Anyone know anything about Kenyan Sand Boa's

[Dizzle]

Did my internet research and prodded some hobbyists about them but figured I would ask on here. Just bough a Kenyan Sand Boa at Repticon in Baltimore. Anybody have experience with these and have any advice or info?? Thanks!

 

[2bears]

Great snakes, give them substrate to burrow in, corrrect temps with low sided water bowl.

 

[pyro fiend]

what info you lookin for? they pretty easy i had some. i was tired of having a big ol tote and taking a hr to find them XD you can use aspen, sand, eco earth [dry ofcourse] anything realy as a sub. id also recomend sinking a tupawear container in the sub with a hole in side [i kept it near top so wasnt such an eye sore] and keep moist paper towls in it for sheds [i used eco i swear by cocofibers tho lmao] and a few cork slabs if you have them they often hide under them...

for sub id say get whatever you want so long as it isnt calci-sand. some think sand is too heavy for babys to borrow some swear they are happier in walnut or coco. i myself found aspen a waist of material beacause the shreds move with the boa and tend to get in water more then the sand or the ecoearth did in my experience. also they are known to be problem feeders. sometimes when alot of us had problems with them we would make sure the mouse was prety wet it seems they liked it [some even deprived water to encourage it]

they are amazing animals tho.. i myself just find myself more fond of snakes that is thicker and i can see move around [even tho occasionaly id see my bright orange female burrow thru the container against the glass which is such a sight!] tho i settled with balls who are lazy as can be lol miss my ksb's a bit. but i like to keep my enclosures natural so a 50% fulled 40g breeder with a couple females on it and all i seen was sand. just erked my nerv

 

[Dizzle]

Ok, that's pretty cool that you say coco-fiber works ok because I too am a big fan of it. For right now I'm using aspen bedding at the suggestion of the breeder but maybe I will switch it up when I clean the tank or something. And that's pretty much the info I am looking for I guess. Just wanted to hear from another person or two who have owned them and get some feedback, so thank you!

 

[pyro fiend]

as you probably gues you just got to be careful if u use eco. i tried it out and my big ol female who would knock over any sized bowl i put in there. but she did well with just a humid hide [wet eco in a tupawear bowl so if she brought some eco into/out of it it wouldnt harm anything] had her this way for about 3 yrs befor i sold her to a breeder

 

[awiec]

These guys are great, very easy to take care of. You can use sand but the shredded bedding is much easier to deal with. A 10 gallon tank is plenty big for one, a heat pad needs to be on one side and I put reptile carpet on the bottom to prevent possible burning. One side needs to be around 75F and the other around 85 F. The sub-straight I use is shredded bedding (non-cedar/pine its toxic) and it should be 3-4x the thickness of the snake. A tupperware with damp sphagnum moss can be provided as a shed box or when you notice your snake looking kinda dull/ashy you can put it in a plastic shoe box with damp paper towel on the bottom and gently layered on the snake. The shed box should be on the hot/cool side boundary line (around the middle of the tank), I have a small ceramic water bowl that is by the shed box on the "cool side". They don't really need any hides because they will be under their bedding and maybe have their head sticking out. I would also recommend a snap tight lid or have the lid weighted down; mine figured out when the weight was not on his top and used his shed box as leverage to get out and did not appear until a few days before Christmas (missing a total of 10 weeks). They are very social when you socialize them correctly; he sits with my step mother and ""watches" tv with her. The males get to 2ft and the females 3ft so a 10 gallon will make them happy unless they are on the larger side so a 20 gallon will work. They are easy to get at reptile shows and from breeders online
(bought mine from vms herps) and are usually 50-65 dollars unless its one of the rare morphs. They are also communal if around the same size. As for feed the standard once a week applies, power feeding has a more drastic effect on snakes than spiders.

 

[Dizzle]

These guys are great, very easy to take care of. You can use sand but the shredded bedding is much easier to deal with. A 10 gallon tank is plenty big for one, a heat pad needs to be on one side and I put reptile carpet on the bottom to prevent possible burning. One side needs to be around 75F and the other around 85 F. The sub-straight I use is shredded bedding (non-cedar/pine its toxic) and it should be 3-4x the thickness of the snake. A tupperware with damp sphagnum moss can be provided as a shed box or when you notice your snake looking kinda dull/ashy you can put it in a plastic shoe box with damp paper towel on the bottom and gently layered on the snake. The shed box should be on the hot/cool side boundary line (around the middle of the tank), I have a small ceramic water bowl that is by the shed box on the "cool side". They don't really need any hides because they will be under their bedding and maybe have their head sticking out. I would also recommend a snap tight lid or have the lid weighted down; mine figured out when the weight was not on his top and used his shed box as leverage to get out and did not appear until a few days before Christmas (missing a total of 10 weeks). They are very social when you socialize them correctly; he sits with my step mother and ""watches" tv with her. The males get to 2ft and the females 3ft so a 10 gallon will make them happy unless they are on the larger side so a 20 gallon will work. They are easy to get at reptile shows and from breeders online
(bought mine from vms herps) and are usually 50-65 dollars unless its one of the rare morphs. They are also communal if around the same size. As for feed the standard once a week applies, power feeding has a more drastic effect on snakes than spiders.

excellent post thanks. Very informative





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