Good on you for saying heat above the enclosure and ditching the heat mats. My friend is a herp specialized vet and her immediate advice to me when I said I was getting a snake was no heat mats or rocks because she sees so many burns in their clinic :(
TY! I feel like an insane man whenever I hear people call a set up with literally just a live plant """bioactive""". Also ty for advocating for heating above the enclosure! Yes reptiles may bask on rocks and get belly heat from that, but that rock is only warmed by *the sun*
Glass doesn’t hold humidity? Maybe we should release a PSA for all those people who keep fish in an aquarium. Those fish are in danger of becoming dehydrated. Sorry, I had to. Lol.
Gorgeous! I'd love to hear more about good *durable* species of plants to put in a bioactive. I am trying to build one to eventually move my House Snake into, but I'm starting it WELL in advance because I know I do not garden very well. I have one 'rattlesnake plant' in there so far. As a Black house snake, Sangfroid will not ever be much of a bulldozer but the plants need to stand up to me being terrible at this.
Fulis are a great candidate for bioactive, thats gunna be great. With their slightly higher humidity, you can get away with a few in the video. Epipremnums (pothos) will be your friend. Snake plants, Birds nest ferns, prairie grasses to name a few
@@leafystreet Awesome! I am looking at some varieties of pothos, and ficus pumila, and ferns like birds nest and lemon button. So far the calathea lancifola has been a trooper.
I had first heard about the locality of your boa just this year. You typically don't think of South America having dwarf boas unless on an island. Not easy to get one of those as you said. I sure do enjoy the way you present the information. Like others said, you offer really good info while having fun with it. I have an adult male dwarf boa from western Mexico. I have been in boa habitat in certain parts of western Mexico - boas there have to be able to withstand seasonal variations in temperature and humidity. This is what makes the boas from that region such great pets - they are very resilient in addition to being small.
I love this so much! I've been searching for bioactive boa setups forever since I've been interested in owning a boa. They are nearly impossible to find. I have a gorgeous little albino BCI now and I'm so glad I found this video 😍
My boa imperator is seven foot long and I'm looking to add live potted plants to his vivarium. Maybe a bromeliad or snake plant. He's probably gonna destroy them, but I'm gonna try anyway. That's a nice setup 👌
Great information and lovely enclosure! I feel like the word “bio active” gets thrown around a lot, and you covered it well. Also, I noticed that your editing skills are improving a lot, so I’m curious to know what program you use?
So much work and so many things to prepare and keep in mind. "Just" for a snake what just lays around all day. You cant pet, you cant really play with, you cant go out for a walk with. Snake wont definitively not be my choice as a pet. But I think that they are really interesting and fascinating animals.
we take ours with us to parks, pet stores, shopping at Academy Sports and Hobby Lobby, basically any store with a pet policy that allows your animals to go in with you. They hang out around our shoulders while we wash dishes and watch tv. They hang out on branches set up on our porch when we want to go enjoy some sunshine and fresh air. We can't have fur babies because of allergies, and we love to take our "nope ropes" and "danger noodles" lots of places. Our biggest baby is 7 feet now and has a huge fan club at local Hobby Lobby store.
hey dude, what's your experience with boamaster?? i currently house my BPs in boamaster enclosures, but the customer service was terrible for me :( Also, wonderful setup!!! i'm hoping to do bioactive myself :D
Would you mind replying with a list of the plants you used??? I just bought the toad ranch 8x3x3 for my common boa imperator (same exact coloration as your cool lil dwarf in the vid) because she has outgrown her 4x2x2. I’m doing bio active substrate and she has a few potted plants that I will move over but I’ll need more since it’s double the space.
I have a 6 by 2 by 2 pvc enclosure but i hate it. Its dark and i want something much larger so she can climb. Mine is much larger though. Maybe I can find a taller and wider one but this was the largest one i could find 🙃
yea if you use a dresser just make sure you fully waterproof it. For the plants though, Id consider a handful of large potted plants. they'll hold up better and can easily be swapped out if one gets crushed
i have it on a mister that goes off for 25 seconds every 6 hours. I spot water the plants every 3 days and shove spag moss under logs to give them humid refuge
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How is this getting on, i'm thinking to do similar for my hog island boa. One concern i had is her "digging" up the substrate/barrier. have you had any issue with this?
That's a true bcc right? I have got a bci who's about the same size and I want to make something that I can keep bioactive even when she's fully grown, but it will be hard. I tried with my burm when he was younger and it didn't work.
am looking to make a bio active setup for my lil girl, she's an el salvador dwarf local boa, currently in a 5x3x2 bc she likes to climb, how have yours been with the plants? are they holding up? and do u have any plant recs that are like sturdy? bc boas being boas are heavy bodied constrictors and am unsure what plants can hold upto their strength
some of the plants are doing really well some have been crushed.The Epipremnum is holding up the best and is actually taking over a bit. My honest advice for long term is to do potted plants, which is my plan unless i can wrangle a 6 foot plus viv. Their root systems will be protected and if certains one dont make it, its as easy as pulling the pot. and all the beneifts related to humidty and enrichment are there
Great video as always! I always have one question whenever I see a bioactive enclosure. Like do you just not... clean... at all?? Are we just supposed to believe in the power of isopods and springtail? And when worst comes to worst and you do have to clean it by yourself (like deep clean the whole thing), then what do you do with branches that you glued onto the enclosure itself? Do you take them down...??
we do believe in their power, but we have to know when to stop believing. It really depends. If youre housing dart frogs or micro geckos in a mature setup, you will never ever have to scoop poop again. In the case of this video, I will have to scoop poop and most likely a large fistful of substrate with it. But if all goes well, I'll likely not have to fully empty the substrate
@@leafystreet thanks for the reply! I’ve been interested in bioactive setup but always afraid to do it because my snake would probably ruthlessly crush all the plants… 😅
@@seven8726of course! size is gunna be your friend. the bigger you can make the enclosure the better. Just minimizes the amount of time they'll spend on any one plant. any questions lmk
@@leafystreet wow thank you! I Appreciate your time answering me, It definitely gotta subscribe out me! Now time to get an order in for my spiny tailed iguana!
planning a longer update in about a month. So far yes, still fully bio. about two thirds of the plants have really rooted and held on. this is a Boa Master. The enclosure is great but the stock lighting and heat panel is terrible and recommend buying those from elsewhere
@@leafystreet I'll keep that in mind. I'm currently looking into Boaphile cages and6 ReptileKages pvc enclosures. Although I think boaphile may have stopped making them. Thanks,
