/r/boas
A community for snakes in the Boidae family. We welcome rainbows, rubbers, rosies, redtails, and anything else that's a boa!
Posts should be related to boas. Tag any dead animals NSFW. Questions, images, and discussions are all welcome! Send the mods some mail if you have a good care sheet that you'd like put in the sidebar or any suggestions for the community.
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Boa Care and Husbandry (send us links if you have some)
VPI.com: Boa Constrictor
CrispySnakes: Boa Constrictor Feeding Guide
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I want to make a custom background for my adult boa. all in all should take around 12/13 hours. I have a tub I put her in while cleaning the viv but it isn't sizeable, she's always curled up in it. I didn't think it would be a good idea to keep her in it for 12 hours just due to tempreture really. Any ideas from you guys on what you would do? thanks!
This little bugger will be getting a tank upgrade real soon, and I am considering doing bio-active. He currently is on coco-fiber in a non bio active setup. I’m concerned on the amount of bedding a would need to do bedding changes once a month for a 8 foot tank. That seems like a lot of work and money. Would a bioactive work well for boas? If so have any tips?
I have a bci that is currently outgrowing her 6x2x3, and I'm about ready to start building another for her and moving my smaller bci into her cage. She's a heavy bodied girl but seems to like aerial activity quite a bit. Should I build an 8x4x4 or a cage 6x4x5?
So lil homie has mites, they showed up right after I put clean coco fiber substrate in his terrarium I find them under his scales and he wants to sit in his water. How can I be sure it's just some pesky soil mites and not snake mites?
My girl having a bath! Question tho at what rate should she grow? Got told she's a common boa and it will be 6 weeks tomorrow I've had her but she's grown alot in that time! An I've seen people say there's have hit mad sizes in a year. What's the script here?
I've read that they love to soak, but I'm just do worried it would end up just using the land portion. Is this too much water? I only have a rough sketch of my idea right now. I'm thinking maybe a water fall in the corner? It would be bioactive and decked out with plants too.
What kind of boa is this and how big does it get in meters. 😊 i have a 6Lx3wx2h enclosure and is wondering if that’s fitting 🤷♂️ thanks
I just bought a larger enclosure for my BCI. I was hoping to go with a bioactive enclosure for her. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for a bioactive substrate and live plant suggestions.
will it be a dealbreaker the fact that I love snakes but don’t have one?
I was looking to buy a glass container to cook lasagna 😅 and thought that the 4L Pyrex can actually be used as a pool for my boa.
Thoughts?
put a hold on him today because of the goatee. cant wait
I think he’s about two now. I’m so proud of him. He’s so big.
Ive been toying with the idea of getting some smart temp/humidity sensors to send monitoring/alerts to my phone, but one concern ive had is that my BCI is 7ft and chunky so im a little concerned they will just get pulled off the tank wall so im curious if anyone has already done it with a large Boa?
What morph is this ?
She’s finally coming out of her shell around me. It’s been a long road and it well be even longer tell she lets me hold her but her not hiding the second I come in the room is huge.