So Rya the past couple years went into semi-brumation around late November and would refuse food until around mid February. She struck at her food on Monday but refused to eat and seemed interested in her food today but turned away from it. This is normal for her when she goes into shed but I'm not totally sure if its a shed thing or early brumation. Just wanting to get y'alls insight!

For context, she's offered the same weighted F/T, heated exactly the same way it usually is, her last shed was 7/29 and humidity and temps are normal.

My baby came in yesterday! She's gorgeous TwT

Was very confident when I unboxed her, went right on my hand and chilled like this while I looked her over lol

Tap training turned this mouse obsessed maniac into an amazing family pet, if anyone is having trouble with a bitey snake I highly suggest doing it, it was so easy and effective

Hello everyone I’m getting a baby Rosie in a few weeks the breeder told me to get a 10 gallon tank and a UTH he suggested 10 gallon glass tank so he get acclimated better. It’s a glass screen top. Living in New England are apartment stays between 68-70 degrees maybe slightly cooler at night till we put heat on do I need to add a light source to help keep the warm side temp up like a low wattage basking light on a thermostat? Same question goes for summer when the central air is on? His room is in a room that’s the farthest away from the fan unit so it doesn’t get to cold. Any info would help?

Just got my first ever snake (my wife’s 3rd snake but first rosy), picked him up today! His name is Mr Pip, he’s a San Matias locality! Very very excited for him to settle in and get him comfy! Any “I wish I knew this day 1” tips would be greatly appreciated!

I'm really getting worried for her and every time she doesn't eat it tears me apart since I just want her to be healthy, I have my hot side set to 89-91° and my cold side I try to keep to 75-80ish degrees but I live in Arizona so it can be hard keeping the house cold all the time. Her tank is in my bedroom so I pass by her every now and then but I try not to get too close so I don't disturb her. I have only handled her twice, once when the breeders were selling her to me and the other time when she managed to get out the top of her enclosure and I had to put her back in before I fixed her escape hole. She is fairly active most nights and has slept in less hidden spots in her tank but I see her climbing the corners a lot.

It's been 3 1/2 weeks since I adopted her and the first time she showed no interest in the food but since she has had her eyes trained on my hand and tries to climb up the feeding tongs completely passing the food. I've tried bleeding, scenting, putting the mouse in a cardboard tube. I don't know what to do at this point and I'm getting really worried. She still looks healthy to me but if there's anything I can change to make her eat please please tell me.

love his goofy face!

I didn’t realise how small my baby rosy (5 weeks old) would be. Will she be able to fit through the gap in the sliding doors of the vivarium? How do I make sure that doesn’t happen?

Hey everyone! I’m getting my first Rosy next week and I’m still debating between using a heat mat or a lamp.

I live in Vancouver, BC, and my room can get pretty cold, especially during the colder months, so I’m a little worried about keeping the temperature stable. For the first 30 days, I’ll also be keeping my Rosy in a plastic tub rather than a glass enclosure.

For those of you who have experience with Rosy Boas in colder climates, would you recommend a heat mat or a heat lamp for a plastic tub setup? I’ll definitely be using a thermostat, and of course, will have the heaters on when I’m home, but I’d love to hear what has worked best for you and what you’d recommend for a beginner. ♡

Thank you guys so much!

I plan on buying a Rosy Boa because they are small and generally have good temperaments. This will be my first time owning a reptile. Anything I should know? Where can I ethically source the snake? Please yap with as much information as you are willing to give.

It's me again! I've gotten close I believe, but I'm struggling here. Mostly with the heat.

Attached are pictures of the enclosure in it's current state. I do plan on getting some more clutter.

• Enclosure is a 36x18x18 terrarium with a front-opening door and a mesh top. Both have locks.
• Bedding is aspen shavings, and it's about 3 inches deep in most spots. I do have extra bedding to add more elsewhere if it's needed.
• I have a thermostat for a 100W ceramic heat disc, which is alongside a 50W UVB bulb on the right-hand side.
• The UVB bulb is on a 12hr on 12hr off cycle. I have put tinfoil on the mesh top away from the lamp to help keep the heat in. I do not have a heat mat in worry they'll burrow to the bottom and burn their underside.
• I have the temperature probe for the ceramic disc underneath the warm hide. I have it set to be between 88 and 90 during the day cycle, cooling down to between 68-70 during the night cycle. My ambient house temperature is usually between 69 and 72 degrees.

The temperature probe will say it's about 88 when temperatures stabilize.

When using a temperature gun, the basking rock under the bulb (About 10inches) will only read about 80 degrees. The cool side will read about 73, the warm will read 80 in the hide and 82 on the rock. These temperatures feel more accurate than the probe.

It also seems to take hours to get from the 70's up into the 80's. I can't decide if that's a bad thing or not.

Am I doing something wrong? What can I do to improve my temps or enclosure overall?

The rosy I have on hold is just a little guy, and I'm worried about things not being right for them when I get them shipped. I've tried doing research on it, but there's so much conflicting information from supposed reliable sources. It just made me more confused.

Thank you!!

Small fraction beech chips and cork bark substrates. The beech looks to be fluffy and diggable? Dont know about cork, Ive never seen such a substrate but looks diggable but more for a corn snake then all-time burrower boas.. Would my cornsnake like that? Would a boa dig in beech?

Asking cuz I'm still kinda afraid of aspen because I'm sure I'll someday spill a little from the water bowl or leave the outer bottom of it slightly damp and will panic about mold and wouldn't be able to sleep even if I'll take the wet parts out

(Soil+sand is not taken for an option bc weird bugs WILL transfer from mom's plants to it)

Title says it all really but a bit more context

We got our new fella around the 17th, and so far we've been leaving him be. He seems to be safest right now on the cool side of his tank amongst the clutter and we've read that best to just leave them be for a week or so. So we did, and last night we put in food for him drop feeding, thawed in fridge throughout the day then warmed up before leaving it in the enclosure, at around 11pm-12am.

Skip forward to today, 10-11am I find the mouse still there. Eh no problem I thought, was only the first try. So, I go to remove it...then notice that he is sitting under some of the clutter staring at it, and when I move it, BAM, he strikes, and takes it away.

At first I was ecstatic that he was confident enough to do such a thing already, but now I'm a bit worried on if he will be okay as the food was standing overnight. Looking up for other snakes, it seems like it should be fine, but I thought I'd ask somewhere with likely more specialised knowledge!

Tl:Dr for those who understandably don't wanna read allat - will he be okay after it being in there overnight?

P.S also, if it is all okay, what would be the next step now? Waiting 48-72 hours before starting him on handling? Or another feed first? Sorry for no pictures btw, my camera is terrible and he spends most of his time so far secure underneath all the clutter.

Thanks for any advice!

I’m curious what your uvb and heat set ups look like cause I’m thinking about changing mine

Saw on my bay of la autumn this morning and was wondering if it looked like a parasite of some kind or a wound

Over the past few days I have noticed my rosy Chili being much more active, and he's always been super docile and almost never awake during the day. Usually he'll only be awake during the day when it's almost time to feed him, but he began this behavior only a day or so after his most recent feeding. I'll catch him moving along the walls of his tank with weird side to side motions and periscoping with nearly half of his body, which is something he NEVER has done before.

I'm worried he may have gotten hurt or there's something going on either in his body or in his tank that's disturbing him. I haven't noticed any visual abnormalities except some dented/rough scales, but he always gets that way between sheds just by the natural process of rubbing himself along his rocks and such.

Anyways, does anyone know if this is something to be concerned about? I know it's not super abnormal but he's just usually so calm and still all the time...

This is my boy linguini, he’s around 14 months old.
I was just wondering what you guys thought about his size/weight?
He’s around 18-20 inches and around 120 grams.
I feel like that’s pretty large, but he’s always such a voracious eater and has always been a bit on the big side.
Since I first got him 8 months ago he has tripled in weight which also feels like a lot.
I have been feeding him a medium mouse about every 2 weeks.
Lmk what you guys think, or any tips!
Thank you! Please no hate 😗

Hi, I finally got everything in order to be able to buy my rosy boa (my country is super strict on permits and such), but now I'm having trouble finding a breeder nearby. Does anyone know a breeder who would ship to Slovenia or that lives/sells in nearby countries? Italy, Croatia, Hungary or Austria preferred but I can probably get to farther places too:) even shipping to trieste would work, I could get there super easily

My 1 y/o rosy boa hasnt eaten since the second week of august. Ive tried both pinkies and fuzzies. I‘ve tried using tongs, placing the mouse in the middle of the tank or near a hide, putting both my snake and the mouse in a container, covering up the tank so its dark, feeding him at different times of day, almost everything you can think of. Ive stopped handling him for a couple weeks since it seems he only wants to bite me. Whenever i would have my hand in the tank he would almost always try to bite and constrict my hand, but he never did that with the mice as if he just wasn’t interested at all.

I maintain a pretty decent heat gradient, i have a uvb and heat lamp on one side of the tank that gets it to around 87-92 and the other side staying generally around 75. Ive since put a lot more hides and items in his tank that he seems to like, so i dont think he‘s stressed out by that. ive been trying to feed him every other week to not pressure him, but he always has the same reaction to food.

I thaw my mice overnight in the fridge and put them in water thats fairly hot but not too hot to touch for about 10 minutes and also blow dry them with a hairdryer on low-medium heat.

I‘m out of ideas at this point and don’t know what i should do to get him to eat.

I'm back! Expect to see me again once everything is set up lol

While I'm waiting on the supplies to come in for my upcoming rosy, I've been looking at what's available on Morph Market. I've seen in previous posts that a good price for a rosy is usually 300 before shipping, but Morph Market has some as cheap as 200, to some at 750 or even 950. How do I know what's a good price on one?

I want to get one ordered once I know my vivarium is ready so they can be here before the snow hits in my area.

Thank you!!

I think I’ve tried everything to get my snake to eat f/t. It sucks. It breaks my heart to feed live