New Caye Caulker Dwarf Boa and would like general information

[KevinK]

I respectfully disagree. I provide hides for both of my large adults, and they have plenty of room left over in their enclosures. The 4’x2’s can fit 2 jumbo RBI hides and a large water dish with room to move around, and I can fit 3-4 large hides in my 6’x2’s. My adults regularly use their hides, and I’ve even noticed better muscle tone in my 7’ female since offering hides. She has to really coil up to fit in her hides.


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Id really like to see a picture of two large hides capable of holding an adult female BCI and a large water dish on top of it in a 4x2....given that the snake itself occupies almost 1/2 of the floorspace of the enclosure by itself. If you count crawling on top of the hides as "room to move around" then I can see where you're coming from. Two large hides (the size of an inverted litter box) and a large dish gives you about 12"x12" of remaining floorspace. RBI jumbos as 20"x14"x6"....use two of them in a 4x2 animal plastics and youve got less than 2'x2' of floorspace.....then subtact your large water dish......

Muscle tone in snakes (like any other animal) is gained through activity...climbing for example. I fail to see how you would be getting muscle tone by using a small hide. There's an old trick where people use a 6ft step ladder for building muscle tone in large boas actually.