“No possible hets” is the exact reason why we wanted him.
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All of the animals in this thread are amazing! I’m hoping to get a sand boa in 3-5 months, so until then I’m going to keep looking through this thread.
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You won’t regret it. They are so much fun and so low-maintenance.
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I have some extra money saved for a rack that I won’t need. So once it warms up where I live I’ll hopefully buy a female.
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You wont regret it! Then the process begins of collecting them all! Someday i would like to have at least 1 of every species avaible in my collection!
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That’s so exciting! I think you’ll love them, sand boas are such awesome snakes.
Do you know what species and/or morphs you’re interested in?
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I’d like to pair a stripe anery het albino to an albino het anery kenyan sand boa. I figured I can produce a ton of awesome snakes (I love variety) and hopefully a stripe snow and I’ll look at further projects.
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I would love to see the pied KSB. Is there a link we could follow?
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I’m not really sure if I’m able to link directly to the ad in accordance with the community rules in this instance and I don’t have rights to the images myself. But if you visit the marketplace and filter for the most expensive sand boas sold, you should be able to locate the ad easily.
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Just curious, do you guys find that your sand boas spend all their time buried under their substrate, or do you see them out and about on the surface fairly often?
I frequently hear people describe keeping sand boas as “taking care of an empty terrarium” because they tend to spend virtually all their time buried under substrate, but that hasn’t been my experience with Phoebe at all. She does spend a fair amount of time buried, of course, but I also see her above ground quite a bit. She explores her enclosure and basks on the surface, hangs out under her hides (on top of the substrate), and even climbs her grapevine branch and gets up on top of her warm hide pretty frequently. I’d say that I see her above ground at least 20-30% of the time, sometimes more. She has plenty of substrate and I keep it nice and clean, so I can only assume that she spends time on the surface because she wants to.
I’m just curious what other people have observed with their sand boas.
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Oh, that is totally fine. I will definitely do that 
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My Keyans Id say spend about 30 percent or more of the time out as well. My one large female sets inside her hide…not buried @ all…alot…my 8yr male does the same. My younger ones spend more time buried…but they come out & cruise around @ night when I shut off their lights. All of them utilize their java wood branches…but dont bask on them presay. Now my Saharans definitely spend all day everyday buried…but they also come out @ night. My Rough scale is the biggest bump on a log… he just sets buried all the time unless he is getting a drink… but he Always has his whole head sticking just out looking @ ya.
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I can say that our Russian Sand Boas are out way more that any of the other three species we keep.
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My baby KSBs stay buried a majority of the time. I only ever catch them out and about occasionally near lights out or on feeding day. My sub-adult and adult KSBs are more confident and can often be seen laying on top of the substrate or less hidden. My rough scaled stay in the same spot without exploring much; definitely my least active. My rufescens is quite explorative, calm, and curious. Always interesting to hear how others’ animals behave under their care!
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It makes sense that older sand boas show themselves more than babies. Babies of most species tend to be more nervous and secretive, and often build confidence with size and age. I got Phoebe as an adult, so it makes sense that I’ve always seen her spend a fair amount of time on the surface.
I will say that I started seeing her out a lot more after I got her some cage furnishings. She was a re-home who came to me in a glass tank that just had a few inches of sand and a water bowl. After I added some hides, a branch, and some fake plants, I noticed I’d see her fully emerge more often. Prior to that, I’d see her poke her head out from time to time, but that was about it. It’s almost as if making the surface more interesting made her want to be out more…though I suppose it could have just been that I added the new stuff right around the time she started to acclimate to her new surroundings (about a week after I got her). And yet, changes that could have been potentially stressful, like changing her substrate from sand to aspen, and then later moving her into a totally new and larger enclosure, didn’t seem to deter her at all from being above ground. 
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Here’s Phoebe checking out the air vents on her enclosure. Just, y’know, making sure they’re secure.
(I know, I need to wipe down her doors, darn PVC is a magnet for dust and cat hair, it’s the only thing I dislike about her otherwise awesome new enclosure
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The 2 new additions from Tinley. The one baby female has the Harry Potter scare lighting bolt in a perfect light circle on her head!! Named her Hermione!! & she is so chill & perfect! Kinda little derp! Great personality…& she looks like that!
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