Would a 55 gallon be okay?!?

[Shaun J]

OK,heres the deal,i'm getting a bci soon and i want to know if a 55 gallon tall would be okay for a baby boa?(i also have a 10 gallon,so if its too big i'll put the rtb in the 10,till its a bit bigger,of course

[Jase]

i'd reccomend at minimum something with the dimensions of 4x2x2, preferably something in the way of 5x3x2.....i'm just not sure of the dimensions of a standard 55gallon tank

[led4urhead]

Babies dont require the same amount of space as an adult. I would stick with the general consensus of total floor space in square footage = the length of the snake. When the boa gets to be an adult, you will need at least an enclosure that is 4x2x2.

[green_man]

A 55 tall will probably last him around a year and a half maybe 2 years. So if you havnt bought the 55 gal yet, I would recommend you spend your money on building a larger enclosure. They really arent that expensive to build and then you wont have to buy twice. If you already own the 55 though, it will work just fine for a while.

[Shaun J]

but it is a tall tank...I dont think i can provide a thermal gradient.

[Jase]

I'd just recommend building a custom enclosure like green man said, it'd save you more trouble in the long run i think.

[sk8er4life]

yea like keep it in there while you build the custom cage and stock up on everything for that custom cage and get the heat and humidity whereits suppose to be and put him in!

[Shaun J]

how do i do that?

[sk8er4life]

wut?