hey guys we're gonna do a little something not necessarily new but we're gonna call it species
spotlight where you know we mostly have ball pythons and boa constrictors but we also have
kind of a lot of odd balls to that we're not necessarily breeding we just really like them
so we're gonna talk a little bit about those and today the species spotlight we'll see how long
before I get sick of that is the rosy boa so rosy bows are actually really really cool they make
really good pets snakes they are North America's well they're not they're not the only one but
they're one of the very few North American Boas most are found in Central and South America so
the boa constrictors and anacondas and stuff like that but these guys are endemic which means that
they're found naturally to in the southwestern United States Arizona New Mexico California Texas
I think some parts of southern Utah but these guys are really cool because they don't get very large
to three feet at the max is a big big girl this is Rosie she's about two-thirds grown she was
actually a little bit chubby when we got her so we're slowing her down a little bit you know those
they need to stay a little bit lean even Rosy boas and anacondas and stuff although anacondas
are a little bit different altogether we can talk about that later but so Rosy boas are you know
found here in the United States so they're endemic their North American bow it so it's a constrictor
but they don't get very very big which means that they make great pets you can easily keep them in
a smaller terrarium or tub whatever you're gonna keep them in they probably won't ever eat anything
larger than like at most a small rat you know they need a pretty good hotspot but you know this but
you know they are a little bit more of an arid species so you can keep them a little bit drier
they don't need us high humidity but you know they should still have a big big water dish for
they for them to soak in you should still provide them a humid high box with you know sphagnum moss
or something but these guys are really cool they they come in and so you know they're found all
throughout the southwestern United States but you know not every single area is exactly the
same and with that their color in pattern changes a little bit depending on where they are so this
girl is actually an Arizona locale II found near the Grand Canyon but there are some other ones
that are more grey with instead of this orange color they're black so it's like a black and
white issue race neg some are almost like a teal II blue with bright orange some are bright orange
with more yellow there's even an albino gene in these two so whenever you're looking for a rosy
boa you'll see a lot of the times you know San Diego Baja Sonoran Arizona things like that or
different localities based on that and the price can vary a little bit but these guys actually stay
pretty moderate as far as price goes I think an albino you're probably looking at around like $400
which I know sounds like a big big price tag but you know for an animal that's gonna be your pet
you know for the next 10 12 years that's really not so bad as well as you know the husbandry
and housekeeping on these things aren't anything crazy they stay a very manageable size and they
know they they have fun little personalities and they move kind of funny too like they they
crawl a little bit and it's a little bit hard to tell on this ground but sometimes they'll even
kind of like slink along like that and they're actually really really cool to watch and Rosie's
of real real cute I don't know yeah I don't think she's gonna do it it's okay but they're just cool
little snakes that I think are you know kind of underrated a lot of the snakes that you know that
we see in the petrel exotics so you know from Asia and Africa and Australian stuff but we have some
really cool snakes that are quite varied in all honesty here in North America and I think those
kind of get forgotten sometimes and Rosie bows I think are super super cool if you're looking
for a snake that you know stays a pretty good manual size looks different than all the ball
pythons but it can still be a really really good pet thank you you know so if this is something
that you know you think you can that you want to add they're really cool you know they are a boa
constrictor well they're not a boa constrictor they are a beau it so that means that they do
give life birth which is actually really cool so they don't lay eggs they incubate inside inside
the mother and you know it's just really cool to see kind of rambling a little bit I guess we'll
just wrap this up because I just kind of keep going on and on it's getting really late here
guys but I digress Rosy Boas cool North American constrictor they make great pets they stay small
it's a manageable size and they're just a little bit interesting hope you guys enjoyed this video
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