Looking into Kenyen Sand Boas

[barbel]

I saw an ad online the other day for Kenyen Sand Boas. I had heard of them before I had never seen or really noticed them before. After looking at their pictures with the beautiful markings I just fell in love, especially once I started looking at morphs!! I have done a bit of reading but haven't found a really, really good site about their care or breeders. A few sites have said that you can keep them in small groups. Do ya'll agree with that? If so, does gender matter when grouping them? Right now we have 8 ball pythons, so they are the only snakes that we are really experienced with.
This is the care information I have gathered so far:
10 gallon for males (adult = 15 inches)
20 gallon for females (adult = 25 inches)
3-5 inch substrate (aspen, sand/soil mix, carefresh)
Humid hide box for shedding, otherwise extremely dry
Cool side 80-85; Hot side 90-95
Can be kept in small groups
Diet (depending on size) pinky-fuzzy mice weekly
Anyway, I don't really know what else to ask right now, so any information offered would be great!!!

[Patrick Long]

If you get a baby, I would consider a smaller enclosure. I keep my two sands exactly like those temps except I keep them in a 16qt tub becuase they are so small.

This is really awesome site!
http://www.anapsid.org/kenyan.html

[Momma T]

those temps are good but we keep ours on sand... they love it... I put them in seperate small tubs to feed but otherwise they live together just fine... I plan on adding more to my collection soon... I love these guys there one of my many favorites

[barbel]

I plan on adding more to my collection soon

Where did/do you buy your snakes??

[Momma T]

Where did/do you buy your snakes??

These two came from a friend but sand boas are really very popular and there are many breeders out there... Im sure that there are breeders on here even??? anyone out there???

They are wonderful little snakes and Im sure you will be very happy with them...

[chimpkin]

You should listen to the archived Reptile Radio show where they had Jason Hess as a guest. He stated that he had better luck with breeding when he kept his animals in separate enclosures and only put them together for breeding purposes.

[Momma T]

You should listen to the archived Reptile Radio show where they had Jason Hess as a guest. He stated that he had better luck with breeding when he kept his animals in separate enclosures and only put them together for breeding purposes.

These guys arn't old enough for breeding yet... But I will def. seperate them when its time to breed them in a couple of years... for sure

[wilomn]

Nothing is written in stone in the reptile world.

I've had kenyans produce the last 4 or 5 years and only one of those years did I seperate the males from the females at all.

I keep one male and two to three females in each cage, in three to five inches of sand with an overhead heat source.

They have been breeding like crazy the last three weeks. I should have babies towards the end of July.

Do what you like and see how it works. If it's not working, change things. Experiment a little. As long as they're warm and fed and have water, the snakes will be fine whether kept alone or in small groups.

[Momma T]

Nothing is written in stone in the reptile world.

I've had kenyans produce the last 4 or 5 years and only one of those years did I seperate the males from the females at all.

I keep one male and two to three females in each cage, in three to five inches of sand with an overhead heat source.

They have been breeding like crazy the last three weeks. I should have babies towards the end of July.

Do what you like and see how it works. If it's not working, change things. Experiment a little. As long as they're warm and fed and have water, the snakes will be fine whether kept alone or in small groups.

wow thats awsome!!! how fun would that be to have a big display of a bunch of sand boas!!!! very cool!!! I may have to try that!!!

[barbel]

Well, I am guessing the information I have gathered is correct since no one is really disputing it. I was wondering how many of ya'll use sand and how many apen? I plan to feed them in a seperate tub so I don't really need to worry about impaction, but I was wondering more for convience and economics. I use play sand from Home Depot for my Leopard Geckos, is that okay to use with them? Would aspen be cheaper? Also when ya'll clean out your tanks, do you change all 3+ inches or just a surface clean? With our ball pythons we spot clean everytime there is poo then do an all over change about every 3-4 weeks. Does that sound about right? The help so far has been great; keep it coming!!