Candoia carniata Paulsoni

Pedroo · 12-06-18, 04:45 PM

Does anyone own a Pacific boa (Candoia Carniata Paulsoni)? If yes, I want to know please if it’s a shy snake? does it keep hiding? What is the difference in behavior between it and ball python? Does it stop eating?

Scubadiver59 · 12-07-18, 07:14 AM

If I was a small snake like that, I'd be hiding too...0.5-0.6m in length.

Since it's arboreal, do you have any tree branches in the enclosure?

If it's like my juvenile WLP or my Dominican RMB, it won't come out except at night--those two snakes are never out during the day...well, except for feeding days, but then only out at dusk.

kudzu · 12-07-18, 08:50 AM

Scuba, out of curiosity, would that be perches with good cover? Presumably if the snake is hiding it would prefer branches that offer the security of a lot of cover, but maybe I'm mistaken.

[Just asking because I keep thinking of getting an arboreal species.]

Scubadiver59 · 12-10-18, 05:46 PM

Just go to your local arts & crafts store, Michael's for example, and get some fake vines to wrap around the limbs and string from limb to limb. Then get some zip ties, and a good set of zip tie cutters (to cut flush and leave no sharp edges--they're beveled), to finish things off.

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Originally Posted by kudzu

Scuba, out of curiosity, would that be perches with good cover? Presumably if the snake is hiding it would prefer branches that offer the security of a lot of cover, but maybe I'm mistaken.

[Just asking because I keep thinking of getting an arboreal species.]