Boa enclosure size

Ive been thinking about getting an adult boa at some point in the next year. I get conflicting results in internet searches. So i was hopeing someone on here could tell me if a 4'×18" or 4'×2' enclosure could house an adult male boa. Many thanx in advance for input.

My adult males are fine in 4'x30"x18" enclosures. They could probably go into a 4'x2' comfortably.

In my opinion MOST adult Boas will do fine in a 4x18 or 4x2. (Especially males). Since Boas are semi-arboreal you would get pleasure watching it climb given the opportunity with a 4x2.

However, one of my Boas is thick bodied and 7 feet long. Given that, I felt a 6 foot cage was in order. This one below (the cage on top), is a temporary 6x18 x2 deep. I have a 6x18x30 deep on order. I wish it was 2 ft high, but just could not work it out to do so.
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Punch, Wild Type BI in top cage.

My other Boa is just under or at 6 feet long, and this 4X2x2 works quite well for him. The photo is of only half of the cage.
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Butch, Wild Type BI

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Originally Posted by Reinz

My other Boa is just under or at 6 feet long, and this 4X2x2 works quite well for him. The photo is of only half of the cage.
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Butch, Wild Type BI

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COOL! I thought the sky-hide was only for your carpet, I didn't realize the boas also used them. how do you secure them? any reinforcement needed?

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Originally Posted by dkatz4

COOL! I thought the sky-hide was only for your carpet, I didn't realize the boas also used them. how do you secure them? any reinforcement needed?

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My first Skyhide twisted out the mirror mount brackets and came crashing down with my 13.5 lb Carpet. I learned that 4 mounts are not enough for heavy snakes. Because of this I went to 13 of the big 3/4 mounts. Now keep in mind that these are the XL Reptile Basics hides. This one with the Boa has only 10 mounts, I left the front mounts off as an experiment, so removing for cleaning is much easier, just slide in and out. So basically just lots of mounts on 3 out 4 sides.

No reinforcement needed for 1/2 in plastic/PVC.


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Small mounts on left in the pkg, large 3/4 in mount on the right.
Also
Do Not use the provided screw and anchor. I used 3/4 in countersink #8 screws.

That is awesome!

That is awesome!

Thank you for the input everyone. Im deffinatly looking forward to housing a boa. I already have one BP that i am planning on upgrading to the same size tank so i wanted them to match in size. Easyer on the eye.