question about baby RTB and setup size...

Tirel and Crona were defensive when they got here, I've had them 6 months next month and they have both quieted down immensely. Crona was more bitey than Tirel and he hardly so much as huffs now. Tirel is all bark and no bite, and will usually give me a small hiss when I take her out but is fine as long as I immediately scoop her up. Although they've tamed down a lot they are still nothing like my naturally docile boas. As long as they aren't manhandled and I don't take too long getting them out they're easy as pie to work with, but they tolerate little else. That may change over the years idk.

So tl;dr expect a tame snake and not a completely docile one even if you manage to calm him down.


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Get a T10 at least for a boa. And get a shelf. All my snakes love their shelves.

As for defensiveness, every snake is different. Both my boas were laid back when I got them as babies. Same with all my snakes except the JCP but I think someone messed with her as a baby as I got her as a juvenile but she is taming down. Even my retic is mellow unless food is involved or he's hungry. Then he will just shoot out of his hide and look you in the face lol.

Just give him time to settle in and make sure you provide places for them to feel secure on the cold and warm sides. That will go a long way to making them tame down.

And also remember to give them a cool side. If husbandry is wrong, it can make snakes pissy too. A lot of people just focus on the hot side and don't really look at giving them somewhere they can cool down also. I give all my snake a cool side of 78-80F and a hot spot with flexwatt of 90F. And I keep humidity around 60-70%. And like I said, all my snakes are puppies that you can reach in and grab them, even my retic is getting like that although I do still use a twisted up paper towel to rub on his head but he really doesn't seem to care regardless lol. I got a snake hook but I have yet to even use it. It just sits there lol.

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Get a T10 at least for a boa. And get a shelf. All my snakes love their shelves.

As for defensiveness, every snake is different. Both my boas were laid back when I got them as babies. Same with all my snakes except the JCP but I think someone messed with her as a baby as I got her as a juvenile but she is taming down. Even my retic is mellow unless food is involved or he's hungry. Then he will just shoot out of his hide and look you in the face lol.

Just give him time to settle in and make sure you provide places for them to feel secure on the cold and warm sides. That will go a long way to making them tame down.

And also remember to give them a cool side. If husbandry is wrong, it can make snakes pissy too. A lot of people just focus on the hot side and don't really look at giving them somewhere they can cool down also. I give all my snake a cool side of 78-80F and a hot spot with flexwatt of 90F. And I keep humidity around 60-70%. And like I said, all my snakes are puppies that you can reach in and grab them, even my retic is getting like that although I do still use a twisted up paper towel to rub on his head but he really doesn't seem to care regardless lol. I got a snake hook but I have yet to even use it. It just sits there lol.

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i been doing more research, and i see alot of people say "handle more to get them used to it" but also alot say "leave em alone and dont bother them and that works better to tame them down"

Im not sure which route i should go. For now, i will just do what has worked for me before, even though it was a BP, i remember when i got my BP as a baby, although he never struck, the first few days he hissed at me when i tried to grab him. I left him alone and let him settle in for 2 weeks before i started handling him, and he stopped hissing within a week. So i will try this with the boa aswell. Im going to leave him alone except to refilling his water bowl, and of course feeding. Other than that i wont handle him for 2 weeks and see after that how he does.

so i spoke to the breeder and he told me that he was never like that before. The although he wasent handled much, whenever he was taken out from his enclosure to be showed to a costumer he was real calm and nice all the time with everybody who handled him.

and like i said, he was nice with me the first time i handled him, it was only after he moved to his new enclosure he got like that. Breeder also did mention that going from the 6qt tub he was in with him to a 20 gallon might have him freaked out.

He hasent moved much in his new enclosure since 2 days ago, he just stays BEHIND the warm side hide and behind some fake plants i have. He hasent used any of his hides, but what i do notice is he is very observant as opposed to my BP. Sometimes i walk by and look into my BPs enclosure and it takes a while to even realize im there, but this guy, as soon as he sees my face he turns his head.

I will wait another week like i said and feed him then wait another fews days, hopefully his attitude will change.

Congrats! I adore my boa. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about the attitude. He's been through a lot of is probably still settling in. I would double check your temps just in case. Too much heat can make them cranky.

My boa hates moving. He's been moved twice in the past year and let me know he was NOT happy about it. He would hiss whenever I opened the door and he's big enough now he gets his way usually. Now that I have been in my current home for a couple months he has settled in and is back to being his easy going self. He's such a sweetie now and I have no trouble with him. I have found they calm down as they get bigger, though he was never much trouble as a baby.

I would try adding more cover. Crona was acting the same way when I first got him. Went from a blacked out rack system to a standalone 66 qt (I think 66 qt) tub and he was defensive for several weeks. I added some more hides and he eventually came around. He also has a big fake vine that covers almost half of the tub.


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here is his setup, plenty of decor plants, a climbing log, and 2 hides (cold side hide hard to see its covered by decor on the left).

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That was quick, he has settled in. Picked him up yesterday and he was as docile as can be. Few hours later gave him a mouse and he is curled up as we speak chilling like a villain. I pass by his tank and he dosent get worked up no more, he just pays no mind to me.

Cant measure the smile on my face right now!


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