caging question please answer

hi i want to get a rtb and my question is, what size cage should i get that will last the longest until i need a bigger one, and if i get one of the boaphile cages, will they send it preassembled with all the heatiing devices, or no?

You really should buy cages that will suite the animals needs the best. If you buy a bigger one the snake might feel insecure and not feed consistently. I don't know if you looked into sterilite bins, but they are the most commonly used enclosures among reptile enthusiasts. There very cheap, durable, and easy to clean. If I was you, I would start them in the tubs and once they get close to full size, upgrade to a boaphile. Thats what I am doing.

x2 on the tubs idea. They're inexpensive and work great.

Although you can always get a bigger cage and put in cage dividers. Boaphile has ones that have removable dividers in them, and yes they come already assembled. I suppose its a little biased since I've only ever tried boaphiles and not any other major snake enclosure brand, but I LOVE mine. They're great, easy to clean, lightweight, nice looking, hold humidity well, great with heating.

An adult female Red Tail will need a 6 x 2, and an adult male will need a 4 x 2 generally. IMO I'd go with a 4 x 2 boaphile with a removable divider, baby boas tend to handle bigger enclosures better than other snakes such as ball pythons, so if you get a 4 x 2 with a divider, thats two 2 x 2s, put in some hides and some fake plants to clutter it up and your baby will have a nice little jungle for himself or herself.

but what gallon size of tank is equivalent to those sizes?

I keep my babies in 6 quart tubs for about six months, then move them to 28 or 32 quart tubs until they are ready for caging. I keep my adult male and female Colombian red-tails in 4x2x1 enclosures, and they do fine. I use Reptile Basics and Repti-Racks cages. I like the Reptile Basics quality better, but the Repti-Racks prices are much better. I use 80 watt radiant heat panels to heat the tubs, and a Herpstat to control the heat.

Hope this helps.

Can someone show me how to set up a tub with heat and everything I've only delt with tanks and I heard ur not suppose to use uth for tubs

You can use a UTH for a tub just make sure its hooked up to a thermostat/rheostat as they can get really hot. (But that goes for flexwatt too).

I had an idiot friend who hooked up his UTHs to his Tubs without any way to control the heat output and he burnt a nice hole right through his tub and his carpet, thank god his snake was fine.