BRB's require more humidity than regular boas. You should have a rubbermaid or sterlite type tub full of fresh water in the cage so your snake can soak itself as needed. The tub of water will also help get the overall humidity up. BRB's also seem able to tolerate more soaking time than regular boas without developing any skin problems, so I would not be too concerned if your snake spends a lot of time soaking, unless your temps are a too high. They seem to prefer lower temps than normal boas, more like the low 80's as opposed to 85 to 90 for regular boas.

In regards to sexing, males generally will have larger spurs than females, but the most accurate way of determining the sex of a snake is by having it probed by an experience herper. Short of probing, on younger boas(BRB's included), you can easily feel a bump in the tail on males when you place your thumb on the underside of the tail just past the cloaca and gently apply some pressure as you slide your hand away from the the cloaca towards the tip of the tail. About half way between the cloaca and the tip of the tail, you will feel this bump. On females, you should not feel any bumps at all. But as I mentioned earlier, the best way is to have your snake probed by an experienced herper.

As far as the size of your snake goes, just be patient. Be glad that you seem to have it eating on a consistant basis. What you don't want to do is overfeed and possibly get into a situation where your snake starts to regurgitate its meals. With regular feeding of appropriate sized meals, your snake should get up to a normal size, it will just take a little longer in comparison to animals of similar age who did not have the feeding problems that yours did. Patience!

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• BRB question - superdave1781, Tue Dec 19 08:21:45 2006
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