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Anyone else still read this forum? I would love for people to keep it going.

Its been a long time. I bet one of the big reasons people are using it much is how cumbersome it is to upload photos.

These are some old pics of boas I used to have. Very cool snakes.

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Kent

Dennisguy84,
Years ago, 'Kingsnake' made changes which lead to the decline in the participation of many forums that use to have regular posts and replies. It has been so long ago that I do not recall why they made those changes. The former Rosy, Sand, and Rubber Boa forum use to be a neat forum.

I doubt if it is now possible to resurrect much interest. But I could post three ‘announcements’ that involve updated information regarding the taxonomy of the Rubber Boa. However, I am uncertain if such information would be of any interested.

Richard F. Hoyer (Corvallis, Oregon)

Mr. Hoyer- I remember speaking to you years ago on here.life happened and I did away with all my reptiles. Now that my kids are a little older,I was able to get back into the hobby. I acquired a few Cb neonates and enjoy working with them again.
It’s 10/8/18 and my boas are starting to shut down on feeding.I did something differently with these boas. I know most frown upon it, but I’m keeping all boas cohabitated together. It has really worked smoothly. All feed in separate feed containers and Iplan on keeping it this way.when they get some size to them I might separate the sexes. What would your take on this be?

Sorry for not finding your message sooner.

I have no idea why others may house their Rubber Boas individually. When I use to maintain a fair number of the species, I always had specimens of like sizes housed together.

In the wild, it is more common than not to find two or more boas together under cover objects. About two or three years ago, I recall finding 8 male boas under one piece of roofing tin that was bout 16 inches square.

Richard FH

Mr. Hoyer-What would you consider a good humidity level for charina in captivity?
- Dennis

Dennis,
I cannot answer you question as I have no means of checking humidity. I have always considered that hydration / dehydration is a issue with the species. So when I was maintaining a number of boas, I had a small pan of water beneath one hide. And I sometimes would mist the moss I had under another one of the hides.

But to insure hydration, periodically I would soak boas for 5 - 10 minutes in a jar with shallow water.

Richard F. Hoyer