Do boas need hides?

[Sauzo]

I am going to play a bit of devil's advocate here. In my experiences, once a boa has reached around 2 years old I never really found it necessary to have a hide. Maybe I'm just lucky with the animals I have had, but everyone in my collection seems to do great without one. Now maybe they would utilize it if I offered one, but all my boas eat, shed and act normally without a hide. I do have my younger boas in racks, so that might help in making them feel secure as well.

True most older ones don't "need" a hide per say but offering one never hurts. I mean my 6' gal doesn't use her hide much. Usually only during shed time when she wants to be left alone or sometimes after eating. But most of the time she just pushes it around and sleeps next it or behind it or even lays half on top of it. My point is it cant hurt to offer them one. Heck even my sunglow as a baby didn't really use her hides much. She just sat on top of them or behind them. But again considering how cheap you can get the ones from Walmart I linked, I figure why not.