This little guy is growing so fast!
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Love Rainbow Boas…On my long list of future purchases. The Peruvians are supposed to be redder than the Brazilians correct?
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This one is so chilled it’s unreal. Yes they’re more orangy/red with bolder blacks and generally larger than the BRB, this one’s mother is around 8 feet long.
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What humidity you keep him in? 80’s? Its said they need really high humidity. I always hear that these perish quickly if they are not kept in near perfect conditions when it comes to husbandry…They don’t forgive mistakes. In your opinion is that true?
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This is the first rainbow boa I’ve owned and he is kept in a plastic vivarium as this helps keep the humidity up, yes for the first few months I kept the humidity between 80 snd 90, large water bowl and a daily spray down, but as he’s getting older, I keep humidity between 60 snd 80, and spray a couple of times a week, and I’ve not had any problems with him at all, but as youngsters yes high humidity is what they need .
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Awesome…I’m looking forward to getting ahold of one in the future. Is yours active during the day? Do they make goid display animals?
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No you don’t really see him during the day, he’s either under one of his hides or he’s buried in the substrate, but at night he’s pretty busy. Not a great display animal due to the fact he’s hidden away during the day, but I can pull him out any time and handling, he’s so chilled he’s just amazing.
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Just came across this post. I absolutely love Peruvians. They not only have darker coloration, but their black lines are thinker and more pronounced, and they have a higher contrast, and a high white belly. This is my 12 year old girl. By far the hardest snake I have ever learned how to care for. Always keep an eye on your humidity. These guys will get respiratory infections at the drop of a hat. I keep a small plastic tub with a hole cut in the top filled with damp sphagnum moss.
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I have had a Colombian few a fews years…& just resently got a baby Brazilian…& way more fickle with humidity… my baby shed in one piece …all but a retained eye cap… & it’s happened now twice over the winter when I was having trouble keeping my humidity up. She is fine now. But yes…humid!! & actually not super hot temps…seems to be the formula.
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