Jason's Jungle - Normal Kenyan Project

Normal Kenyan Sand Boas

Scientific Name: Eryx Colubrinus
Common Name: Kenyan Sand Boa, East African Sand Boa
Location: Tanzania, Kenyan, Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt
Size: Adults typically around 36"-40", around 400g
Housing: Adults can live in a 20-gallon (long) tank or equivalent
Experience Level Needed: Beginner, Novice

The Kenyan sand boa is the heart of Jason's Jungle. It's certainly not the big money-maker (the ball python morphs and rack systems wrap those up) but it's how we got started and still what we devote most of our time to. Kenyans are incredible animals. They stay small, their low maintenance, and (other than males during breeding season) they have great temperaments.

N-F-1
This is our infamous Big Momma, or ID N-F-1. She was my first sand boa that I got back in 1995 (definitely showing my age now). She produce 6 consecutive litters of babies and '03 was the first year she took off, and has produced since. In '06 she had a litter of 26 babies! That's close to a record. She's an enormous Kenyan, weighing in over 1000g+!!!! Big Momma is a staple at presentations and hands-on events.

N-F-5
This is the last girl we got in from the 2.3 group. Fortunately, she doesn't have a sad story :) She came in, ate like a champ, and produced 10 healthy babies/0 slugs for us this year. She had a slight battle with RI shortly after the babies were born but is back on track and is gravid again this year. She should drop sometime late July/early August.

N-F-10
This is just a one-off purchase we made in late '03. Saw her for sale at a decent price and couldn't resist. We knew that with 3 snakes down for surgery that our females would be hurting so we knew we needed some more. So far, so great. She's eating like a champ and there's no reason she shouldn't bred for us this year. I currently have her slated to go with the albino male to produce some het albinos.

N-F-11
A neighbor of my parents in Lafayette had two snakes for sale so I called him. What are the odds? A female ball python and a female sand boa!!! He wanted top dollar for both although both were way underfed but we negotiated on a price that was fair for both of us...well, the female ball python turned out to be a male (gave it away) so this is our $160 underfed sand boa :) Fortunately she's eating really well for us and we'll hopefully breed her in '06.

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