B.C. Occidentalis - temperature

[Selena_23]

Hello!

I am interested in temperatures for the maintenance of these subspecies
Night, day, background, warming up point.

Maybe someone keeps this boa, and can say?

[Tsubaki]

I used to keep and breed this species, been a couple of years but it probably still works the same haha, let's see what i remember. I kept them in large terrariums as they definitely were the most active of all my boa subspecies, i only misted adults before a shed, they never used their water-bowls for soaking either (Humidity at 60~% i think). They are pretty hardy when it comes to temperatures, 2 out of my 3 adults definitely preferred the cooler temperatures. One female preferred the hotter side, the other two only moved to the hot side for digesting but preferred the cool side in general. I kept them around 30C (85F) with a gradient going down to 25C (77F), .. I always cooled down my Argentines before breeding, during the cooling down i would drop general temperature to 25C (77F) minimum of 18C (65F) for the cool side. I would think to also keep a minimum of 18C (65F) during the night, but i kept mine at 21C (~70F) as i kept more cold sensitive species in the same room. They're a great species, and if they did not involve so stupidly much paperwork to keep and breed i would definitely get them again!

[Selena_23]

Originally Posted by Tsubaki

I used to keep and breed this species, been a couple of years but it probably still works the same haha, let's see what i remember. I kept them in large terrariums as they definitely were the most active of all my boa subspecies, i only misted adults before a shed, they never used their water-bowls for soaking either (Humidity at 60~% i think). They are pretty hardy when it comes to temperatures, 2 out of my 3 adults definitely preferred the cooler temperatures. One female preferred the hotter side, the other two only moved to the hot side for digesting but preferred the cool side in general. I kept them around 30C (85F) with a gradient going down to 25C (77F), .. I always cooled down my Argentines before breeding, during the cooling down i would drop general temperature to 25C (77F) minimum of 18C (65F) for the cool side. I would think to also keep a minimum of 18C (65F) during the night, but i kept mine at 21C (~70F) as i kept more cold sensitive species in the same room. They're a great species, and if they did not involve so stupidly much paperwork to keep and breed i would definitely get them again!

Thank U for the answer!