Resuced Hog island boa and a few questions

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

imho no. Boas are not suited to racks, and even the Iris Christmas tree totes are too thin in width and too short in height to be proper boa enclosures.

Incorrect. I've seen breeders with 4 x 18 size bins.

Also, this boa is not stunted. 4'-5' is perfectly reasonable for a 3 year old boa, a boa doesn't have to reach 6' by its 3rd birthday to not be stunted. Even a year older and it still would be a good size for its age, if a bit small if it's 4' and not 5'.

I'd say it is. Underfed/underweight is also a type of stunting. If given a proper diet this snake would be bigger and longer. Therefore it's okay to assume it's stunted.

Also, why no larger than a 4'x2'? If OP wants to offer something larger they can. I put my boa in his 6'x2'x3' when he was 5'-5.5', he did fine in it. I had my 3.5' ball python in one of equal dimensions, he went into it with feeding problems and within a few months he began eating. Before I was kicked out, then I got to start all over again. :/

If you're buying into the "snakes stress out in big enclosures" myth it's 100% not true, it's open spaces not big enclosures that stress them out.

Actually it has nothing to do with that myth. It's the fact this is a strange snake in a brand new setting. It hasn't had a proper enclosure in forever. It's MUCH easier to get this snake stabilized and the husbandry key on a smaller enclosure. THEN worry about upsizing.

I know you have a few animals that things work for them. Cool, it works for you and them. However it's a small sample size to give blanket advice as you do. In this scenario things should be handled a little differently.