Quote Originally Posted by Lija View Post
my snake ( beautiful rainbow boa) that i mentioned died because of respiratory blockage, he inhaled substrate and it blocked his airway, we did autopsy, he was very healthy otherwise, it was really weird, one minute he is all happy and eating well, the next day he is dead.



hahaha - yeah watch them hunt is something.
Sorry to hear about your Boa! I found an alternative to the plantation soil I think will work well, it's called tree fern. Another high humidty, but again where I live it's pretty much a high alititude desert so I think it should do just fine. The substrate itself is also not small enough to end up ingested by the frog. The felt's a decent idea, haha but I'm a big fan of trying to keep a really natural look--plus it's helping me anchor some of the branches in place.

She was up again hutning a while tonight and ventured a littel farther into her enclosure, so I'm gald to see she's adapting well! Haha I'm trying to get a video of her hunting I can post..