is my rainbow boa in shed?

[Tiny Boidae]

I'm reiterating myself on the basics of reptile keeping right now- and will probably test a digital against my anolog so I'm not just taking other people's word for it. Until then, I'm not going to argue for either or.

That is still a problem though. Do you have a screen lid or a solid lid? What substrate do you use? A bit of spagnum moss does wonders if the hygrometer is reading accurately.

bigsnakegirl785-

I don't remember exactly who recommended it- it was several years ago and it'd require me to do some Google searching for the guy. Some awful reviews on digital hygrometers deterred me and when I pried a little more into analogs, inquiring about them, I'd gotten mixed results, but the more convincing side was for analogs.

My animals haven't had humidity problems since they were babies and I was still trying to figure out the trick to humidity. My dragons spend more time outdoors than they do indoors, only coming in at night, during bad weather, or in the winter), so this could probably be contributed to their health. I'll be sure to change over to a digital one then. Or at least run it with my analog and see how far off I'd been.

[erantheking21]

Ok he still didnt ate, i put him back to his cage, probebly he will hide agian under the trunk tree to settle agian in his secure place.
I am doing something wrong but i am not sure what
the digital hygrometer tells me the humidity is like 85%, the temperature in the worm place is 27.3
And in cold one is 24.5 ..he has in is cage a cave in the worm place, a trunk so he can hide in the cold place..a stick hot wave under is warm place who work all the time, a heat light that working with a timer so i can play with it if its hot in the or cold( i read in israel they recommended like 29 in an articale, this why i put this type of heat)
I am hadling him from the breeding box to his cage only for not giving him stress, but he was already use to be handle before from the farm.
I am more stress from the snake i think, couse he is a baby, even if he last ate in 4.12, i want him to be settle when i am feeding him, if he will not eat until the 24 i will take him to check. What date it will be critical?
He was shedding yesterday, i help him a little bit with it, it can be becuse of that? Put him in a warm bath and the skin was peeling out , full from the top
Even he looks healthy and moving in my hand.
What to do now? If i will try to put him a couple of days in the breeding box i affried he will not eat agian..i put a cable hot under the breeding box, small hiding place and water dish
What else ?

[Tsubaki]

Leave the animal alone, you're fussing with it way too much. You're probably just stressing it out.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Tiny Boidae

I'm reiterating myself on the basics of reptile keeping right now- and will probably test a digital against my anolog so I'm not just taking other people's word for it. Until then, I'm not going to argue for either or.

That is still a problem though. Do you have a screen lid or a solid lid? What substrate do you use? A bit of spagnum moss does wonders if the hygrometer is reading accurately.

bigsnakegirl785-

I don't remember exactly who recommended it- it was several years ago and it'd require me to do some Google searching for the guy. Some awful reviews on digital hygrometers deterred me and when I pried a little more into analogs, inquiring about them, I'd gotten mixed results, but the more convincing side was for analogs.

My animals haven't had humidity problems since they were babies and I was still trying to figure out the trick to humidity. My dragons spend more time outdoors than they do indoors, only coming in at night, during bad weather, or in the winter), so this could probably be contributed to their health. I'll be sure to change over to a digital one then. Or at least run it with my analog and see how far off I'd been.

At this point, I only really use hygrometers as a base point to start my humidity. I've found over the past several years, each individual does better at different humidities. I mostly look at the skin condition more than humidity readings nowadays. If they have even the smallest sign of dehydration, I bump the humidity. Hygrometers are most useful to me when starting up a new enclosure and just checking in every once in awhile so I can give a range for husbandry monitoring reasons.

[Wingbeats]

I've discovered whatever hygrometers I get, they always break in my rainbow boa's enclosures. So, instead of keeping them in there at all times, I keep one just nearby. I just stick the probe in for 10 minutes to check the humidity, then take it out again.

I've gotten good at telling how much condensation is healthy on the cage, but I still just check it once in a while. So far, this hygrometer hasn't broken yet!

[erantheking21]

I put him in a breeding box, put inside a small box i put some fresh water, and some cable heat under..i dangle him throw is face somtimes he comming close but go back
I left the mouse near him its ok?
Hope he will eat by hinsalf

[bigsnakegirl785]

I would honestly stop taking the snake out of its enclosure to feed it. You're unnecessarily stressing the thing out, and it's already refusing to eat. Leave it in its enclosure. If you keep stressing your snake out like this, you're going to lose it.

You also seem to be offering food rather often, are you giving it 7 days before you offer again?

[Snakesitter]

Avoid screen lids…they are horrid for this species.

[erantheking21]

How much can baby boa survive without eating? He looks fat in my opinion but i will give him to rest 5-6 days from now in the breeding box and only give water and humidity ?

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by erantheking21

How much can baby boa survive without eating? He looks fat in my opinion but i will give him to rest 5-6 days from now in the breeding box and only give water and humidity ?

Leave him in his enclosure. There is no reason to put him anywhere else but in his regular enclosure. Leave him alone unless absolutely necessary, and just leave him to his devices when you change water unless he's in the bowl.

After 7 days offer him another meal. If he refuses, wait 7 days again. Rinse and repeat until he eats or loses significant weight.

A baby BRB should be able to make it several months at least, 6 months is within a reasonable time frame, but if they're an older snake that had been established and is healthy, I don't see why they couldn't go longer.

[erantheking21]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

Leave him in his enclosure. There is no reason to put him anywhere else but in his regular enclosure. Leave him alone unless absolutely necessary, and just leave him to his devices when you change water unless he's in the bowl.

After 7 days offer him another meal. If he refuses, wait 7 days again. Rinse and repeat until he eats or loses significant weight.

A baby BRB should be able to make it several months at least, 6 months is within a reasonable time frame, but if they're an older snake that had been established and is healthy, I don't see why they couldn't go longer.

hi
1.i put him in a smaller exo terra breeding box(46cm to 30cm) cause he wasent moving in his terrarium, he was stuck and stress, in is new box he moving more and more active, yestarday night he was moving the first time from his cave out... so it probebly he will get less stress and better and better...i put him a cable heat(in his terrarium he has a sticker that better i think, but the cable making the same work).......
i will wait for 2-3 months or give him to eat first 3-4 mices and then i will try to return him back to his terrtium.
i can put alot of humitidy their its better all the time on 90%
2.so i dont have to worry, if he can 2-3 months without eating..couse last time he ate was 2 weeks

[Justinbolleurs]

Why would people make an analog hygrometer with a 100% humidity rating and it actually can't do high humidity? Yes over the years it might need to get re-calibrated and it gets inaccurate. annual average temperature in the region is 22 to 26 °C (72 to 79 °F), with not much variation between the warmest and the coldest months. The hottest part of Brazil is the northeast, where temperatures of more than 38 °C (100 °F) are frequently recorded during the dry season between May and November. Heres a chart bellow of Venezuela. This should be where they are in the wild so that's the best indication of their true temperature they should be in.

[Justinbolleurs]

Why would people make an analog hygrometer with a 100% humidity rating and it actually can't do high humidity? Yes over the years it might need to get re-calibrated and it gets inaccurate. annual average temperature in the region is 22 to 26 °C (72 to 79 °F), with not much variation between the warmest and the coldest months. The hottest part of Brazil is the northeast, where temperatures of more than 38 °C (100 °F) are frequently recorded during the dry season between May and November. Heres a chart bellow of Venezuela. This should be where they are in the wild so that's the best of their true temperature they should be in.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Justinbolleurs

Why would people make an analog hygrometer with a 100% humidity rating and it actually can't do high humidity? Yes over the years it might need to get re-calibrated and it gets inaccurate. annual average temperature in the region is 22 to 26 °C (72 to 79 °F), with not much variation between the warmest and the coldest months. The hottest part of Brazil is the northeast, where temperatures of more than 38 °C (100 °F) are frequently recorded during the dry season between May and November. Heres a chart bellow of Venezuela. This should be where they are in the wild so that's the best of their true temperature they should be in.

Because there's no way to make a 100% accurate hygrometer commercially available atm. Analogs are still unreliable in lower humidity, but a good quality digital can stay pretty accurate up to ~85%.

[erantheking21]

Ok
I try every time to feed him a small baby rat he didnt want, after i put amice he jump om it and ate
My knowlage on rainbow boa is now better i put him with moss