You'll have no trouble - you're going about this the right way! Good for you!Originally Posted by Gio
Probably not a baby, but not an older snake either. I will clutter the cage with a tone of stuff. I have heard 2 schools of thought on cage size.
1 being a big cage causes stress and makes a snake feel insecure.
The other being "Nature is huge and they make it in the wild." I think with all of the extra stuff I have here from the Royal would be enough to possibly over clutter the cage. I'll consider a divider if need be. This is very true about nature. And boas do not stress as easily as other snakes (ie: BPs). I don't have a problem with putting a baby in a large enclosure as long as there are multiple hides and plants, etc, to provide cover. A smaller cage is easier to do this with for a baby though. Plus, I just wanted to be sure you'd considered that fact.
The plan is to get an established feeding snake that has been handled and is comfortable. I will check with Rio Bravo and the other breeders you mentioned. Perfect!
I talked to Ed and he said if I was going to use a RHP, perches would be better than a shelf because the shelf would block some of the heat from the panel. I have a lot of questions as to how to effectively regulate a RHP with a thermostat. Probe positioning and such. That is true if you're going to use an RHP by itself. I was thinking you were going to go with flexwatt for a hotspot and use the RHP for a secondary heat source to maintain the ambient. If that's the case, using the shelf won't be a problem. But if you're going to use the RHP by itself, I'd also use the perches.
Our current Royal has a dangled probe that deals with the lamp, and the other probe is between the UTH and the outside bottom of the tank. That all seemed so easy.
The Proline is a totally different deal for me so I'll need help.
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