caring for young

[viper]

i have a question, one the female gives birth how do your care for the young boas. do you keep them together with mom for
several days or do you separate them from each other. also
what temp do you keep in the inclosure for the young. just
asking due to the fact that my boas is gravid and i want to be
ready, dont want to have them pass away on my after all that
work.

[HerperCCC]

I would recommend:

Removing them from mom (by taking her out and placing her in a different cage, if possible.) And their care is pretty much the same as the adults. Just keep the right temps/humidity, and they should be fine.

One note, once they shed and you start feeding them. Please, keep them in separate enclosures. A small sweater box rack system would be a very good investment for this purpose. Babies can mistakenly eat eachother after being returned to a common cage post-feeding. As this would really suck (to put it bluntly) keep the youngsters in separate caging if you can.

Just my $.02.

[viper]

thanks for the info, in regard to humidity whats the best way to maintain it. also now i have second problem, i awoke to fine two semi developed aborted young, i would like to know if this is common or happens frequently. if so how do i avoid her from losing the entire clutch.

[HerperCCC]

Humidity tricks depend on the cage. If the snakes are in an aquarium, it will be harder than an enclosed cage. I simply put my ceramic water dishes on the warm side of the cage (I have large heat tape "hot spots") and the evaporation keeps the humidity aroud 70%. For an aquarium, cover most of the top of the screen with plywood, glass, or something non-porous (a towel won't work) and try the same trick. Or you can spray the cage down with water daily, or soak a terra cotta plant pot in water and put it in the cage. There are lots of other tricks, but these have worked for me.

As for the "abortion," I am not sure how often it happens. As for preventing her from losing the rest, just keep her warm, secure and feed smaller prey items, I'm not sure that you can do much more, but I'm not an expert. Any other advice, people???