going the most complicated way to where she wants to burrow

so i have a relatively new kenyan sand boa and i know they like clutter so i was wondering if anyone had any cheap decorative tips for reference this is her tank (its a 30 gal)

Can someone give me some pointers on how to make one and how to build a better enclosure for Earl?? He just recently started showing interest in climbing.

Hello guys, Im currently using a heat mat for my KSB, but the temperature is not high enough. Any recommendations of heating lamps that I can use or any ideas of how to increase and control the temperature.

I have a 10 gallon enclosure

Some toddler toys for my little miss! Teeny baby in her baby enclosure, my first snek🤗

my roommate and i just got a kenyan sand boa for our dorm and his name is tito. he’s about two months old so he’s very short and skinny. the heat lamp that we bought for him based on our research melted the small plastic part on the lid of our tank for him, so my roommate went to trade in that lid for a new one. no one was home friday morning through tuesday evening since we had a break, but we put a large heavy piece of cardboard over the tank that covered the entire top and was relatively thick. when we got home tuesday we assumed that since this kind of snake likes to hide to begin with that we wouldn’t look for him to see if he was there. We then looked yesterday throughout all of the substrate, and he’s gone. we spent 3 hours checking every nook, cranny, and surface possible. we even opened up the heat radiator in our room to see if he was camping in there. behind/in the couch, underneath the fridge, everywhere in/on/underneath our desks, we sifted through his substrate like 3 times, checked under and behind his tank, behind our dressers, in our clothes and shoes, literally EVERYWHERE. and unfortunately our door to the hallway has an opening at the bottom big enough to crawl through. are we screwed?

UPDATE: he has been found!!! across the hall under someone’s stepstool

Hi guys. I'm a new KSB owner. I've never had a reptile or pet before.

I got my baby from a reptile store on October 1st and fed him on October 2nd around 12:30am. He ate a live fuzzy with no problem. When I tried to feed him again a week later, he ate with no problem, but the next day he regurgitate the mice. I thought it was because the mice was too big since he's a baby and should be eating a pinky. I waited a week to feed him again, a pinky this time, and he ate with no problem, but the next day he regurgitate again.

At first, I didn't know how important it was to not handle the snake the first few weeks. I even handled him before feeding him. I'm so worried about him, so I'm hoping that's why he regurgitate. I have now decided to wait two weeks for him to recover and I don't plan on handling him until he has successfully eaten twice.

1. My question is should I feed him a small pinky, half a mouse or just the head.

2. Another question is about humidity. What should the humidity levels be? I always find different information

so i have uvb for my ksb but someone recommended a deep heat projector bulb so i got it but when i use it i smell burning or this like weird smell from it? i dont know if it needs to be hung above the mesh or what but any suggestions for heat?