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[BRANT13]

Hello everyone my names brant....im new to the forum and just thought i should let u all know a little about me.....ive been keeping freshwater fish for sometime (african cichlids) and have just recently expanded from just collecting fish to a snake as well.....shes (or so i can tell) is a juvenile kenyan sand boa. She is currently on live pinkies and only 1 every 5 or 7 days...shes housed in a 75G aquarium so shes got her own world in there....shes only about 10 to 12 inches long atm.....the hot side of the tank has an undertank heater that i have set to get up to 97 at the peak of the day and then cools off at anywhere from 80 to 85 at night...to kool side stays 88-80 during day and cools to nowhere below 70 at night....my subsrate is a mixture of sand and calcium sand ive got two big chuncks of drifwood in there with some coconut shavings skatteredunder the drifwood and sparsley around the cage....its more for my liking really i know she wont take full advantage of the wood but i occasionally see her climbing on it....i have water readily available at all times on the cool side....also i got this snake roughly three weeks ago and i have yet to see her go into shed so that will be exciting and i hope all goes well...im aware of possibly needing a humidity box to aid in the shedding......and thats my setup. Im here to help widen my knowledge on these interesting snakes....i would like to know if anyone has any experience with them and what theyre setups are like and if i should change anything with mine. Also would love to know any special details or good to know facts or tricks associated with owning this snake....andy help would be much appreciated...Thank you all in advance.

[Kmef07]

Hey welcome my name is kyle and i have a brazilian rainbow boa. post some pics of your cage and your snake. sounds like a good setup but im not really a good person for info on sand boas.

[jonny666]

Welcome to the forum. I've seen sand boas at the shows but never have owned one. They seem like pretty nice snakes. I've heard they can be a little nippy. Any trouble with yours so far?

[Will0W783]

Hi Brant, welcome to the forum!

[jonny666]

Hi and welcome aboard!

[BRANT13]

TY all for the welcome i dont have a cam to take pics so sorry on that end...for that i am sorry...last forum i tried joining was dead and never replied to my first post so this i like

[BRANT13]

and no no problems with her so far...coolest little gal ever ate for me the first few days i brought her home

[siz]

Welcome to the forum!

[Chu'Wuti]

Brant, Hi! It appears you never got my response to your other thread, so I'm reposting it here.

Overall, you've got a pretty nice set-up for your baby. However, you might want to adjust your temps some more. According to the Western New York Herpetological Society,

They are best kept however at temperatures of 80° to 85° F with a basking temperature of 90° to 95° F. Night temperatures can drop to as low as 75° to 77° F.

Based on that information, your "cool side" temps are too warm; your nighttime temps are a little confusing but if they get down below 70 or even down to 70, it's too cold for a kenyan.

Kenyan Sand Boa Care Sheet and Information - WNYHS for more info.

Do add a humid hide now to assist with shedding. Just get some long-fiber sphagnum moss (not the milled kind used for soil amendment, but the kind that is used for orchids and reptiles). Soak it in water, then squeeze out most of the water, and put it in the hide. That will provide adequate humidity for ensuring a clean shed.

You probably can also switch her to frozen/thawed (F/T) prey pretty easily right now, which will be a lot less expensive for you in the long run as well as safer for your snake.

Good luck! Hope you enjoy the forum!