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| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 08:28:19
In May I'll be getting my first Boa. I have a 3ft viv that it can go into to start with but need to look at what it will need as it grows, so I can start saving!
I've been looking at Vivexotic's arboreal vivs & the Pro-Cages PVC vivs.
The arboreal have better height but are not as long as the pro-cages ones.
The Pro-Cages web site is not very good but you get the idea - http://www.pro-cages.com
So what do you guys/girls recommend? & then the next question would be how to heat it, ceramic bulb or ceiling heater? |
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| Kelfezond |
Posted - 06/01/2014 : 18:25:28
They're both used to reach a hotspot, although it's a really weird viv the end with both the head sources is actually cooler than the end without them, the hottest point in the vivarium is on the cool side ontop of her platform (I guess because heat rises) |
| rockroyal |
Posted - 06/01/2014 : 15:54:33
Is the AHS used for ambient temp kelf ? |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 02/01/2014 : 23:37:30
Yeah mine has ceramic and ahs |
| Baobab |
Posted - 02/01/2014 : 19:24:52
The AHS works fine on it's own Rustyp in the viv sizes I have. Any bigger and you might need a ceramic as well. I think Kelf does this in his huge viv. |
| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 02/01/2014 : 13:51:06
Ok thanks guys. Well initially it will be in a RUB or 3ft depending on its size. I guess then it will be a 5ft but a bit taller than normal.
@ baobab. Do you require & ceramic to create a hot spot when using the AHS heater or is it fine on its own? |
| chrisc |
Posted - 02/01/2014 : 10:35:58
the young ones ive had would climb more an sit on their hide's like kelf says unless they were digesting.
william rarely climb's or does anything to be honest but still has a big branch just in case he feel's like it, im also going to add a shelf for him that he probably wont use
the crawl cay boa i had was rarely on the floor but their a bit more arboreal |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 02/01/2014 : 10:14:10
I'll go against these two upstanding gents here, personally my adult and her offspring climb at every opportunity, when Pandora was in a 6x2x2 she didn't really climb but when lifting your head up slightly touches the roof you don't need to, once she was put in her 8x2x5 she's always sitting at the highest point, they are afterall a semi-arboreal species in the wild. Her baby is always perched on top of his hide rather than in it.
I don't think having no room to climb will be unhealthy for her but if you can spare it, why not? |
| chrisc |
Posted - 02/01/2014 : 04:43:35
as baobab says i would go for a normal viv as they don't tend to climb much when their adult
depending of size 4x2x2 or 5x2x2 would do for a male and a 5x2x2 or 6x2x2 would do for a female |
| Baobab |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 15:05:24
I like the look of the motley. |
| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 13:44:08
Thanks Baobab, Normal type viv it will be then, gives me plenty of time to save up for the right set up while its in a breeding box & then 3ft viv. Nothing like planning ahead..lol
The type of Boa i'm looking at - http://www.reptilis.com/detail.php?id=1077
but I also like these - http://reptilepassion.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7904 |
| Baobab |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 13:27:18
What type of boa are you getting. Unless it's an emerald tree boa I would personally go for a normal viv.
We started ours in a faun then moved them up to a 3x2x2. Viv once they outgrew the faun. All of ours have branches to climb on but they prefer to stay on the bottom. Our rainbow which I thought would be more arboreal never climbs, unless he's trying to get out. Then there's Winny our biggest who weighs about 8kg if memory serves me right climbs the most but again that is mostly when she's trying to get out. She is in a 6*3*3 viv. The fauns are all heated with mats on stats, the 3 foot vivs with ceramic bulbs and the 6 foot with an AHS heater. |
