Columbian rainbow questions

[Bugmom]

Somehow, this is my first boa. I dunno how I let THAT happen Anyway, I haven't found very good answers when searching for rainbow boa care. What I have read sounds like, well frankly way more than what I've seen done with rainbow boas. A warm and cool soaking dish, a humidity box, climbing structures, a warm and cool hide. How the heck do you fit all that in there and have any floor space? Or is that just overkill?

I understand that they need fairly high humidity, but cooler temps than BPs.Is that right? My living room fluctuates between 72 at night and 80 during the day. What would work best as a not-so-hot hot spot? A small or mini UTH? She is in a 10 gallon tank now with a small UTH because that's what I had on hand; going to rig the lid tonight to keep humidity in better and get her some stuff to climb on. I just don't want to overheat her.

I guess she's around 20". How fast do these grow? Wondering how soon I'll have to upgrade her to a larger enclosure.

Thanks!

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[Physician&Snakes]

Hides are quite important for these guys as in the wild they are often found under fallen logs or within dense scrubs. At the store, I always used a 10-gal with a nice fake bushy plant, a hide, deep water bowl, and substrate deep enough to allow burrowing. A basking spot of ~84F is ideal for these guys...anything above 86F can cause heat stress as the species is quite used to the cool undercover of its environment. I have noticed that Brazilians are more ampt to climb than Colombians but there are a lot of mixed experiences so just add a branch and see what happens. For humidity I just saturated the substrate weekly (I used coconut bark)...for tubs I apply moisture and do not reapply until I see that condensation within the tub has reached a minimum. Cypress is a very good substrate for the high humidity these guys require as it has a natural acidity to it that prevents mold growth just in case you accidentally go over board one week.

[Bugmom]

That's totally doable. Thanks.

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[rascal_rascal_99]

Colombians are much more tolerant of a wider range of temperature and humidity than brazilians without having stress, regurge or dehydration issues. Something to climb on isn't really needed, if you have room and want to put something in that's fine, if not don't worry about it. Use a water bowl big enough for them to soak in and put it towards the warm end of the cage, a hide box filled with damp moss over the hot spot and another hide on the cool end is what I would suggest. The can handle higher temps, mine have a hot spot of about 90f, babies at my house go into a hatchling rack right next to bp's with a hot spot set to 90 and I never have had an issue because of it. I use cypress mulch for substrate, anything that can handle humidity without molding should be okay. Young ones can grow quickly and if she's 20" and in a 10g aquarium, that's probably not going to last for a whole lot longer before needing to be upgraded.