BRB should I?

[carlson]

So I've been in contact with a lady selling a Brazilian rainbow boa she's willing to trade me the snake for a sword. Soo my question is should I she said its a 5 foot female. Ill need to get a tempaury tub and all that good stuff, what are their temperature requirements? This is still a maybe deal i need to run thru what I need an if I have the money to buy it all but the trade is there and the price is right soo it's one I've been rolling around my head for last two days.

[vangarret2000]

Do it. Why wouldn't you.

[Capray]

Do it! 75-80 gradient, over that is not good. Just keep it in a ventilated place. They need 75% humidity and up to be healthy.

[carlson]

Do it! 75-80 gradient, over that is not good. Just keep it in a ventilated place. They need 75% humidity and up to be healthy.

That's all?? My house is 76 so I can just set up a heat lamp to reach 80 easily. If I get her shell spend time in a big qt tub then shed get a nice cage hmm it's super tempting and only reasons I'm thinking about not getting her is the lady has been feeding her mice (two adults a week which seems like not enough) and I don't know much about BRBs I just happened across her add (CL posting) and decided why not give it a shot ha as of now I don't have my rat breeding popping out babies yet but an extra 20 a month would feed her till then so I guess lot if has to do with do I have the money for the new qt tub (living on a strict budget ha)

[Capray]

Yeah, rainforests are humid, but not sweltering..
Boas are known to be great feeders, if you let her get hungry, she'll probably eat a rat or whatever...

[carlson]

Ya it's been the topic I've been debating with myself for well as of an hr three days now ha I want to add a boa to my collection and the colors on this girl are great for display. I just gotta see what the tubs cost, getting same kind as my carpet is in its a 4x2x2 ill just only cut one hole over where I want her to bask I think that would keep humidity up.

[KMG]

They really like to soak, well mine does. Provide it with a nice water bowl. My male is just over five and a half feet and I feed him one medium rat every two weeks.

Start searching google and reading caresheets so you can make a more informed decision.

[RoseRed]

BRB's are not too difficult to take care of. I keep the hot side at 83 and the cool at 75 with 75%+ humidity. I also give her a humid box & big water bowl. Mine is in a tub temporarily until her new enclosure comes in and she just had a perfect shed not too long ago. The only thing I would consider is how healthy is the BRB? I wouldn't agree on the trade till I knew that. At the two reptile expo's I have gone to, I have seen one retired male priced at $200 and a full grown male (assumed not retired) priced at $300.

In all honesty I rate the value of a snake by
1) Health
2) Morph (if applicable) & Genetics
3) Age
4) General Look
5) (If for a pet) How Easy is it Handled?
5) Gender
6) How Much I Personally Want that Particular Snake

Hope that is helpful.

[Coleslaw007]

I really don't know a lot about them, but boy did I fall in love with a bunch of baby BRB's at the Phoenix reptile show, they were so CUTE with their lil stripedy faces and the adults are gorgeous. Idk I'd go for it.

[carlson]

I decided against it but mainly because I got a message about a breeding sized normal ball and since I wanna get started breeding finally I'm gonna put all my money to her