I'm getting a boa from Jimi next month! Can't wait for her!

I wouldn't worry about hides too much - a baby could maybe make use of them but my little one always burrows under her aspen or is on her branches like Starmoms snake. I do cover up 2 sides of the terrarium I keep my baby in since shes in an all glass enclosure - with the larger boas I just give them extra newspaper to go under.

My larger boas have soaked a couple times, caught the baby half way in her dish once, but mostly they've just knocked their bowls over because they like to give me work to do