Rosy Boa Care/ Setup (Brand New Member)

[Alicia]

I have another very important question, I live in Louisiana where the humidity gets up in the 90-100% sometimes. My snake will obviously be indoors and can be air conditioned if need be. This question might sound silly but will the air humidity inside my house be high like it will outside? If so how can I combat this?


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Do you have a humidity gauge? Even just an Accurite or Taylor digital one? That might give you some idea. Plus, you'll need it a thermometer/hygrometer for the snake, anyway

If humidity is high, an incandescent bulb or CHE can help drive it down. I use a 40 watt light bulb as the heat source for my Rosy, and that honestly seems to work fine.

My Rosy Boa is in a 20gal long with a sliding screen top. This seems to work for her fine. I've not measured her in a while, but she is pushing 40".

On top of her hide, or in branches when I have them in the cage for her, I've temp-gunned a hot spot up to 115 degrees while, in the hide, it's a cozy 86-88. I say this, because she'll occasionally make use of the extremely high temperatures to charge up her batteries when she's very hungry. Otherwise, she moves back and forth between the warm and cold sides of her cage throughout the day. When ambient temps exceed the upper 70s in the studio, I turn off her light. And of course it's off at night. Mine does skip a few months of eating in the winter, a habit she started ~14 years ago.

For substrate, I just use aspen. Usually she wears trails in in, sometimes she burrows. (This is a ~23 year old snake, and she is still fairly active from time to time.)

Otherwise, there's nothing I'd add to what Bogertophis has already posted. Mine, too, always has water available in a small bowl, the usual warm and cold hides, and will climb whenever given the opportunity. Very fun, very forgiving little animal - just nail that humidity