Couldn't help it...bought a BRB

[treaux]

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:

[Mstuppiello921]

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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[treaux]

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.

[Mstuppiello921]

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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[hazzaram]

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

[John1982]

Pretty little fella, nice choice.

[Reinz]

Congrats on your pretty boy!

[treaux]

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

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.

[CloudtheBoa]

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)!

[treaux]

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?