I have almost everything I need before I buy my first boa. I have even found someone with the Motley boa babies I've been looking for (August 2015, I didn't get a specific date). I need need other people's opinions on what I need left before I buy.
My checklist:
☑Cage: caulking setting and should be ready in the next 5 days.
☑UTH: ready and waiting for thermostat before taping to the bottom.
☑thermostat: in the mail and should arrive Thursday.
☑thermometers and hydrometer
☑bedding: indented kraft paper.
☑climbing branch: going to file out a couple pointy bits but not sealed or anything.
☑snake hook and tongs
☑f10 disinfectant: in the mail estimated 7 days
☑rubber thumbs for worse case scenario eye caps
☑bucket for thawing feeders.
☑feeder source. I need help with this because most sources I've found online do minimum 50 and I don't know how fast baby boas grow up but I'm pretty sure they stop needing mice fuzzies and/or hoppers after 10 or so feedings. I'd hate to throw away those extra mice thinking they're lives were wasted by me. I found a source called LayneLabs which sell smaller quantities (and I know nothing about them)but I would ask someone how many I should get of each size would be what they think would be "standard" even though every snake grows at their own rate.
(edit3: I'll stick with petco stocked "arctic mice" until it gets easier to predict... unless anyone has any objections. I hate supporting petco.)
(Edit4: new local pet store sells them so I can use these until the baby gets bigger and easier to predict how much he will need. And they aren't petco.)
☑water bowl
☑lots of different hide shapes, sizes, and materials.
Is there anything I'm missing?
I was planning to buy in the next two or three weeks. I've been researching since March and I still think I'm missing something.
Edit: About the branch, it was heat treated, it just hasn't been sealed.
Edit2: I added a couple things I forgot to the list.
Edit3: updated list
Edit4: updating again
Edit5: I now have everything.
My checklist:
☑Cage: caulking setting and should be ready in the next 5 days.
☑UTH: ready and waiting for thermostat before taping to the bottom.
☑thermostat: in the mail and should arrive Thursday.
☑thermometers and hydrometer
☑bedding: indented kraft paper.
☑climbing branch: going to file out a couple pointy bits but not sealed or anything.
☑snake hook and tongs
☑f10 disinfectant: in the mail estimated 7 days
☑rubber thumbs for worse case scenario eye caps
☑bucket for thawing feeders.
☑feeder source. I need help with this because most sources I've found online do minimum 50 and I don't know how fast baby boas grow up but I'm pretty sure they stop needing mice fuzzies and/or hoppers after 10 or so feedings. I'd hate to throw away those extra mice thinking they're lives were wasted by me. I found a source called LayneLabs which sell smaller quantities (and I know nothing about them)but I would ask someone how many I should get of each size would be what they think would be "standard" even though every snake grows at their own rate.
(edit3: I'll stick with petco stocked "arctic mice" until it gets easier to predict... unless anyone has any objections. I hate supporting petco.)
(Edit4: new local pet store sells them so I can use these until the baby gets bigger and easier to predict how much he will need. And they aren't petco.)
☑water bowl
☑lots of different hide shapes, sizes, and materials.
Is there anything I'm missing?
I was planning to buy in the next two or three weeks. I've been researching since March and I still think I'm missing something.
Edit: About the branch, it was heat treated, it just hasn't been sealed.
Edit2: I added a couple things I forgot to the list.
Edit3: updated list
Edit4: updating again
Edit5: I now have everything.
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