Housing your babies?

[msubigdawg]

I am looking into getting a Columbian Red Tail. I am wanting to know what yall housed your babies in and how long you kept them in there before you moved them to a larger enclosure. I also want to know what you house your full grown boas in.
Thanks

[HeatherRose]

msubigdawg, everytime I come onto the site I see that you're getting something else. Weren't you looking for something small to take back to school with you? Wasn't your Brazilian rainbow boa too big to bring back to college? Columbians get much bigger than most rainbow boas.

Why don't you wait until you're OUT of school to buy all these animals?

- Heather.

[msubigdawg]

That was before I realized a rubbermaid would be easy to have than a tank. I realized i would be able to get an apartment next summer and then build an enclosure so I could get a baby and when it grows it will be by the time im in an apartment so it will be fine. So im looking at larger animals. I had a red tail when I was young and I want to get one now. But I am also lookin at dumerils or carpet pythons.

[HeatherRose]

I don't get it... if a rubbermaid is easier to keep, then why not stick with a Brazilian? Unless...its in a tank, which is a whole other mess of sticky problems. "Rubbermaids" doesn't answer why you jump from species to species each day...so far I've seen that you appear to be getting a KSB, a carpet python, and a Colombian. Thats just this week though...so...

I realize this site is here for information purposes but if you have to ask so many questions then you obviously haven't done any real research on your own, which isn't fair to each new animal you appear to be getting every week.

If you had a redtail before, shouldn't you know this already?

[msubigdawg]

Ok the red tail I had was when was about 12 years ago. This was before I got into reptiles. I love them now and am goin to school so I can work with them one day. My BRB is in a big enclosure so I cant take that with me. I decided to get a new snake to take to school so I thought something that could live in the 10 gallon tank I had would work. But I realized that I just love bigger snakes. Then I realized I could get a rubbermaid and its not as cumbersom as a tank. I figured for a year or so I could house a python or boa in it. So thats y I have decided to look at these types of snakes. I have researched but I like to hear personal stories from what yall have done. If you dont want to give info then just dont reply. Im not sayin that to be mean but its just I always get replys that I dont research but hey Im a nerd I sit here and research the whole time but I like to hear from folks that have been there.

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

MSUBIGDAWG:

Well I was going to answer this but see that Heather has dealt with you on making up your mind on animals you want and so on. I do not know the full story but do your research on what you want, can you have it, will you put in enough time to care for it, and look into the future where this is going.

After that think out costs on animal, food, care, and its cages over the long run.

Then your ready to jump into something.

Cya...

Tony

[Matt_K]

This was before I got into reptiles. I love them now and am goin to school so I can work with them one day.

Shouldn't enclosure size be something you know then???

Yes, rubbermaids are easier to work with then Tanks, and yes, they take up less space (they're stackable) but this is not a reason to go off and purchase 5-10 animals.. As stated, you have asked a few questions in the past couple of days and stated your interest in aquiring these animals, do you plan on narrowing your choices down to one of them or are you going to get them all??? I would suggest getting one, something that's not going to cut into your school time too much and work with that until you're finished school, then worry about getting everything else..

[msubigdawg]

Everytime I post something like this I am treated like I don't know how to take care of a snake or I dont know wut I am getting into. I understand how to take care of snakes and all. The only reason I ask questions like this is to see how all of yall do it. I am goin to only get one snake but I like to have a few options when i go to an expo or something. I am not someone new to this I understand these things. I understand housing these things also I just want to double check my knowledge with other people thats whiy I asked how to do stuff. But hey if yall want to give me info i would greatly appreciate it.

[Matt_K]

Any basic caresheet with tell you what size of an enclosure you can house your babies in.. Personally, i use Rubbermaid #2220 to house my baby boas in.. Once they grow out of that, they get put into Underbed Rubbermaids.. They stay in there until they end up in 4'x2'x1' cages.. Hopefully this answered your questions..

[msubigdawg]

thank you, that helps

[Linds]

Originally posted by msubigdawg
Everytime I post something like this I am treated like I don't know how to take care of a snake or I dont know wut I am getting into.

I don't want to come across harshly, as this is truly not my intent, but perhaps there is reason for this? If you were aware of what you were getting in to you would realize that a Colombian or True Redtail, as well as pretty well all of the other larger boids, would not be an ideal choice for your situation. BRB are typically medium sized snakes, so if you couldn't bring that one with you, a larger snake would definitely not work out. As I've already mentioned in the other post you asked this in, COlombians can be moved in to their adult enclosures before they reach a year of age in most cases, and BCC sometimes take a little longer and can be housed intermediately in underbeds for a while. Beneath that, I house both ssp. in the 11.3 gallon rubbermaids.