Will This Be Big Enough???

[___LEE___]

Hey everybody. I just got done building a 2'WIDE X 2' TALL X 4' LONG. This should last the entire life of my female RTB shouldn't it??? I Have 2' of Heat Tape and a 17" Radiant heat panel as well as a basking light and red light. The temp stays around 88 during the day when I shut the lights off. It gets about 78, Is that good as well? O Yea I Don't want to forget I got them hooked up to switches as well as a thermostat and I am using a digital hygrometer as well that tells the temp in the cage as well as the humidity which stays inbetween 60 & 70 %. Any replies will be appreciated. Thanks again.

ANTHRAX

[Fonzy]

Re:Will This Be Big Enough???

Hey anthrax,

I just wanted to share with you some info on the size of an enclosure for a full grown RTB. A 4x2x2 cage is a good size for about the first 3-4 years. The general rule of thumb is you want a cage that is 2/3 the size of your boa in length and 1/3 the size of your boa in width and height. Being that you have a female, you are looking at having a boa that should reach about 8ft if fed regularly and the proper sized prey. Your boa may be a little bit longer or shorter, 8ft is just an approximate size for an adult female. A 4ft cage will probably be too small when she is that size, so you may want to consider upgrading later on down the road.

Jeff

[Barracuda_41]

Re:Will This Be Big Enough???

8) Fonzy's got a very good point, my female is pressin 8ft which she should be at on the next shed , shes in a cage thats 6ft long by 4ft tall by 4ft wide and thats still not big enough for her. Shes between 4 to 5 yrs old, and shes growing like a weed. Now everyone is diffrent on there opinion and everyone houses there boas diffrent, but me i like giving my boas as much room as possible.. Il be building Delilah a wall size cage soon.. Females can get huge and they can get very girthy. Shes just a plain BCI that has never been bred and shes growing like no tomarrow. My argentine cross colombian is under a yr old and hes already pressin 4ft. Just my 2 cents worth and im sure there are plenty of other memebers here that will be along shortly to let you know what they think..

[ClayEnglish]

Re:Will This Be Big Enough???

While bigger is generally better, an average adult boa (7 to 8 feet) can live comfortably in a 4X2X2 enclosure..

Adult boas spend about 90% of their time in a coiled position of some sort or fashion. So the 24 inch depth is probably as important as the overall width.

If you have the room and resources for a six foot, then by all means, go for it. But I have not seen any problems with adult boas in 4 foot enclosures.

[eViL_KaRoT]

Re:Will This Be Big Enough???

I do know alot of people who house boas in smaller enclosures, most are about 4ft length. but I like to give my boas as much room as I can. Which is why I am building a cage which is 6ft long x 2ft deep x 4.5 ft tall. That way they have plenty of room to decide on where they want to go. But then again, I am planning on for now housing 4 boas of different sizes in that enclosure. But my Ursula, a 7 ftr, is currently housed in a 55 gallon aquarium. She seems fine, but I want to give her more room to move around.

[___LEE___]

Re:Will This Be Big Enough???

thanks for the input when she gets bigger i will build a 6' x2'x2' then i will just have to see how big she gets from there to see if i should go bigger. least i will have all the cages to take in some rescues if i run into any. lol thanks for the input again .


ANTHRAX