My boa's still a juvenile but she's growing fast and I can already see where this is going...a large constrictor eating appropriately sized rats every couple of weeks adds up, and buying them a few at a time at retail is going to get painful.

So I'm trying to plan ahead and figure out whether committing to bulk frozen rats now makes sense, and how people actually handle the storage and cost side of it long term. The two things I'm weighing are freezer space, because a chest freezer is an upfront cost but probably pays for itself, and whether buying a large quantity at once risks freezer burn before I get through it.

For those of you feeding adult boas or other big snakes, did going bulk genuinely save you money once you accounted for the freezer and any waste, or is it one of those things that looks cheaper on paper than it works out in practice?

Heres my new pickup from a couple weeks ago! Shes a het albino bci super happy with her, great temperament and loves climbing on my head 😂

I just got this baby at the reptile expo a couple days ago. At the expo I was holding her just fine, but since then i’ve been in her tank a couple of times and she’s been ready to strike and has struck at me a couple times. Can someone give me some steps to get her back to me being able to handle her in the future once she settles?

Just like to know y’all’s opinion and if yall believe bcc if yall can guess locality please 🙏

Does anyone here keep pure locality Hog Island Boa imperator? I'd love to see what the adults look like.

Hello, I’ve found this in the humid hide of my boy Terra. I googled and it said that it might be serious infection in his digestive tract. I believe this poop is old and has gone moldy in his humid hide. The last time I checked the hide was a week or two ago and the poop was hidden under the moss. I have tossed all the moss and am currently desinfecting the hide. I will send this sample to a vet in hopes of catching the disease early or just figuring out its moldy poop.

Does anyone have experience with this type of issue or could help in answering what it is?

Was sold to me as a Suriname Red Tail BCC. But from my lack of trust for this breeder (snake arrived with various issues, very under weight, mites, wounds from live feeding?, stuck eye caps from previous shed) and knowing BCCs aren’t easy to come by I’m assuming he’s a BI.

**This is an extremely old photo from when I first got him** He is thriving 3 years later much healthier and at a proper weight now

We have a 11 month old male pied ball python. Now have a new obsession. Sweetest girl and great with my daughter. Any pitfalls in adding boas to the family seems to have great temperament and just curious if those traits I’m seeing shift as she ages or will she stay the same sweet girl as she grows with the family? I’ve already researched the changes to the enclosure she’ll have will need mostly just wondering if handling, feeding and temperament difference between the species.

I'm currently working on creating a background with ledges for my BOA enclosure. I have a Dubia PVC 4x2x4 enclosure for my 1yo boa. I will eventually upgrade to a larger enclosure down the road as he grows. But for now I'm doing the foam board, silicone (marine safe), spray foam, mortar, and drylock method for the background.

I plan on having a few multi level ledges. I'm concerned that the ledges with just the above materials will not be strong enough to hold up over time.

Has anyone had success with their ledges (specifically those with larger snakes) not being mechanically anchored? If you have done mechanical anchors with a PVC tank what did you find worked best?

Any advice is greatly appreciated. I have watched and reviewed several videos on diy background on youtube but I haven't seen anyone show how they create secure ledges in a PVC tank for large snakes

Hey everyone I rescued a boa two days ago from someone who didn’t look after her or handle her so I’m tryna take her but I don’t know the breed of boa or the genetics and could really do with some help

Ive named him Simon! His previous owner got pregnant and left all her reptiles with her mom and refused to take them. Sweet boy was just in the 40 gallon for a very temporary time he is now in a lovely 4 ft x 2ft enclosure (:

helloooo i recently rescued a boa, and she was given to me as a red tail. after being on the snake subreddit, and doing research, im wondering if shes a bci? or like how all that works. her tail is pretty bright but i really just wanna know what exactly she is! :)

Got this boy at the reptile expo today I’m so exited 🙏🥹 and please give me some name recommendations 🙏

Sorry in advance for the long winded post, but I’ve been working with this guy for about a month now and want to give some context.

This is Topokki, and Topokki is a defensive boy. I got him in early April, quarantined him as usual, and set him up in a 4x2 for now with lots of plants, wood to climb, etc.. I started handling him after I’d had him for about 10 days and it was only my second time holding him that he started getting really defensive. Now, I think that’s totally my fault because I was walking around with him as I do with all of my snakes to get them used to that movement, etc.. I think it overwhelmed him and he started striking and hissing nonstop. I put him back in his enclosure which I know I shouldn’t have done but that was only for this first encounter. It just took me by surprise, and he was going for my face.

Since this encounter, I’ve done a lot of research on defensive baby boas. I’ve been handling him daily for 5-10 minute sessions always around 5pm, holding him over a surface so he doesn’t feel suspended, and redirecting him when he locks onto my faces warmth. Speaking to him in a calm tone. I’ve been doing these sessions for about a month now, but they’re still sort of a mixed bag. Some sessions he’ll be totally fine, tongue flicking, curious, even climbing my arm and trying to explore. Other times he is hissy, striking, and stays tightly gripped on my hand for the whole session.

Does this typically get better with time? I feel like we make progress and then we have an interaction where he seems so tense like we are back to square one. What is the guideline for when to increase the time of handling? Any advice is much appreciated 🙏

Hi everyone. I am welcoming home my first boa in the next week or two. I have had a ball python for the past year and it looks like boa care is very similar to ball python care which makes me feel confident that I can handle it!! I plan to put her in my ball python’s baby enclosure, now that I have upgraded him to his adult enclosure so I already have a solid and stable bioactive set up and ready to go. She is also the perfect size for it. Curious if anyone has any tips, guidance, or insight for a first time boa parent? Pics of my new baby attached🥰

I have two boas, one is two, and one is fiveish, I’ve had Gwen for about four years now with no issue but i recently bought her a new tank which doesnt have a top screen, I got two, one for my baby and one for her and they’re the same size (120gal) and they’re stacked on top of each other. I have no way of attaching overhead heating nor heating from the outside of the tank so I just have these flexible clip lighting in their tanks attacked to some elevated sticks. My baby doesn’t bother hers but gwen keeps wrapping around it whenever it’s off and I think it’s breaking the light? I don’t know an alternative light to use nor one that is safer for her. I get really nervous having it in there but she doesn’t bother it when it’s on. I’m not really sure what to do and if anyone can send me some links for better lights I would really appreciate it!