Amazon Tree Boa ....taken home with me today!

[ChrisNCT]

Went out in search of one of these. I found this male and was very pleased. Decent price and tempermant. It lets me hold it.

Amazon Tree Boa
Corallus hortulanus

Approx. length about 3 1/2ft.

Housing

Reptile

 

[jonnysebachi]

Nice ATB. Looks like a garden phase which is very attractive in my opinion. Have fun with it and keep us updated on its growth.

 

[Nick_schembri]

Lucky you, and lucky snake. The enclosure looks great.

 

[Daisey_Boo222]

I love the way you arranged the logs and twigs. if i were a tree boa i'd love it! How old is he?

 

[David_F]

Nice ATB, Chris. What size tank is he in?

 

[Beardo]

Nice addition Chris....but you're going to want to ditch the heat lamp and the screen lid. ATBs need fairly specific humidity levels and a screen top and heat lamp will make this next to impossible to achieve. Trust me, you do NOT want to have to work a stuck shed off of an angry ATB lol.

Go with an appropriately sized rubbermaid container as an enclosure and use a human heating pad as a heat source. ATBs are only semi-arboreal and actually spend alot of their time on the ground, which is why a heating pad is the best way to heat them.

 

[ChrisNCT]

[DavidBeard]The room stays at 75-80% ambiant humidity and when misted gets a bit more. The cage has a misitng nozzle above it. The temps are around 82 F. The light in a spot that gives a very tight lattern of heat and light to one are of the cage.

[David_F] I believe he is in a 20 tall. It is all I have right now. When I get some arboreal Vision cages..he'll be on one of those.


[Daisey_Boo222] Not sure on age. I would assume that he is almost full grown.

 

[Beardo]

At 3 1/2 feet, he is a juvenile...ATBs max out at 5-6 feet.