Getting a RTB

I've got boas in tubs, and one in a 65(?)g acrylic six-sided tank. All of them are on aspen bedding.

Hera is my adult female (6'/ 18.5#), and she's in an under-bed box w/little wheels on the top shelf.

Wrigley has igloo hides that he lies in, on top off, and even though he's two, he still likes to burrow.

Petey is in the acrylic tank & is the only one with a tree, and even tho' he's a yearling, he still hangs in the tree every once in a while. (Which is hilarious----seeing this wonking fat snake's loops hanging and coiled in this tree! :D :D :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ).

Pinky and Apollo are both in tubs. I took out their igloos (and other hides) b/c they'll burrow before they'll use the hides. Pinky's 18 mo. and Apollo is just over a year.

As long as you have the heating and humidity dialed in, the tank should be just fine. I don't know about the striking though. As hard as Wrigley and Hera hit, if yours hits the glass there is a high possibility that it would break. W & H have both thumped the plastic tubs pretty hard a couple times when they've been in pi**y attitudes or during feeding day and they got impatient. Petey's a real sweetheart, and since he's been in the acrylic (or even b4 for that matter) has never tried to strike or hiss at me, so that wouldn't help you. For the first year of Petey's life (just until we moved in March in fact) Petey was in a 42g breeder (glass) and didn't have any problems at all, when I had the lid covered and could maintain the humidity and temps.

I enjoy having Petey in the tank. It's nice to look in and see him either in the bedding, coiled up, or in the tree. Sometimes he's peeking out from under the "bushes". He's in the tank b/c I couldn't get the tank thru the bedroom (now snake room) door, and it was originally Freddie the BP's tank...I didn't want Freddie in the higher traffic / temp fluctuating room (the family room), so it became Petey's home instead. It's worked out really well so far.

Let us know how it goes. :)

We've currently got two young male boa's in their own seperate and large tanks. They do quite fine though the big tanks aren't always the most fun to clean LOL. We keep them on aspen and as they mature and get heavier we'll go to an aspen/double milled cypress mix. The cypress holds the humidity a bit better (always a hassle with the large mesh lids on glass tanks) plus with their heavy body weight it helps the aspen not compress so much. The double milled is better though, the regular cypress has way too many large slivers.

We do offer them one large hide on their warm side. One male, Severus, loves his hide, the other male Diego does not use his much. They both enjoy burrowing however so their substrate is quite deep.

Because the glass tanks are large we also have dark blue sheets (old flat bed sheets) that we put over about half of the cool side. It helps keep in temps and offers them a bit more privacy as they move about. I usually undercover them for part of the day then cover them back up for some of it or if there is a lot of traffice around their tanks (company over or whatever). One of them, Diego, will not eat until you cover his tank. He likes his privacy LOL.

thanks alot for the info. so aspen is going to be what it is. i got the temps up 2 the right spot and im off to go pick up my new addition. so excited! ill post pics as soon as he get settled in. thanks for all your info and help! god i love this site! if it wasnt for the cool, very smart people on here i probably would have all my snakes in tanks with just a water bowl like most of the herps here in el paso. thanks again!