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run26neys
at Tue Jun 5 10:59:48 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by run26neys ]
Before getting a BRB, I thought they were hard to keep due to humidity requirements, but they are fairly easy to care for.
I now have cages designed for snakes, and they seem to keep humidty really well. I just have a fairly large water dish over the heat source, and have a moss pit. I do not mist at all.
The moss pit is a plastic shoe box with A couple of fairly large holes drilled in it. The bottom of the shoe box has one inch of moist peat moss, with an inch or so of damp green moss on top of the peat moss.
Dave Colling can post pic's of his moss boxes, as I just use his design.
Baby BRB's do need very high humidity, and they need less as they age.
If using any type of screen venting - most all of the vents should be covered, so humidity can be held in. For a while mine were in glass tanks with screen top covers. I had the screen tops 90% covered with plastic wrap and a towel. I still had to use damp cypress mulch and mist once or twice a week to keep proper humidity.
Jeff Clark also has a great care sheet for BRB's.
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Mike
2.4 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King
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RE: rainbow boas ? - run26neys, Tue Jun 5 10:59:48 2007