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Hey mates,

I am looking for a Rubber Boa breeder that has a good reputation and can ship oversees. (This means they can get the necessary Cites papers!)

Could you e mail me if you fit this description?

m.yasincakmak@gmail.com

Thanks,
Yasin
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> a Rubber Boa breeder that has a good reputation

I'm sorry to say that that alone will be a very difficult thing to find.

I have been noticing that these last days. I mean here is an abundant animal, listed least concern, lives in most of the cold climate upper states and I can not find a decent breeder for it.

Incredible...
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It is a very small market.
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Ya, not many people breed them. Beware of people selling wild caughts.
Rubber boas can be picky eaters, but they're some of the sweetest little critters you'll ever meet.

Here are a couple I found last year here in UT.

Josh...
OMGness.. they are just adorable..

i guess i know what i will be looking for once we get moved to SW FL.. any breeders do that way on here..? if so, please drop me an email..
cilenez@gmail.com
thanks
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Cilene
2 sand boas
1 redtailed boa
2 redfoot tortoises
3 box turtle
1 sulcata tortoise

should have been 'down' not do.. lol.. sorry

>>Josh...
>>OMGness.. they are just adorable..
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>>i guess i know what i will be looking for once we get moved to SW FL.. any breeders do that way on here..? if so, please drop me an email..
>>cilenez@gmail.com
>>thanks
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Cilene
2 sand boas
1 redtailed boa
2 redfoot tortoises
3 box turtle
1 sulcata tortoise

Rubber boas are truly a species that thrives in cooler climates. They can digest meals at low temperatures. While certainly they bask to reach temps in the low 80s (maybe higher), this is very seasonal.

I think this is part of the reason rubber boas are not more popular. If you live where they occur, easy to keep. If you live in warm and humid areas, a bit tougher to keep properly unless your room background stays pretty cool.

Just to give you an idea of how they live, there is an area in So Cal that when it rains in Summer and the temps drop into the 50's, the rubber boas become surface active. At higher temps good luck seeing any.
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Mark

Mark..
thank you for the info.. hubby likes to keep the house on the cooler side.. so our bedroom will be about 65 degrees..

we prefer the cooler climates, but due to my mother's health.. i need to be closer to her to help take care of her.. she can not take the cooler temps..
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Cilene
2 sand boas
1 redtailed boa
2 redfoot tortoises
3 box turtle
1 sulcata tortoise

Well then you can do it.

One good way is a plastic shoebox with about 2 inches of one end over a heat pad. Aspen can work well for that.

You may want to soak the snake in about 1/4 inch of water for 5 minutes (hardly a soak, but works well to keep their skin supple) when ambient conditions are dry. I did mine about once a week or so - heck I often fed them in there too. Less often during more humid times.

Super neat snakes. Kind of odorous for such a little snake. When they are eager to eat, feed them often. Cause they will shut off earlier than many snakes.
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Mark

Cooler climates indeed.
Look at these pictures that Ryan Hoyer took the other day of a couple rubber boas that actually had their bodies in contact with snow.
I doubt anyone has ever documented this before, with any species.

I keep and breed a colony of Rubber boa, and had someone from Europe ask if I would obtain a Cites permit to ship the boa to Europe, but the permit was to expensive to make it worth while. It was a number of years ago and I don't remember the price for the permit now, but it was a lot, and I gotta believe the hoops you have to jump through to get the permit would feel something like doing your taxes, not much fun.

-Dell

Hey mate,

Could you e mail me?

m.yasincakmak@gmail.com
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Hey I would be interested in purchasing a rubber boa or perhaps a pair. If you have any for sale send me an email. Thanks.

Do you by chance still breed rubber boas? I realize that this is quite an old post, but I'm hunting around to see who is breeding these boas - as breeders are hard to come by where I am, in Kansas.