Very cute picture!
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Nice color!
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Question. So we have our first baby ksb right. We’ve had her going on 3 weeks now. Have not been able to get her to eat. She’s already tiny so it’s a little concerning. The breeder apparently had them on live pinkies which apparently are tough to come by in our town. Anybody know of any tricks that might convince this little girl to eat? If not I guess we’ll make the 3 hour trek out to a bigger city this weekend and track down a live pinkie
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Some individuals can be notoriously difficult to get onto frozen feeders even if you have all aspects of your husbandry on-point. When dealing with stubborn baby sand boas, I like to use the container method. Right before lights out, I put the baby sand boa and the warmed, appropriately sized feeder in a small sealed deli cup/Tupperware with a few holes for ventilation. Then I put that back in their enclosure overnight and check back in the morning. If successful, the feeder should disappear overnight. If unsuccessful, I would wait about a week before another attempt.
The container should almost seem too small for them as the idea is that they will come into contact with the feeder numerous times throughout that period.
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That’s kind of what I thought. That’s what I do w our hognose
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Did you just get this Sand boa? It usually takes about 2-3 weeks for any snake to start adjusting to its new habitat!
As for the food problem sand boas specifically come out at night to hunt!
If you have frozen/thawed currently I’d try putting a couple pinkies on a paper plate in front of your snakes cage during the day to thaw out and smell up the room(next to the cage) with the preys odor building up your snakes hunger!
make sure they are warm before you wiggle the pinkie in front of your snake!
Or try leaving the food in with the snake overnight sometimes that works just to get the snake eating in early stages!
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When their head is poking above the sand…take your finger & lightly touch the sand above its neck right behide its head…it should pop its head foward…then give it the frozen…not straight on but kinda beside its face. Its how Ive gotten all my babies to take f/t. Sometimes you just have to do the lives a few times before hand to get their metabolism reved up.
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What size is her enclosure? Sometimes using tiny enclosures can help them eat, it might also help to reach out to the seller to see what enclosure they were using previously.
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Yeah they said they had her in a 10 gallon. I’ve moved her down to a 5 and I think we’re just going to make the drive to go pick up a live feeder tonight
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Let us know how this goes, hope she eats for you.
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Picked this one up last Saturday. She was sold as albino but I’m not sure if there’s other stuff in there. I’m not great with sand boa morphs.
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Looks like a simple nice and bright albino. Not seeing any additional mutations. Wonderful pickup for sure though!
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Welp. The pinkie didn’t even barely hit the substrate before she snatched it up. She appeared to be a happy girl. Hopefully we don’t have to do too many live feedings but I feel better since she’s finally taken something
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Well, that is good news to hear that she ate for you, sorry it had to be a live feeder though.
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Yeah me too. That’s the first snake I’ve had that didn’t easily switch over.
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Give her a couple live feedings…if she is snacthing em like that…in no time she’ll snatch a F/t like that too.
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Looks like a very nice high contrast bell albino!
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I have a quick question for those that keep these. What’s the best way to house them? I’m eventually planning to use a rack system but when I first start and only have 1 or 2 boas I think it’s pointless to buy one. I have a 10 and 20 gallon aquarium but how do I secure the lid so they don’t escape, are they good at escaping or won’t they get to the lid? I could use weights or clips if I need to. Is an aquarium a good way of housing them? If it is I would cover 3 of the sides and use a UTH to heat the bottom. I found a perfect male on MorphMarket that couldn’t be any better and I would like to jump on it but I’m not sure if I actually will yet.
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I find the VE racks to be perfect for housing my sand boas.
If your aquariums are tall enough, they likely wouldn’t get out. With that being said though, I ALWAYS recommend a secured tank/tub since I’ve experienced the panic of an escaped snake once upon a time (not a sand boa). Weights or clips would work just fine.
Many people keep their sand boas in aquariums. If you choose to do so, your plan to blackout the sides would be ideal. Depending on the size of the animal, a 10-20gallon tank could be a bit large in my opinion (again all depends on size of the animal and actual dimensions of the tanks). I personally use Sterilite shoe boxes or sweaterboxes resting on a piece of heat tape on a shelf for any quarantines I have until they can join the rest in the rack.
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