Shed, and a little more friendly :)

[cdavidson9]

he looks great!! I have really been thinking about getting one lately myself.. I have a dozen balls so far and they are all kept in either a 16qt rack, 32qt rack and I have a Vision CB70 rack for adults. What are you keeping him in right now, just curious?

Want to know if I could keep him in one of the rack spaces until he gets too big.. I haven't done too much research yet, just been thinking about it. do they have same temp grades, etc?

Thanks for any help you can give Lgray23!

[Skittles1101]

Cdavidson, do NOT keep boas in racks with ball pythons. They should technically be strictly quarantined away from ball pythons (not sure about other species of snakes?). They can carry a virus called IBD (also paramyxo) both will kill your entire collection. It's not very common, but definitely not unheard of. I always handle my bps first then my boa last, and always wash your hands or sanitize afterwards.

I keep my boa in a 34qt tub. It's working well so far. He has two hides and uses them all the time. Although I have heard most boas won't ever bother hiding, I never see mine unless I take him out of feed him. Anyways, if you have any other questions I'll help you out as much as I can

[cdavidson9]

Thanks so much for the info Lgray. I wouldn't ever just "do" something before not checking it out. Now after doing some more research I totally here where you're coming from. How's the little guy working out for you? Sounds like you are developing a new addiction to another species... hehehe.

Hopefully Pete was a good guy to deal with for you. He really was awesome for me when I got my Pied from him (although at times a little hard to get a hold of). haha.

Will keep you posted if I end up making a purchase anytime soon. Oh, and do you just use the tub's lid with some straps over it? Or are do you have the tub in a rack of some sort? Thanks again for all the advice.

Cheers

[Skittles1101]

I actually got him off a friend who got him from Peter. So I didn't deal with them directly, however I've never heard anything bad. I do love boas, if I had more room I'd get more of them too lol. I use binder clips to secure the lids, but luggage straps work well too. Good luck

[Wh00h0069]

Cdavidson, do NOT keep boas in racks with ball pythons. They should technically be strictly quarantined away from ball pythons (not sure about other species of snakes?). They can carry a virus called IBD (also paramyxo) both will kill your entire collection. It's not very common, but definitely not unheard of. I always handle my bps first then my boa last, and always wash your hands or sanitize afterwards.

I keep my boa in a 34qt tub. It's working well so far. He has two hides and uses them all the time. Although I have heard most boas won't ever bother hiding, I never see mine unless I take him out of feed him. Anyways, if you have any other questions I'll help you out as much as I can

I keep some of my boas in the same rack as my ball pythons. I only buy my boas from trusted breeders to lessen the chance of the boas carrying any kind of disease. If they are disease-free, there is no threat in housing boas and pythons in the same rack.

BTW, great looking bino.

[TheWinWizard]

Looks nice Leah, I'll have to post a few of Nick.