glass doesn't hold heat well, and screen tops don't hold humidity well.

If I were you I'd buy a plastic cage that your boa can be kept in its entire life.

I don't know if you are looking for the basic set-up or the best.

However, the best route, is a plastic cage suitable for the size of boa you purchase (kept in mind they will have to be moved into a larger enclosure).

Flex-watt heating or radient heat panels have proven time and again to be the best, safest and most reliable heating options.
I also recommend a digital proportional thermostat.

I use cages from Boaphile Plastics, which will have something that will fit your needs. Are you looking for a male or female? Does it matter? A male Colombian or Argentine could be kept in a 321D from Boaphile plastics. Get the undercage heat option. Herpstat thermostats work great, so do helix dbs 1000's. I like the metal probe on the herpstat though.

For my adult boas they are kept in 421D, for the basic cage, heat and the thermostat it will be about $325. This is a onetime cost because your boa will live its life in that cage.

Provided you have a proper sized cage, I find that a hide is not needed for boas. Mine are kept on paper towels so they are able to crawl under them if they wish.

Good luck!

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• thinkin about redtail boa - tanman5192, Sun Sep 3 15:43:45 2006
• RE: thinkin about redtail boa - maizeysdad, Sun Sep 3 16:02:16 2006
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• I would shy away from a tank that large> - ChrisGilbert, Sun Sep 3 21:30:18 2006
• RE: I would shy away from a tank that large> - tanman5192, Mon Sep 4 09:04:08 2006
• You shouldn't have said it that way... - garweft, Mon Sep 4 15:35:28 2006
• RE: You shouldn't have said it that way... - tanman5192, Wed Sep 6 16:28:14 2006
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