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the female large RTB is a little chubby, so no big deal...the dumeril's is a bit thin....not too bad. taking her to the vet next week. any other things besides the chicken broth? is my dumeril's too thin...about 2.5 feet....yearling

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and the RTB below.

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hunter

I thinks they both look fine as far a weight not thin at all. The RTB looks a little dehydrated "I think" Its hard to tell from the picture and the glass cage she is in can be poor for keeping humidity. email me @ dylan@trueredtails.com and I can give you some tips I have learned for getting boas too eat. Later

-Dylan Keays
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True Redtails

weight seems good. Try putting a F/T mouse or rat in the cage over night. That seems to work great with Dumeril's boas and others alike.

Only trying to help here....

Your boas look to have ok weight, but the cage set up would be more concern. The carpeting mat will dry things out alot. Try cypress mulch in both setups for a while. Put a hide box in cage at one end...your cage being so small for the bci, you can make a hide box out of wood just leave the sides off where it would louch the sides of glass. Put some sort of paper or better yet...the hard foam construction insulation around the back and one half the front. Make sure your heat stays at 90-95 hot side and your cool temps 82-84, no less, except maybe 79 at night on cool side but keep hot side at 90 . Anything less than these may lead to respiratory infections(RI's). Keep humidity at 60-75% daily. It will naturally drop due to heating temps, so misting frequently is a must.

That may not be a pretty cage when you are done but the boas will be happy. That is why most use a melamine cage or a boaphile cage type. For years I used the glass aquariums, and have been very happy since building my own from melamine. Hope this helps...just my 2 cents. Andy

the carpet was temporary....they have had aspen mulch since day two. That was the feeder tank takin in the picture....the other one is a lot bigger with hides etc!
thanks so much
hunter