Having problems getting sand boa to eat

[Jamie]

I have been helping a friend to try and get his baby sand boa to eat, I have never really dealt with sand boas and was wondering what are the best ways of going about getting him to eat? Thanks

[Scotty Allen]

What are you keeping the sand boa in? They do best in small enclosures, we keep neonates in deli cups for as long as six months. We use a substrate called "beta chip", it is ground hardwood. Sand will work equally well in fact, I have used newspaper. For water, spray a couple of drops on the inside lid or the deli cup once a week or offer water in a small dish (bottle cap) once a week. Do not leave water in container, they do not like humidity. 80 degrees or so is a good temperature, the key is dry.