![]() My female will likely get 6-8FT and I have a 6X2' for her. You can probably get away with a 4X2' enclosure. (Happened to my Ball Python I had when I was young)Ī male BI likely won't get over 6FT in length. I'm just worried that I'm going to wake up one morning and he will be dead. What is the best enclosure to buy for when he an adult? I don't want to build anything myself haha. I've only had him a week and I fed him a small rat, the seller told me to feed him once a week but then people on this forum told me to feed every 2 weeks, so I will be doing that from now. I'm pretty sure he is a BI, he's male and a year old right now. I will be getting a bigger and better enclosure within this year. It goes up to 90-95 if he moves the substrate around and there isn't much covering the glass. I am using a temp gun, I just double checked the temps and the cold side seems to be 74 and the warm side is about 79-85. Overheating is a very common problem and a lot of people think IBD when in fact, they kept their snake too hot. Most snakes actually like it a little cooler and cooler is less dangerous to them than too hot. Contrary to what some people think, snakes dont need to be kept cooking hot 24/7. They all come out and are active for hours.Īgain, temps should be 86-88F tops, not no less. The boas LOVE when i use my pump mister in their cages. It does drop to 65% sometimes and i spike it to 85-90%. I never spike during shedding and never had a bad shed. As for shedding, you dont need to spike squat. You are doing the snake a disservice by subjecting it to lower than recommended humidity. Boas come from a place with 70-100% humidity. And be prepared to upgrade your enclosure to a bigger one once the snake gets bigger60% humidity wont harm the snake for a while but long term, yes it will. The warm side should be no less than 86-88. Well, if he has a warm side of 90 would be fine. You said the warm side is 80 and then you said well it’s like 90. When shedding the humidity should be no less than 70%. Even if it drops below 60% won’t harm the snake. I would stick to simple black plastic hides. If you are using heat tape, you dont want anything deeper than 1/2 at most and you want to take the reading from the glass, not the top of the substrate. You can do 90F but dont expect to see your boa on the heat source much if ever. I keep all my boas with a full cage temp of 77-79F and a hot spot with flexwatt of 86-88F. ![]() The coldest it should be is 75F and preferably 77-79F. Please point anything I missed.įirst off, 70F on the cool side is too cool. ![]() ![]() There are some other Boa guys on here that can chime in as well. You should get there and have a happy Boa for a long time. I've seen you posting before and know you want the best for your Boa. And that area needs to be large enough for the whole snake to be at that temp. Hot spot/side: 87-89F (average - a few degrees cooler or hotter in a given "spot" is ok - heat pads, flexwatt/heat tape, etc, can have a small gradient) where the snake is - at his/her body. Definitely consider upgrading to a bigger enclosure that is better suited for a BCI when possible. 60-70% humidity is fine, but you will be working at it in a glass tank for a while. So she has a hide no matter what temp she wants to be at. However, I have many hides in there for her. I am able to maintain proper humidity well, temps and gradients are excellent, and she is calm and eats like a champ. My 1 1/2 year old female BCI, Behira, is thriving in her adult/life enclosure - a 6X2X1' Boaphile. From me experience speaking with breeders, and working with different species (corns, BP's, BCI's), they all do fine as long as they feel secure. Many people say that you should keep them in small/appropriate sized enclosures until they need a bigger one. I ask because that will help you determine the adult size and what size tank you will ultimately need. What kind of Boa? I imagine it's a BCI as these are more common, especially with morphs, but I am no expert just by looking. You will want to consider, for many reasons, a larger, more enclosed tank for your Boa. Not clear to me where you are measuring the temp in your description.Ģ. Hot spot should be 87-89F or so, but where the snake is. Ambient temps should be in that range as well. I wanted to put a branch in there for him but I haven't found any good ones at the pet stores. but depending on if the substrate it moved (so part of the glass is exposed) its like 90 next to the water bowl. The cool side is like 70 and the middle is like 75ish and the warm side is like 80. I was wondering if you guys could tell me if my boa's enclosure looks good? I was having problems with the humidity but after I put a towel on half of the screen top it seems to be helping to keep its around 60-70.
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