I grew up keeping snakes, mainly a few garter snakes and a corn snake, but i've never had a boa or python. I've always wanted one and i finally got one. I considered getting a ball python because of the more managable size but in the end i decided on one of my favorate snakes. I've been to the Amazon and i feel like i have a special connection to the ecosystems of South America, so i like having denizens of these ecosystems as pets.
I thought about getting one from a rescue or craigslist or something but it's really important to me that i have one from a hatchling and grow with it, so i got him from a local pet store that sells mostly exotic pets(animabilia in wappingers falls ny). If i ever get a second large snake it will be a rescue.
I've had him two weeks he seems healthy to me, hes eaten twice, frozen thawed only. I realize glass fish tanks are not ideal for snakes due to temperature and humidity issues, but it's all i have for the time being and if i have to i'll add insulation around the tank and on part of the lid. I've got an undertank heater, a ceramic heat emitter, and a light which is just to give him a day/night cycle. I don't have a thermostat yet but i'll probably get one soon. In the long term i'll either build him an enclosure or buy a boaphile.
I've named him Toruk after the na'vi word for the flying apex predator on Avatar. I don't know the gender yet i'll probably get him probed eventually.
Can anyone tell which subspecies it is from the pictures? B. constrictor constrictor or B. constrictor imperator? I've been looking at pictures of both and i still can't tell the difference.
I thought about getting one from a rescue or craigslist or something but it's really important to me that i have one from a hatchling and grow with it, so i got him from a local pet store that sells mostly exotic pets(animabilia in wappingers falls ny). If i ever get a second large snake it will be a rescue.
I've had him two weeks he seems healthy to me, hes eaten twice, frozen thawed only. I realize glass fish tanks are not ideal for snakes due to temperature and humidity issues, but it's all i have for the time being and if i have to i'll add insulation around the tank and on part of the lid. I've got an undertank heater, a ceramic heat emitter, and a light which is just to give him a day/night cycle. I don't have a thermostat yet but i'll probably get one soon. In the long term i'll either build him an enclosure or buy a boaphile.
I've named him Toruk after the na'vi word for the flying apex predator on Avatar. I don't know the gender yet i'll probably get him probed eventually.
Can anyone tell which subspecies it is from the pictures? B. constrictor constrictor or B. constrictor imperator? I've been looking at pictures of both and i still can't tell the difference.
