brazilian rainbow

[shady1]

How much maintence is required for one of theese?
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[Ed_r]

You need to maintain high humidity and moderate temps. Humidity need to be around 80% temps 86-88 hot side with a night drop in temps. Not impossible to keep but allot more than a RTB. A gorgeous animal though. It also needs a branch to climb on and substrate to bury in (no not sand) See the caresheet on RTB BRB Caresheet
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[gibson]

IS THIS GOING TO BE YOUR FIRST SNAKE?? iF SO I WOUND NOT RECOMEND IT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE CARE REQUIREMENTS. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE VERY HARD TO KEEP HUMIDITY LEVLES UP AND KEEP THE TEMPS RIGHT. IF U ALREADY KEEP SNAKES THAN GIVE IT A TRY. THEY ARE VERY PRETTY SNAKES AND ALTHOUGH THEY CAN GET LONG,THEY DO NOT GET AS MASSIVE AS MOST BOAS. MAYBE 7FT LONG AND 10LBS AT THE MOST COMPARED TO A 7FT REDTAIL THAT MAY WEIGHT 50LBS AND UP. TAKE ALOOK AT THE CARE SHEETS AND CHECK OUT THE WEB FOR MORE INFO AND PICS.
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[JuliusSqueezer]

If you have to ask how hard they are to keep....then you haven't done near enough research to even be considering one. They are very unfogiving of husbandry mistakes. Read all you can find about them but keep in mind that many of the boneheads out there writing webpages about their animals aren't always doing what they should be.
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[skadiwolf]

i have to disagree with your temps here ed, brazilian rainbow boas have been known to die around temps of 85 degrees. i'd say a daytime high of 82 would be ideal. mine does fine at this and 80% humidity, raised a bit when it sheds. their humidity requirements lessen slightly as they age. however, it is just as important to offer a dry area as it is to have areas where they can have the humidity they require.

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[JuliusSqueezer]

She's right Ed....It's better to keep em in the fridge than to keep em too warm. (exageration...please don't put your rainbow boas in the fridge)...Once they are set up and established....brbs are really easy to keep...Once you figure out that you can heat the cage with a heat pad and don't need a heat lamp at all in most cases....keeping the humidity up is easy. Most novice keepers try too hard and do too much for them and end up stressing and overcooking them. Most also underfeed them because as babies, they don't look like they could handle anything bigger than a pink mouse...but they can and do and should be started out on pink rats or hopper mice. They starve on pink mice.

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[ls1grrrl]

Another thing to keep in mind about BRBs is that they do well with relatively low air circulation and more moist conditions (per the Master, Jeff Clark). They're not as susceptible to problems with scale rot or respiratory problems from higher humidity, lower temps and less circulation that say, a BCI, might be.

In any case, like everyone's said, spend a lot of time reading and researching, and BEFORE you bring an animal home, have an enclosure set up and running with proper humidity and temp gradient so that you have all the glitches and problems worked out before the animal is subjected to the enclosure. This makes life much less stressful for you and for the snake.
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[PeacockBass]

im seting up my BRB cage in a couple of days.. when i get it all good to go i will order mine from bob clark..

allways research b4 you buy an animal... make sure the cage is set up right to..

good luck
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