Sabin, the Boa

Here is the newest addition. Picked her up friday night.






It took every last penny I had but I got her for $40. Took a bit of work to get the price that low from what he was asking but she is worth my last $40. Its only money, and there will be more coming sooner or later.

Very pretty.

She is. She is also lazy. I figure she woul be alittle more active than she is. Probably just ajusting to the new home?

I so I was readin a few care sheets on the web about the red tails and they are saying that the temps should be between 85-90 with a basking spot just over 90 by a few degrees. Is that right? I didnt think they would be that high and you never see them at the stores with enough heat source's to keep the ambient tank temps that high. My temps are there during the day but when I shut the white bulb out, it drops to 78. Is that a problem?

Rollincoal420 wrote:

I so I was readin a few care sheets on the web about the red tails and they are saying that the temps should be between 85-90 with a basking spot just over 90 by a few degrees. Is that right? I didnt think they would be that high and you never see them at the stores with enough heat source's to keep the ambient tank temps that high. My temps are there during the day but when I shut the white bulb out, it drops to 78. Is that a problem?

I've not kept red tails but I can say that pet stores are usually not the best source of information or examples of husbandry. Stores are geared to get cages filled and emptied as quickly as possible. There usually isn't a lot of specific care afforded to the animals they bring in. That's not the case with all stores, thankfully, but a great deal of them...

I figured as much. I try not to base it on what the stores are doin. I just c that there snakes seem to be doing alright although cant really tell if they really are. They ussually seem pretty active in the stores. She seemed rather cold when I got her out last night, but I would think that if she was cold she would move to the warmer side of the tank. I've got an under tank heater under the tank, but she even went back to the same side of the tank when I put her back in, under the lamp. She seems to prefer the side that doesnt have the tank heater and has the lower watt bulb that gets shut off at night. Think I should bring the tank temp up, or let her decide where she wants her heat?

Does she have a hide on the other side of the tank as well? If so, maybe switch the two and see if she to the warm side. It could be that it's the hide she prefers.

That rat walking on a branch is funny. xD

QuietTempest wrote:

Does she have a hide on the other side of the tank as well? If so, maybe switch the two and see if she to the warm side. It could be that it's the hide she prefers.

There is no hide on the side she goes to. She kinda makes one in 3 inches of coco bark. When I first put her in there, she went to the hide on the hot side and buried herself half in and half out of the hide. by the next morning she burrowed over to the other side.



If you wr the rat and seen the look in her eyes, you would get as high up as you could too, wouldnt you Degan?