big boa hide box dilema

[Shelby]

Ok, I bought a BIG female dumerils. She's around 6-7' and very girthy. She's in a 4.5' cage, and I have no idea what to use for a hide box for her. Right now I just covered the whole cage with a dark cloth. She is possibly gravid.. but does she even require a hidebox being so large?

[Python-77]

Some of my larger stuff still use hide box's others do not but I still offer all of them a hide, I find that cereal box' work great for some of my larger snakes give the the hide feeling and its nice and tight for them.

[Shelby]

There is no cereal box on the planet that this snake will fit in.

Is the cloth over the cage not good enough?

[Adam_Wysocki]

She probably won't care one way or another, but if you're just looking to offer her something, a jumbo plastic cat litter pan make a great hide for larger boids.

-adam

[Shelby]

Cat litter pan was the first thing I looked at, as I use it for my hogg island boa. The largest one just wasn't big enough. I even looked at doggie pans.. no good.

[ladywhipple02]

You could try building him something... a few pieces of plywood screwed together (and make sure the screws are in where they can't scratch themselves).

What are you keeping him in, if you don't mind my asking? I keep my 5.5 ft boa in a tub that's long, but very short (Sterilite 1996 version) and she feels safe enough with the lid being so low. Plus, she's on the bottom level of a shelf, so it's stays pretty dark most of the time.

[Shelby]

I've never built anything in my life..

She's in a big tub from reptiletubs.com (their largest one) it's fairly tall and semi-clear.

[ladywhipple02]

Hmmm... I don't know. What you could try:

I dont know if you've seen them or not, but Target has some "college" shelves that are fairly easy to assemble (obviously, for college students). They come in all different shapes and sizes. You could purchase one of these that would fit in the tub (they have taller ones that aren't as long, and longer ones that aren't as tall) and just assemble the bottom shelf. It would give her something nice to hide under. The run fairly cheap, too.

Horizontal shelves
Vertical Shelves

Or just get a nice long sterlite and melt or cut a hole in it.

[mr~python]

is she big enough to where a toy box would be a good enough hide? i would get a toy box for her and cut a whole in it with a serated blade and sort of saw the hole.

[Shelby]

Problem with sterilite tubs is.. they're clear. Not much of a hide box that way.

Here's a retarded idea.. somehow rig up a pillow case with a pvc frame to keep it open.. then just throw it in the wash when it's dirty and replace with a new one.

Hey, that may actually work..