Anyone else like Kenyan Sand Boas?

I've had this pair for a few years now and finally got some babies from them this past spring. 4 Live babies a couple of stillborns and a slug. It's been tough getting the babies to feed regularily though I've gotten them all to take live pinkies. Anyone else have any? They're kind of fun and not much work though they do hide quite a bit. Anyone know what kind of morphs are available?

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I like those guys, I was fortunate enough to see Jeff Holloway's collection (http://hollowayherps.com/) and he has animal that would make you drool.

Now as far as mutation I know NOTHING, Jeff would be a good guy for you to talk to when it comes to those guys he has be working with them for 20+ years

I love them~ Bought my first two this year, an albino paradox and an anery stripe. Hoping to breed when they grow up. ^-^
About morphs: there are plenty I know of, and plenty I don't, but the Sandboa Book has all the information about them you'd ever need. I preordered one and should be getting it in early January. A good place to go for anything sandboas, and also where you can preorder the book, is sandboakeepers.com. It doesn't have a ton of active users but it's a great place.

I think they are adorable , like big tubes:) I have never owned one nor do I know much about them, but they have a very unique look


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I like them! Used to have a couple, bred them once, got 11 babies. It was crazy cool. Those little ones were great. They ate very well too - took live baby pinkies right off the tongs just fine. All of them would submerge themselves under the aspen and you could tell when they were hungry because they'd poke their little noses up out of the aspen waiting for food. I'd just dance the pinky (F/T) on the aspen an inch or so away and they'd sneak out and grab it like they were from the movie Tremors or something. LOL.

Yours look great. I had a Het Snow and an Anery.

A friend of a friend in my area breeds them. they are kinda cool . I'll probably end up with a pair one day

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I love them~ Bought my first two this year, an albino paradox and an anery stripe. Hoping to breed when they grow up. ^-^
About morphs: there are plenty I know of, and plenty I don't, but the Sandboa Book has all the information about them you'd ever need. I preordered one and should be getting it in early January. A good place to go for anything sandboas, and also where you can preorder the book, is sandboakeepers.com. It doesn't have a ton of active users but it's a great place.

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Thanks for the info, I just ordered the book.

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I like those guys, I was fortunate enough to see Jeff Holloway's collection (http://hollowayherps.com/) and he has animal that would make you drool.

Now as far as mutation I know NOTHING, Jeff would be a good guy for you to talk to when it comes to those guys he has be working with them for 20+ years

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Thanks for the link. I just visited his website and WOW those are some really nice animals

Mine is still young, at the very least 8 months. He/she is a garbage disposal, live, f/t, pre killed , it makes no difference.

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Mine is still young, at the very least 8 months. He/she is a garbage disposal, live, f/t, pre killed , it makes no difference.

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Mine are still kind of finicky, Lately I've taken to putting a frozen thawed pinkie into a small plastic portion cup along with a live pinkie, occaisionally they'll take both but more often then not they'll take the live pinkie and leave the dead one.

Just have my one male anerythristic.

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Just have my one male anerythristic.

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I've been thinking about picking up either a pair of albinos or a pair of anerythristics. I think I like the anerythristics better.

I just wanted something to name Moo. :rofl:

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I've been thinking about picking up either a pair of albinos or a pair of anerythristics. I think I like the anerythristics better.

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If you like Anery you should see Jeff's reduce pattern line anery, I am seriously considering them myself.

You can find his new stuff here https://www.facebook.com/holloway.herps (The website barely covers what he has)

You're welcome. ^^

I love the HRPs! But the calicos are amazing too. I can't wait until I can afford to buy some of the more expensive morphs, haha. Like paint and splash!

I've heard baby kenyan sand boas in general are picky and usually only like live. My girl(anery stripe) will only take live, but the male(albino paradox) is a garbage disposal. I'm just hoping I'll get lucky with most of the future ones in that they'll take f/t right off, but we'll see.

My babies:
http://sta.sh/01f3sotvzvqf
http://sta.sh/01kl3ktsu2jn

Those are the best most recent pics I have, though those were taken at least 2 months ago.

I have 2 females, an anery and a nuclear. I got the anery at a show and the nuclear I got from Scott Miller.. He posted her litter on sandboas anonymous group on FB. I highly recommend the sandboa keepers and sandboas anonymous groups on FB btw... Stunning pics and many of the great US breeders post there when they have litters or have cool animals to show off. You can get animals at great prices too... much better than at shows IME. I really want a nuclear meltdown albino (nuclear / dodoma cross albino)... but will have to save up for that lol. I also love the splashes, but again, too much money for me at this point.

I enjoy the KSBs, just wish they got a little larger and were more fun to handle. I had more success feeding mine in their tubs (with bedding so that they could bury and "ambush" prey). I feed f/t but do the zombie dance and usually have no issues. I did the deli cup thing when mine were smaller, but my finicky eater eats better now that I feed in her enclosure.

How big do they get and what is the biggest size mouse or rat they normally feed on?

Males: 1.5' females: 3' give or take. I think rat pups are the largest prey item. I have a two year old female (about 2' now) that is feeding on adult mice / large mice and has taken rat pups before (f/t). Males are considerably smaller, thinner, and take smaller prey.

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How big do they get and what is the biggest size mouse or rat they normally feed on?

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The Picture that I posted on the 1st page is of my adult pair, you can see that the male is about half the size of the female. The male weighs in at around 120g and the female is about 220g I feed adult mice to the female and sub-adult mice to the male.

Here's a video I took of me feeding 5 of my 11 babies after breeding mine several years ago. This was just before I moved the rest of them into individual tubs. They were all great ambush feeders, eating F/T pinkies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-XSjCGYMoo

I recently picked up three, myself. I'm in love. They're quirky. It's fun to watch them burrow around. Mine are very docile, get a little squirmy from time to time, but other than that...just awesome.

I have an Anery pair, and a normal female. I plan on getting into the breeding scene soon enough, but these guys are just babies at the moment. And all from the same litter, so I don't think I'll be breading them together by any means.

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I recently picked up three, myself. I'm in love. They're quirky. It's fun to watch them burrow around. Mine are very docile, get a little squirmy from time to time, but other than that...just awesome.

I have an Anery pair, and a normal female. I plan on getting into the breeding scene soon enough, but these guys are just babies at the moment. And all from the same litter, so I don't think I'll be breading them together by any means.

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I also just noticed that OP's name is MarkS. As is the exact name of my iHerp lol, I'm Mark, last initial S. I swear I didn't steal your user name!