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I adopted a 5' or so, 3 year old male Brazilian rainbow boa about a week ago. He's in fairly good shape, though was a bit thin and a little dry. I brought him home, and set him up on some cypress mulch, with a hide and a big water dish. Humidity in his cage is nice and high, and temps in my critter room are fairly stable at 80-82*, so he doesn't have any supplemental heat (I read that they like it a bit cooler so figured supplemental heat wasn't necessary).
After a week in this environment and feeding him two small frozen/thawed rats, he looks much better. He's plumped up a lot and his skin is much smoother and more iridescent. He is, however a very sneaky biter. One can be holding him, and all is well, then suddenly you're bleeding. He doesn't bite down, and the little needle pricks disappear in a couple of days. I'm thinking it was because he was being fed very sparingly at his old home, and he'll mellow out once he's used to me and his new home. He's only done this to me once, and it was before I fed him. Once he is a couple days out from rat #2 I'll take him out again to examine him more closely and see if I end up bleeding again.
He's a very pretty boy and I'm pretty excited to have him. I'll post some pics once he's settled in.
Here's a day 1 pic I took of him right after placing him in his new enclosure. I got him a much larger bowl than what you see in the pic-- that's just what I had on hand when I brought him home
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-Chris
After a week in this environment and feeding him two small frozen/thawed rats, he looks much better. He's plumped up a lot and his skin is much smoother and more iridescent. He is, however a very sneaky biter. One can be holding him, and all is well, then suddenly you're bleeding. He doesn't bite down, and the little needle pricks disappear in a couple of days. I'm thinking it was because he was being fed very sparingly at his old home, and he'll mellow out once he's used to me and his new home. He's only done this to me once, and it was before I fed him. Once he is a couple days out from rat #2 I'll take him out again to examine him more closely and see if I end up bleeding again.
He's a very pretty boy and I'm pretty excited to have him. I'll post some pics once he's settled in.
Here's a day 1 pic I took of him right after placing him in his new enclosure. I got him a much larger bowl than what you see in the pic-- that's just what I had on hand when I brought him home
.-Chris
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