I did a little research on them and on the most part from what ive read is they are good beginner snake. The thing that I was suprised from researching is aspen is best like Shelby said. Although they are called sand boa's and burry in the sand in the wild, sand is not good in captivity because of the weight of it on them, so use aspen. Correct me if my wrong, im still learning.

This video got me into looking into them!
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