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Thinking of getting a Hog Island in a few months. Advice?
After a very long battle I finally got my mom to cave and let me get another snake! Squee!!!
So I decided instead of getting another bp that I finally want to get a boa since I fell in love with them at the last expo that I went to.
My boas of choice were either a common red tail bci, a dumerils, or a hog island.
I decided on the Hog because of their relatively smaller size then the other boas I was deciding on. They are just absolutely beautiful, and that their care requirements arent too far off from a bp with slight differences of course.
So here is what I gather from reading several conflicting care sheets please correct me if I am wrong on anything and please feel free to chime in any other advice all you boa keepers might have.
Temperament/Size
I have read that the males get to about 4-5 ft, and females about 5-6ft.
I thought about getting a male if I had gotten one of the other species but it seems that even the female of this species doesn't get large. So I could get either and it still be easy to maintain by myself.
As far as temperament I read that they are generally really calm and docile, but can be hissy if threatened.
Enclosure size and husbandry
I was thinking if I got a male I would get a 70Q tub to start it off in and keep it very cluttered with lots of hides and some branches to climb on since they can be a little more arboreal then some of the other BCI.
Would this be a good size tub?
How long could I keep a male in a 70Q?
What about a 110Q?
Also if I got a female how long would she be able to live in those size tubs?
What would yall recommend?
I will have a hotspot temp of about 90 with an ambient of about 80. Does this sound acceptable?
Humidity I would have at about 50% bumping it up to 70% during shed?
I was thinking of using aspen instead of paper towel for my boa since they like to dig a bit more or so I have heard.
Feeding
This is where I need the most advice because I know their feeding schedules are much different then a bp.
So for babies up to about 1 year every 5-7 days?
Adults every 10-14 days?
At what weights should I feed what size prey?
Any and all advice will be very much appreciated. I just want to make sure I have all my facts straight and that I will have an appropriate home ready when I get my boa.
My Collection
Snakes
1.0 Mojave (Twizzler)
0.1 Dumerils (Cerin)
1.0 Hypo BCI (Vero)
1.1 Dogs (Krackers & Ripley)
Tarantulas & Other Arachnids
0.2 G. rosea, 0.0.1 P. murinus, 0.0.1 B. sabulosum, 0.0.1 L. difficilis, 0.0.1 A. geniculata
0.0.1 A. versicolor, 0.0.1 L. parahybana, 0.0.1 Hapalopus sp columbia, 0.0.1 B. vagans
0.0.1 Asian Forest Scorpion
Lizards
1.0 Tokay Gecko
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