NEW BCI

I have a few questions about my new snake on the way. i have been reading up on BCI and basically everything is the same as a setup for a BP, right? I have two BP and everything from the humidity to the temps should stay the same, except for the tank size, right? I decided to make the jump from BP to Boas when I laid eyes on her. What do you thing??? She is a looker, but I don't know what to nme her.


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She is gorgeous!!! Makes me want one.

Just add some branches perhaps...

Yes, make sure there's some climbing branches or something. Unlike bp's, boa's are known to climb from time to time. Also make sure they have a nice sized waterbowl for bathing. Again, unlike bp's, boa's tend to enjoy a swim.

Her face is very unusual and reminds me of a pierrot clown, so I would probably name her something like Pierrot or Pierrette. Very nice!

I had to pay a little bit more for her, but I think that it was worht it. But shipping kills you.

One more thing. When you have a 7 foot snake in a 5x2x2 tank. How do they climb??

She is pretty!

Hey Tony, How old is she and how long is she? What r u feeding her, or what has she been eating prior to you getting her?

shes beutiful. good luck with her.

I have not recieved her yet. She has been eating rat pups hairless I believe. She will be switched to mice when I get her. She is 4 months old and about two feet long. That is what I was told.

why are you going to switch to mice if she is already on rats ??

lol, I was just thinking the same thing. Hey, if she's already switched over, why ruin a good thing. ;)

The rats that she is eating are too small. The only rats I can't get a small adult rats. So I will be switching back to mice. The guy I am getting her from has had problems with his mice. So has been feeding rats. It is never a problem to get BCI to switch they everything in front of them.

good luck with her she is a cutie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boa's don't soak alot, and they don't have problems switching from mice to rats. I have no clue why everyone thinks Boa's soak all the time, because of my 4, none of them ever soaked.but you should have a water biowl big enough for them to fit in with any snake.

Both of the boa's i've kept soaked from time to time. As long as your temps are good and you dont see any signs of mites or any other health problems, they are just fine. Some are soakers, some arent ;)

BPBabe, I don't think it's that we think they soak a lot. We just tend to compare them to our bp's. In comparison, yes, boa's usually like to soak more often.