Couldn't help it...bought a BRB

I've been looking at pictures and pining for one and finally let myself go to a local reptile show (pretty much knowing I'd come back with a BRB).

So I got this little guy. Haven't come up with a name yet and he's just a cute little worm at the moment (weighing in at a whopping 33 grams). He was the biggest of his litter and very curious and mild mannered. I'm so happy to finally have a boa and can't wait to watch him grow up. Here's a few pics of the little bugger:

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Awesome congratss!! Im so happy I listened to ur advice on my thread with getting a herpstat 2 instead of a one because Im already wanting another snake haha! Beautiful snake boas are awesome!!

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lol right! Now I'm wishing I had gotten the Herpstat 4. Good thing the T8 I bought came with a bunch of extra on/off thermostats, which are working fine for now.

Funny you say that cause I was going to call spyder and replace my order with a 4 ( cause i figured just in case)but I got voted off the island by my fiance. She did not even want one in the house, twos already pushing my luck, 4 and Id no longer be alive to post on this forum haha

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Congrats!!! I got a baby girl back in June and I just adore her. Your boy is gorgeous :)

Pretty little fella, nice choice. :gj:

Congrats on your pretty boy! :)

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Congrats!!! I got a baby girl back in June and I just adore her. Your boy is gorgeous :)

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Looks like you went the same path as me. From two BPs to a BRB.

The little guy finally found his warm hide and settled in and it takes all my willpower to just let him be. I won't be able to get a pinkie mouse until Wednesday or even Friday, so the first feeding will have to wait.

Sooo tiny! Even smaller than either of mine were when they arrived, and even their birth weights if I'm not mistaken. Congrats again (saw your post on another site)!

Little guy scared me today. I had put in a small water bowl with some moss to try and increase the humidity (maybe about an inch and a half deep).

When I looked in his cage this morning, I couldn't find him anywhere. Not in the hide or in any cracks or crevices. I was worried at first that he escaped, but then I looked at that little moss bowl. Pulled the moss out and there he was at the bottom of the bowl, not moving. Had a moment of panic thinking my snake had drowned and I pulled him out of there. Then his little head moved and he looked up at me and flicked hit tongue out and I had a sigh of relief.

I guess it's normal for these snakes to go under the water (he was apparently using the moss as a hide of sorts), but it still freaked me out a bit. I am having trouble keeping humidity up, so I think I need to get a substrate in there like cypress mulch (currently just paper towels). I have seen him drinking however and now he has figured out where to soak.

There's no risk of him drowning in that little water bowl is there?

If he can get out he shouldn't drown. I'm confused, though, is he in his water dish soaking? Or do you have a pool of water in his moss? If there's a pool of water in the moss, there really doesn't need to be. The moss just needs to be damp, it doesn't have to be sopping wet, an enclosed humid hide should hold humidity very well.


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It was just a small bowl of moss with some water in the bottom. It was just an experiment to see if it'd hold more humidity. The current enclosure is terrible at it and I'll be finding something else shortly or just use a tub for the time being.

Yeah the pool of water would just aid mold growth, so I would try not to have a pool in there. Besides, soaking in water is different than having humidity in the air, they get more hydrated by humidity than they do by soaking.

I think a tub would be a good idea, it would be the easiest option. :) They're nice and cheap and you hardly have to do anything to them. Just make sure to watch the ventilation, otherwise even in a tub the humidity won't stay high enough.

The best enclosures for BRBs are tubs for young ones and PVC for older ones. Wood can work, but it can take a little more work to seal from the extra humidity. I'm sure a regularly sealed one could hold up to it but I'm personally too paranoid. Lol. My enclosures have held up against 70-80% humidity for my BCI so there's that, it's just still too low for a BRB unfortunately.


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I have a small tub already that will do 100% humidity if it has any kind of moisture retaining substrate in it. I think the current plan will be to put my BRB in there for the time being and when my BPs get too big for their T8 the BRB will get the T8 and the BPs will go in a rack.

I really like watching the BRB and he is an active little fella, but I want him to be healthy.

Actually did a little re-arranging and kept the water bowl as well as the shallow water dish and just put the moss around the cage in a few spots. Just misting once a day and keeping a wet towel over the screen it's holding at 85-90% humidity and he seems pretty happy. He likes to use the moss as his cool hide and prefers to burrow into it rather than go in an actual hide. He ate his second pinky mouse and I'm starting to think he's ready for fuzzies. The pinky didn't really leave any bump and was smaller than his thickest part.

Still looking tiny and great!

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