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Correction: she was being fed mice hoppers. I bought a mixed bag with hoppers and weaned mice.

Congrats on your new purchase!! She’s a beauty!!

i have 2 boas myself but not bci a dwarf caye caulker and a Dumerils.

Id stick to feeding every week. Boas digest slowly and have a slow metabolism. Slow and steady wins the boa race!!

your Paramaters sound great. I’d let her be for a few weeks as tough as it is. Get her feeding steady and enjoy seeing her grow and keep posting pics !!!

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Originally Posted by Phillydubs

Congrats on your new purchase!! She’s a beauty!!

i have 2 boas myself but not bci a dwarf caye caulker and a Dumerils.

Id stick to feeding every week. Boas digest slowly and have a slow metabolism. Slow and steady wins the boa race!!

your Paramaters sound great. I’d let her be for a few weeks as tough as it is. Get her feeding steady and enjoy seeing her grow and keep posting pics !!!

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Thanks for your advice. I see conflicting information about feeding, etc., so I'm always receptive to information from more experienced keepers! I fed her 2 nights ago and she took it immediately, no problem. I won't feed her again until Tuesday night and will maintain her on feedings once a week. It's so hard to leave them alone once they're home, but I will resist :)

I had wanted a dum; they're so beautiful! I have never heard of caye caulkers, but they are beautiful, too!

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Good morning! Thank you so much for your help, and for being so patient with me! I’m obviously new to forums haha.

Anyway, I have kept reptiles before, including turtles, a tortoise, a beardie, and lizards and little rat snakes I caught around my house as a kid in Florida. I’ve never kept a boa.

I researched for months before I got her. I have been wanting a boa, so I started with a corn snake that I’ve had for 6 months. She’s doing great, so I felt it was ready for me to move up. I am aware that my boa will get between 6-8 feet, and possibly up to 10 feet, and that won’t be problematic for me. I’m prepared to care for her appropriately. I am planning to feed her every 5-7 days while she's young.

For now, I have a 32qt sterilite container that I drilled holes into. I have an UTH, controlled by a thermostat. According to my infra red temp gun, the ambient temp is 78. I have a digital hygrometer/thermometer. The temp in the hot spot is 87 and humidity is 68%. I got her Sunday, July 22, at the White plains expo. She had shed and has had 2 feedings. She was eating F/T weaned mice, which is what I will continue her on for now. I am attaching a photo of her enclosure (thanks to your detailed explanation and the fact that I'm no longer trying to do this on my phone!)

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Ok, cool on the setup.

The temps and humidity look good, although I wouldn't let it get below 78F ambient, and you should raise humidity in shed.

I keep mine with an 88F hot spot, 81F ambient, and 78-80F cool spot. However, I have a huge tank and it's got big gradients and a hot and a cool side, so it's easier. If you are dialed in and everything is working well, don't mess with it.

Regarding feeding, I would feed what she was eating and on the small side for the first two to three meals. Get her established and eating regularly. I would also feed every 7 days to make sure she's digesting well and settling in.

So, weaned mice are fine, but every 7 days to start. Also, as stated earlier, leave her alone unless it's necessary to take her out for cleaning, etc.

Get two to three good meals into her before handling. She's really young and I am surprised the breeder sold her after eating only two meals. Get her eating regularly; that's the number one priority.

Glad she ate already! Keep up the good work!

Good luck and keep us in the loop.

Very nice new addition,the Hypo jungles are really nice and will get better with age as the Hypo gene kicks in and cleans up her pattern
As dakski and others said a weekly regime is definitely the best to start with.
I’m surprised they let her go with
Being a month old, when I bred my babies I didn’t let them go till they had at least six meals and a couple of sheds

The cay caulkers are a really nice dwarf pure locality bci boa located on cay caulker which is located on cay just off the coast of Belize and as you say dumeril boas are stunning but can a pain to start feeding as many
People on here have stated


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Also, and I should have said earlier.

If you don’t already know, and have an established corn snake, the new BCI must be in full quarantine.

Please ask if unsure how to do this properly.

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Ok, cool on the setup.

The temps and humidity look good, although I wouldn't let it get below 78F ambient, and you should raise humidity in shed.

I keep mine with an 88F hot spot, 81F ambient, and 78-80F cool spot. However, I have a huge tank and it's got big gradients and a hot and a cool side, so it's easier. If you are dialed in and everything is working well, don't mess with it.

Regarding feeding, I would feed what she was eating and on the small side for the first two to three meals. Get her established and eating regularly. I would also feed every 7 days to make sure she's digesting well and settling in.

So, weaned mice are fine, but every 7 days to start. Also, as stated earlier, leave her alone unless it's necessary to take her out for cleaning, etc.

Get two to three good meals into her before handling. She's really young and I am surprised the breeder sold her after eating only two meals. Get her eating regularly; that's the number one priority.

Glad she ate already! Keep up the good work!

Good luck and keep us in the loop.

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Thank you! When you quarantine, do you have to do it in separate rooms? I have their tanks near each other right now but I am really careful and wash my hands very well before handling or touching anything for either one of them. Is that sufficient enough?

I’m very relieved she ate. I weighed her right before I fed her. She weighed 72 grams and I fed her a hopper that was 7 grams. She struck and hit so hard compared to my little corn. And she coiled for such a long time. It really was so awesome to watch her. Im already so in love with her. 😍

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Thank you! When you quarantine, do you have to do it in separate rooms? I have their tanks near each other right now but I am really careful and wash my hands very well before handling or touching anything for either one of them. Is that sufficient enough?

I’m very relieved she ate. I weighed her right before I fed her. She weighed 72 grams and I fed her a hopper that was 7 grams. She struck and hit so hard compared to my little corn. And she coiled for such a long time. It really was so awesome to watch her. Im already so in love with her. 😍

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Ideally seperate rooms.

If if it’s not possible. As far away from each other as possible.

Handle her (BCI) last and do not handle corn snake for the rest of the day if you touch anything in BCIs tank or her.

Keep BCI tank spotless.

No similar tools (tongs), bowls, hides, etc.

Everything must be separate for a minimum of two, preferably three months.

Frankly, your breeder is already suspect letting her go that young.

The above is a minimum quarantine procedure. Some people change clothes, different rooms, etc. I am not against that but please follow the minimum at least.

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Originally Posted by dakski

Ideally seperate rooms.

If if it’s not possible. As far away from each other as possible.

Handle her (BCI) last and do not handle corn snake for the rest of the day if you touch anything in BCIs tank or her.

Keep BCI tank spotless.

No similar tools (tongs), bowls, hides, etc.

Everything must be separate for a minimum of two, preferably three months.

Frankly, your breeder is already suspect letting her go that young.

The above is a minimum quarantine procedure. Some people change clothes, different rooms, etc. I am not against that but please follow the minimum at least.

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Okay, I will definitely put them into separate rooms and be more careful about all other aspects of keeping them.

I put aspen in my BCI’s enclosure. When I go to clean, should I switch it out with paper?

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Okay, I will definitely put them into separate rooms and be more careful about all other aspects of keeping them.

I put aspen in my BCI’s enclosure. When I go to clean, should I switch it out with paper?

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I, personally, would use paper. I use for all my animals for cleanliness, but definitely in quarantine.

Other ways to keep humidity up if needed.

Next clean, switch over, but I’d leave her alone to digest for a bit now.

More important than seperate rooms, IMO, is separate everything and do not handle or touch the BCI or enclosure and then go back to corn snake.

Fresh day, lots of hand washing and general cleanliness on your part and different clothes etc. before doing anything with your corn.

Seperate rooms can only help.