http://forums.kingsnake.com/forum.php?catid=224 Here you may post messages or questions pertaining to all aspects and issues regarding the keeping, breeding, health, and conservation of Sand Boas. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111687,2111687 Hello, I'm considering buying an albino stripe female sand boa and was wondering what possibilities there are for breeding. I'm trying to steer away from getting too many "normals " in the babies, but not going to be upset about it! I was thinking a stripe anery? But my research says I'd ... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111139,2111139 If an albino is bred with a paradox albino, are the offspring normally colored, het for both albino strains? http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111123,2111123 Here is something I have been doing with pretty good success for getting stubborn rosyboas and sandboas to eat frozen/thawed mice. By stubborn snakes, I mean snakes that will eat live no problem but snub f/t. 1. Thaw the food item. 2. Warm it up through and through to 95-100 deg and immediately fee... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2027609,2027609 I was hoping to connect with those working with this species. I just got my first animal (a young adult male) and I'm looking for people who are keeping and/or breeding them. I may also be looking to purchase more. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2027344,2027344 I recently got a few hognose snakes, thinking these might be the ultimate snake pet. They are certainly alot of fun and have interesting behaviors, but I still think the sandboas have it. Specifically the "Kenyan" or East African sandboa. In my opinion these days, these are my favo... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2025529,2025529 I have been interested in getting a Kenyan Sand Boa and I am going to get one. I have a 10 gallon terrarium that will house my male Boa once I get it. I have done plenty of research on what I need to get for it and how to take care of it. On LLL Reptile I have in my cart everything I need besides th... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2021755,2021755 http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2020982,2020982 Our adult Sand Boa has stuck shed over one eye and half of his face. It's been there for over a week, but we discovered it this morning. Is is still possible manually to remove the shed? If so, how? Thanks! Scott http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2020820,2020820 We acquired a kenyan sand boa at NARBC tinly park and have been keeping him in a 10 gallon tank as advised by the person who sold him to us. He is a male so we are told. For the time being the tank has been very bare. It has sanichips and a heat pad under it, and nothing more. We are now going to st... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2019646,2019646 For a few years now, I have been holding back Nuclears with the widest, brightest orange backs, with the hope of selective breeding for this wide orange swath down their backs. Today, I got my first litter. I can hardly wait till they shed, they are born in opaque and the colour in Nukes comes in... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2019639,2019639 Is anyone else selective breeding conicus? I'm working on gold phase ones. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2019638,2019638 This is a much anticipated birth from a Nuclear albino het mother... The bright orange ones will be Nuclear Albinos.Only the second time, they've been produced. This has been a long term project to increase the orange content in Bell albinos, which has always been somewhat faded and variable. I took... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2019165,2019165 I have 1.3 E. johnii of the Staub/Treacher line. They are about 7 years old, and they have never bred despite both fall and spring introductions. I am trying to examine and improve my husbandry...but I don't know where I failed. I am wondering if they need brumation, and how cold for how long? S... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2017428,2017428 Also had a few other litters with albinos, and albino paradox. -----Luckey http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2017427,2017427 My hypo anery ksb just dropped 23 yes 23 babies. That is a record for me. She was over 650 grams before she had the litter. -----Luckey http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2014829,2014829 Just bought my first Sand Boa and absolutely love her. Having a problem regulating humidity in her tank. I have read it needs to b 40% and can't get it much under 55-60%. Have a very small amount of water in a bowl and hotspot in cage runs around 100 degrees. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2014746,2014746 Just showing off some newborn F3/F4 Sunset johnii and a yearling I held back from last year. First the yearling -----Rick Staub http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2014290,2014290 Quick question about kenyan vs egyptian sand boas. Are they the same? I've seen what looks like the same snake advertised as both names, but I've also heard that kenyans are orange/brown and egyptians are yellow/brown. Also, a few years back I saw a sand boa that was orangeish yellow and grey rat... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2014248,2014248 Opened my female's cage today to find 4 babies after I had given up hope. Didn't see anything a couple of days ago when watering but its possible they were hidden in the mulch. Question is the babies have shed already so, I'm wondering if anyone knows how long before a hatchling sheds so I can pin p... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2009310,2009310 I got these boas from 2 different sources. Both told me they were Kenyan, but someone mentioned that the pattern on one looked a bit like it could be a West African rather than a Kenyan, and that's important for me to know because I have males and females together, and the West Africans lay eggs, an...