Boa Solomon Island Health Information

Native to tropical forest areas, your Solomon Island Ground Boa will need to be kept at a constant temperature of about 82 degrees Fahrenheit, with a humidity level of about 60%. Keep the Solomon Island Ground Boa in an enclosure that allows three quarters of a square foot of cage for each foot in boa length. Butcher paper or newspaper make good substrates, and be sure to provide your Solomon Island Ground Boa with some sturdy branches, because these snakes like to climb in spite of their name. It is very important to make sure your Solomon Island Ground Boas have a bowl of water for soaking as well as for drinking. These boas love to soak!


Breeding
Solomon Island Ground Boas are often difficult to breed, possibly because this species may contain several genetically incompatible subspecies, which have not yet been officially classified. Keep the boas at 80 degrees in the day but drop the nighttime temperature to 70 degrees for six to eight weeks when you wish your Solomon Island Ground Boas to breed. Drop the temperature from November to December and then in January introduce your breeding pairs to each other. Usually two females to several males works best. Some Solomon Island Ground Boa males will mate with all the females; others will choose only one with which to copulate. For your snake's health, only breed your female Solomon Island Ground Boas once every two years. Large Solomon Island Ground Boas will give birth to up to 50 neonates! The neonates are often difficult feeders but do need to eat every seven to ten days. If they will not accept pinkie mice try scenting this food with tree frogs. If the neonate Solomon Island Ground Boas persist in stubbornness, allow them to eat tree frogs for five or six meals and then do not feed them for about three weeks. Reintroduce the scented pinkies; at this point the neonate will be extremely hungry and more likely to accept it.