» Site Navigation
1 members and 3,035 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,130
Threads: 248,575
Posts: 2,569,021
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
|
-
Registered User
Young Boa Housing Question
I am still debating whether or not I want a red tail boa. I found some nice custom enclosures that are good at maintaining heat and humidity. Which enclosure should I choose for a juvenile red tail? The small enclosure measures 24 inches in length, 20 inches deep, and 13 1/2 inches tall. The medium enclosure measures 36 inches in length, 20 inches deep, and 13 1/2 inches tall. Do you guys think keeping a young boa in the medium enclosure would cause it to stress out?
-
-
Re: Young Boa Housing Question
I'd go for the 36 x 20 x 13.5 (unless it's a very young boa), because it will more than likely outgrow the smaller one quicker, and boas tend to handle extra space a lot better than a ball python and not stress out. My boa has a cage only slightly smaller than yours ( 24 x 24x 12) and she's about 2 feet long, doing just fine, no stress or nothing.
1.0 Normal - Maynard
1.0 POG - Victor
0.1 YB - Diana
0.1 Pastel Boa - Astrid
1.0 Salmon Boa -
1.1 Leopard Geckos
0.3.2 Inverts
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Alexandra V For This Useful Post:
Skittles1101 (05-16-2011)
-
I think boas do a little better in the "bigger" enclosures than ball pythons, so the medium might be okay. I keep mine in a 34 qt tub right now (not sure of the dimensions) and he has two hides in it. He is ALWAYS in his hides...but I've heard most boas don't even use them. Anyways, I think if you wanted to go with the medium it would be okay, however I'd not spend a ton of money on a custom smaller enclosure since when he/she gets full grown you will need a much larger one, preferably with a lock lol. If you have the extra money than go for it, but I don't which is why mine gets a tub lol. I have time to save up for my 4' enclosure
2.0 Offspring, 1.1 Normal Ball Python, 1.0 Pastel Ball Python, 0.1 Albino Ball Python, 0.1 Pinstripe Ball Python, 0.1 Banana Ball Python, 1.0 Pied Ball Python, 1.0 Normal Hognose, 0.1 Veiled Chameleon, 0.0.1 G.pulchra, 0.1 P.metallica, 0.1 M.giganteus
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Skittles1101 For This Useful Post:
-
Re: Young Boa Housing Question
Originally Posted by LGray23
he has two hides in it. He is ALWAYS in his hides...but I've heard most boas don't even use them.
Mine has 2 hides as well, but the only times I see her using them is when she's going into shed. Two opposite sides of the spectrum!
1.0 Normal - Maynard
1.0 POG - Victor
0.1 YB - Diana
0.1 Pastel Boa - Astrid
1.0 Salmon Boa -
1.1 Leopard Geckos
0.3.2 Inverts
-
-
I keep my boa in a cb-70 right now....She has plenty of room and is doing great in it..... My girl uses her hides for a while then hangs out on top of them for a while..... I am already putting cash away for a nice 6 foot enclosure for her.....
“I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form.” – Winston Churchill
1.0 '10 piebald, 0.1 '10 het piebald, 01 '07 het. Piebald
0.1 '10 lesser, 0.1 '10 albino, 1.0 '11 Black Pastel het. Albino, 0.1 '11 het. Albino, 0.1 '08 het. Albino, 0.1 '10 het. Albino
0.1 '09 woma, 1.0 '10 Pewter, 0.1 '11 Lesser Bee
0.1 '10 Super Cinnamon Woma, 0.1 '10 Mojave Spider, 0.1 '11 mojave, 0.1 Super Chocolate
0.1 '10 Pastel Yellowbelly, 1.0 '11 Pastel Yellowbelly
1.1 '10 yellowbelly, 0.2 '10 normal
0.1 '08 Cinnamon, '08 Normal, 0.1 '10 Orange Ghost, 0.1 Black eyed lucy possible yellowbelly
1.0 '11 Cinnamon Enchi, 1.0 '11 pastave
0.1 '10 coral albino Boa, '10 1.0 Sunglow boa, 11 0.1 Motley boa
0.1 '11 Central American hypo boa, 1.0 Central American Motley
0.1 '11+T Albino Blood, 0.1 '11 poss het. +T Albino Blood
-
The Following User Says Thank You to dragonboy4578 For This Useful Post:
Jason Bowden (05-26-2011)
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|