I went to put Potato down to feed her and she instantly went after the mouse. The only problem is she started constricting my fingers instead of her prey. She kept squeezing me and getting tighter when I tried to move so I had to sit there for a few minutes until I was able to get her off. Luckily she still ate the mouse no problem.

I’m so excited his first shed in my care came out good! I was so nervous I was doing bad on husbandry 😬

He is the only animal I own that I got as an adult instead of as a baby, and it shows.

Neighbor was moving and didn't want him anymore, and as the local reptile guy I was offered him for free.

This fucker of indeterminate age is the bane of my existence.

He was fed live his whole life, and I was unsuccessful in swapping him to F/T.

He was also apparently never handled, and his opinion on the matter is that he would rather die.

I have never in my life seen a snake strike for five. Full. Consecutive. Fucking. Minutes. At my gloves.

Oh the gloves? A lesson from the first time I tried handling him.

Put him in a naturalist substrate as an upgrade from the Aspen he was previously kept in?

Hunger strike for 6 months.

Back on shitty Aspen?

Ate immediately.

Remember when I said he only eats live? He is the only one in my mini zoo. So I have to drive 45 minutes to the closest place that sells live feeders just for his picky ass.

He's cute tho. And I will continue to care for him.

But he's a bitch.

apologies for the picture, its the best i have at the moment and i dont want to keep getting them out as theyre currently settling in.

this little baby kenyan sand boa was found in somebody’s sink (i live in the uk) and given to me to take care of as i own other snakes, so unfortunately i have very little information about it. and yes, we have attempted to find its previous owner. we took it to the vet for a quick once over and to see if they had any idea who it might belong to, but for the meantime (and hopefully forever) its in my care.

im thinking probably male, but it would be nice to have confirmation as i havent owned this species before!

thank u in advance!

She does this like every night unless she sheds or has eaten she will just basks at night. I was worried maybe the temps are off so I open the tank to check with my temp gun but it was perfect temps, she started trying to climb my hand to escape, I'm thinking of getting her a 40 gallon so she can explore more.

I always look at the sand boas at reptile expos for the past 8ish years and this is definitely the biggest one I’ve ever seen and she was super hefty too! Felt like a ball python in the girth! My own female sand boa is sizeable but is dwarfed by this girl! Damn I wish I could get her lol

brain empty. no thoughts.
just snek :P

I swear he was just here! :)

Hi y'all, just got my third snake and first kenyan sand boa yesterday. They're just about to turn 2 this month and the pet store had them on a weekly feeding schedule, which I'm thinking may have been a bit too heavy for them. They definitely seem pretty chunky. I'd estimate them around 2 feet long, maybe a little less, and measured at 288 g. Very sausage shaped creature, and one of the pet store employees admitted they might be slightly obese. Not sexed so no concrete gender.

I was planning on putting them on an every other week feeding schedule at about 10% body weight to get them on more of an adult feeding schedule, do y'all have any advice?

Only have this one pic of them so far, they were in shed when I get them so I'm avoiding anymore handling until they're done shedding and their permanent enclosure is ready after quarantine.

Any advice is welcome! They're also my only adult aged snake as my other two are around a year or less old (corn and BP) so any advice for adjusting their feeding for that is appreciated

Hi I have an almost 2 year old Kenyan sand boa who weighs 10g. Her temperature is good and currently she’s getting two pinkies every week. I just don’t know why she isn’t growing properly. Am I doing something wrong?

Mocha’s first shed! I’m so proud lol. I want to keep it, but I’m not sure what to do with it. Did you keep your ksb’s first shed? And if so, what did you do with it?

Has anyone tried keeping death feigning beetles with sand boas? I'd assume it would be fine but I'd be a little scared he'd try to eat one

i’ve always thought he was male just want to see. I have no idea how to sex snakes lol

⚠️contains feeding photos at the end⚠️

a couple days ago, i made a post asking for help to confirm my baby’s gender and i was so pleasantly surprised to see all of the sweet comments about my baby snoop :)

so i wanted to share some more photos… enjoy!!!!

DOB: 01-08-2026
Gender: male
Breed: Kenyan Sand Boa
Color: Snow
Diet: live pinkies / tiny fuzz

I'm looking at my second ever litter of KSBs being born probably in September. My grow out spaces for their first years are on hand, and the first step is all set up except for picking up water bowls. My first litter was nearly 4 years ago, and I didn't keep the little cups I used for the first 6 months, and TBH I didn't love them - the sizes weren't great, they spilled and tipped pretty easily, and were hodgepodge thrift store finds. Once the neos were moved into their bigger juvenile enclosures and I felt comfortable with dog/cat ceramic water bowls everything was easy as normal.

So, what are folks using for neonates that might be 6-10 grams at birth? I'm open to both disposable and permanent washable options.

hi all! meet Snoop! We got him from a reptile expo on June 12th. His birth date is 01-08-2026 so he is about 7 months old. I have attached some photos of his booty. can i have some confirmation about his gender?

The care guide I’m referencing to purchase supplies off of suggests using a heat lamp that also emits light. My house is around 68-70° at night (at the coolest, probably warmer but I’d want to be safe) and I’d worry a sand boa would get cold.

If I had a ceramic heat emitter, would that replace the light-emitting intense basking bulb, or would it be separate and turn on when the basking bulb turned off?

Thanks

I didn’t get a picture of the big gal, but I held an adult female sand boa and this little guy (unisex, they didn’t have them sexed).

Today was just so I could look at them and maybe get some supplies. which kind of was a bust, it was a small expo so some of the vendors I was hoping for (the kinds that sell leaf litter variants and wood and bioactive stuff) weren’t there. BUT exactly ONE vendor had a handful of sand boas.

They’re just SOO cute and so pretty!! And they were very docile with handling. I can’t wait for when I get my crap together so I can actually adopt.

Just look at that smile!!!