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Re: 2021 0.1 Candoia paulsoni, Solomon Island ground boa, white phase - Inej
Originally Posted by vkahri
Absolutely gorgeous! I hope mine looks that good in a few months (or more....). Still hasn't eaten for me. Your's has a nice girth. People say they can go months without eating, but if they are not girthy or had a few meals in them first, I wonder if that remains true.
That very first image was right after eating two pinkies (so said the breeder), so she looks a bit more chonk than normal there. And thank you! I really hope yours starts eating soon.
0.1 Red Axanthic P. regius | Mazikeen
0.1 E. climacophora | Lan Fan
0.1 C. paulsoni | Inej
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Re: 2021 0.1 Candoia paulsoni, Solomon Island ground boa, white phase - Inej
Originally Posted by vkahri
Absolutely gorgeous! I hope mine looks that good in a few months (or more....). Still hasn't eaten for me. Your's has a nice girth. People say they can go months without eating, but if they are not girthy or had a few meals in them first, I wonder if that remains true.
Vkhari, I wonder if since your breeder hasn't been very useful, if you could try contacting the breeder who produced Starscream's boa, since they seem to know how to get neonates feeding? Maybe they'd give you some tips even if they didn't produce the snake. It's a shame that they're so hard to get started, it's such a cool species. Hopefully someday they wind up like hognoses where the kinks seem to have been mostly worked out.
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Re: 2021 0.1 Candoia paulsoni, Solomon Island ground boa, white phase - Inej
I would love to reach out to them, I don't know who they are?
Starscream, if you see this and wouldn't mind, maybe shoot me a PM?
I tried braining a pinky yesterday, no good. I also tried holding him up to my mourning geckos. Literally nose to gecko and no apparent interest. I thought about trying a feeder anole next, and or a feeder guppie if I can find one. Bout ready to search for a vet.
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@Starscream, I really enjoyed reading this thread.
Could you say a little about general husbandry for C. paulsoni? Enclosure size (currently and what you're anticipating as final adult housing), temps, moisture levels, optimum substrate, etc. Appreciate any info you'd share, as there seems to be little available.
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Re: 2021 0.1 Candoia paulsoni, Solomon Island ground boa, white phase - Inej
Originally Posted by Malum Argenteum
@Starscream, I really enjoyed reading this thread.
Could you say a little about general husbandry for C. paulsoni? Enclosure size (currently and what you're anticipating as final adult housing), temps, moisture levels, optimum substrate, etc. Appreciate any info you'd share, as there seems to be little available.
Completely understand your pain there -- most of my research for this species was looking at what it's like in their natural habitat compared to what few accounts people have of keeping them.
Inej is currently in a 76 qt Sterlite stacker tote that I modified for a CHE/UVB setup and a front-opening sliding glass door. She spends more time climbing than you'd expect for a ground boa, so providing the height for the heat elements alone was worth it to me. For adult size, I'm wanting to us a 3 foot by 2 foot enclosure, as she may get up to four feet long but I expect she may stop at 3 feet.
Temps are between 82F and 86F with a hot spot of 92F under the CHE. She spends a lot of time in her humid hide and in her water bowl, so high humidity is a must for these guys. I'm currently using that coco coir stuff, but I honestly hate it. It's very dusty and a pain to clean, but it does let her burrow easily. I would switch to something like coco chip, but the pieces are bigger than she is.
Definitely look into temps and average humidity for their natural range, its really eye opening what they go through in the wild that was a good baseline for me. Please do not use my word alone to determine how to keep these guys, as there's a lot more complexity that I'm sure I'm forgetting to type in a forum post.
Last edited by Starscream; 09-02-2022 at 12:17 AM.
0.1 Red Axanthic P. regius | Mazikeen
0.1 E. climacophora | Lan Fan
0.1 C. paulsoni | Inej
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She's a real gem! And you've really put in the work for her- it shows.
Last edited by Bogertophis; 10-16-2022 at 11:17 PM.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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Wow, she's doing great, thanks to YOU. And what a beautiful little creature she is too.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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