People say you should keep babies in tubs and smaller enclosures until they get around about 3ft+ and are less likely to become stressed by a larger area. But if I fill a 6ft enclosure with a deep layer of substrate for burrowing, several hides for hiding, and put down maybe a layer of leaf litter or a number of plants so the snake can move around with lots of cover – shouldn't a baby Dumerils boa be ok with that? Or am I being stupid? I thought the issue was that little snakes are prey animals so they don't like to be exposed. But if given a plethora of hiding places, does that not solve the issue of exposure and stress, as it does in the wild? Or again, am I just being stupid?

I'm asking this question because I want to get a young Dumerils at some point. However, from what I've read, they can take 3-5 years to reach their adult size, and I don't really want to have the animal in small tubs for that amount of time.