Temperament/Size
I have read that the males get to about 4-5 ft, and females about 5-6ft.
My male is an '10 and he is about 3 feet long. He isn't very thick and I can wrap my hand completely around him with my fingers almost touching. Obviously he has a little more growing to do however three years later he is smaller than my bcc male who is the same age. My female is a '06 over 6 feet probably closer to 7 and larger than both my hands together. She weighs about 24 pounds and pretty much stopped growing. This is a picture of my friend and my female hog. She is 5'6"
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.
I'm 5'2" female and really do not have issues moving her by myself.
As far as temperament I read that they are generally really calm and docile, but can be hissy if threatened.
My male is a complete sweetheart. I have taken him to educational shows and everyone loves him. My female doesn't really enjoy being taken out. She likes to watch however she isn't one who likes to come out and just hang out.
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 have my male in a 41 qt tub however my female is too large to be in a tub. I keep her in a vision cage that is four feet long. She does really well in there.
I will have a hotspot temp of about 90 with an ambient of about 80. Does this sound acceptable?
My room stays at 80 ambient. The warm spot stays around 87-89. Hitting her with my temp gun this keeps her at around 82 which she seems happy with.
Humidity I would have at about 50% bumping it up to 70% during shed?
I do not do anything extra for humidity. They shed perfectly find with just a larger water bowl.
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.
I keep everyone on paper towels or newspaper. I feed inside the enclosure and I worry about them ingesting substrate.
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?
I feed my male one medium rat every 7 days, similar to how I do boas.
Adults every 10-14 days?
I feed my female an ex breeder rat every other week and she gets any left overs.
At what weights should I feed what size prey?
I feed the same I would a boa, a prey slightly larger than the biggest part of the snake.
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