Baby boa arrived this morning! Pics to come soon

[Fataltix]

So what do you think of her now she's home??? Are you thrilled? I know how excited you must be....

But no worries! She'll go down when she feels more relaxed. And so long as the ambient temps are around 78-80ish, she'll be fine for a good long time. My baby spends 80% of her time up on her branch. The ambient temps there are about 78. She only spends about 10% of her time in her warm hide.

And, yes, she'll calm down. She's just stressed and defending herself right now. Once she settles, she'll start trusting you more. Sometimes it seems that the more feisty they are as babies, the more puppy-dog tame they become as adults.

Oh I am soooo stoked . She only tagged me three times , only drew blood once though! Probably my fault though, my friends always laugh at how persistent I can be when it comes to holding a snake. Did I mention she bit me all 3 times BEFORE I set her down? Haha, I may very well name her based on her homecoming performance haha.

The ambients are probably a bit colder than I'd like them to be... around 75ish, but the ground temp on the warm side is spot on 90, and the cool is right at 80. She hasn't even gone into either hide yet . I have one of those human heat mats, gets warm but not too hot, would putting it on top of the cage do any good? Its pretty big so it would cover the whole tub... Heat does go up though so...

Yeah, I can't wait for her to start relaxing. I'm one of those people who is awful about waiting for your snake to settle in, I Looove handling my snakes . I was able to hold her for about ten minutes when I first popped her out of the box and she is soooo cute! Her tail is such a vibrant red, and I love the way her scales feel! So different from a BP, It almost feels like she is slightly moist all the time...

Thanks again for all you help evenstar!

-Fatal