hello guys are BRB hard to keep? will they be great feeders form baby to adult? i think my baby BRB will arrive later hope i can get more information about them thanks.
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are BRB hard to keep?
melvin_so
Dec 12, 2003 10:31 PM
Replies (3)
Jeff Clark
Dec 13, 2003 11:24 AM
Melvin,
. BRBs are very hardy snakes. They eat readily and can be easily tamed. BRBs require moderate temperatures and extremely high humidity. Their requirements are very different than most other boids. For the person who is willing to read and learn about their requirments and then work to provide the right setup for them they do great. Many people are unwilling or unable to pay enough attention to the small details and they have problems keeping BRBs.
Jeff
>>hello guys are BRB hard to keep? will they be great feeders form baby to adult? i think my baby BRB will arrive later hope i can get more information about them thanks.
melvin_so
Dec 13, 2003 11:52 AM
hi thanks for the reply, can you teach me how? iam planning to get some soon, i want to make sure everything is ok before getting it, well i live in the asia part and i believe its much more humid here. well i cant find any pic of simple tank setup can you teach me how to have a simple one? thanks.. anyway are they picky eaters?
Jeff Clark
Dec 13, 2003 08:45 PM
Melvin,
. Fully enclosed cages work best for BRBs. If you put them in a tank with a screen top all of the humidity will evaporate out of the cage. We have a pretty humid environment here in the southeatern USA but when we use our heating or airconditioning systems our indoor humidity drops way too low for BRBs. If you do use a tank you should experiment with covering most or all of the screen top to see what it takes to keep the humidity above 90% in the tank. Adult BRBs do okay with humidity a little lower than this but little BRBs need 90 to 100% humidity most of the time. A damp substrate in a cage with limited ventilation is the easiest way I know of to provide humidity high enough. With the high humidity the substrate has to be changed regularly or it will mold or mildew. BRBs need a cage with a temperature gradient from the low 70s (21C to 23C) at the cool end to the very low 80s (26.5C to 28C) at the warm end. BRBs are not picky feeders if you provide them with the right captive environment. You can find more information about BRBs at my webpage and in the previous posts here on this forum.
Jeff
