Hog Island Boa Breeders?

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Will I miss anything by buying it when it is six months old? How big will it be if I buy a male? Would it be considered a baby or juvenile? I will be buying a xmas tree tub from walmart for him. What size zoo med UTH should do? I was thinking large? Will this be sufficient? I was gonna do aspen bedding. Thoughts? Anyone have a thermometer/ hydrometer they swear by? Sorry for the obnoxious list of questions, I just want to have a happy boa .

You won't miss much buying your hog at 6 months old, by this time the hog should be considered a juvenile being around 3 feet still and eating fuzzy/weaned rats.

I would buy an UTH about 1/3 the size of the bottom of the tub you are going to use for your Hoggie. Since you are planning to use an xmas tree tub my guess would be a large or xl UTH. It would do well for a hotspot, but in tubs I find that it won't do as well for your ambient temp. Try to keep your tub in a fairly warm room.

Using aspen would be fine if you make sure you buy some quality aspen that isn't too dusty. Personally I use cypress because it simply looks more natural and holds humidity amazingly well, perhaps too much in tubs. When placing the cypress I like to air it out a bit to dry it out a bit first.

For your thermometer/hygrometer combo, I like the Accurite types which you cam get from home depot in the gardening section for fairly cheap(~$20).

Hope this helps. Good luck to you and make sure to post pics when you get your Hoggie

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