Is the whole cage 89 degrees? Just like your ball pythons, the boa should have a temperature gradient. 90 should be the hot end... the cool end can be about 82 or so. A cheap infrared thermometer ($20 or so) would be good to get so you can point a a spot and get a temperature reading, rather than one of those stick-on thermometers, especially because you have several snakes.

Boa care isn't much different than ball python care.

If you're nervous about handling the snake at first, long sleeves might help your nerves, and you might want to get a snake hook. Some snakes are nervous if you "grab" at them to get them out - but are fine once they are actually out of their cages.

Try to handle the snake soon so you can get a good look at it - if it has mites, they could spread to your ball pythons. Mites aren't terribly hard to treat in small collections, but better if you spot it soon.
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• aquired red tail boa - dwendler4, Tue Nov 13 02:03:13 2007
• RE: aquired red tail boa - JackJebus, Tue Nov 13 07:05:30 2007
• RE: aquired red tail boa - cv, Tue Nov 13 09:19:38 2007
• RE: aquired red tail boa - LordDreyfus, Tue Nov 13 11:37:44 2007
• thank you... a couple more questions - dwendler4, Tue Nov 13 13:14:58 2007
• RE: thank you... a couple more questions - dwendler4, Tue Nov 13 13:30:00 2007
• RE: thank you... a couple more questions - liquidleaf, Tue Nov 13 14:10:47 2007
• RE: thank you... a couple more questions - jscrick, Tue Nov 13 15:24:58 2007
• RE: thank you... a couple more questions - dwendler4, Tue Nov 13 16:44:44 2007
• RE: thank you... a couple more questions - dwendler4, Tue Nov 13 17:01:41 2007
• RE: thank you... a couple more questions - jscrick, Tue Nov 13 18:11:43 2007
• RE: thank you... a couple more questions - liquidleaf, Wed Nov 14 07:55:04 2007
• to answer your questions - jhsulliv, Tue Nov 13 17:57:46 2007