Living room - duh, you would want something that looks nice BUT, IMO not the best place to keep your boas. I find it's easier to keep the room warm and heat the cages a little than to make the cage the only heat source. Also, they can get stressed in higher traffic areas. Lastly, photo period can be thrown off. Photo period NOT an issue if you don't plan on breeding.



If you still decide to keep them in the living room, then I would reccomend lots of thermal mass. In other words, "thick, heavy cage walls". That will allow the cage to "store" heat and slow down any temp fluctuations. Since it's your living room, I'm assuming you run the furnace and/or AC o make it comfortable for you and your family? The cage will need to stay warmer inside than the room.



These cages are not large enough for Boas but might give you some ideas for building your own or for ordering from some cage company. I designed and built these for my Brazilian Rainbow Boas.



















>>What is the best tank to keep a red tail boa? I know boaphile makes good tanks but they are very ugly. I don't like having a large plastic tub in my living room. I like the showcase cages and have thought about melamie cages. I also like to see my snake and don't want to have to look through a small opening in the front. Anybody have any ideas?




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Thanks,



Dave Colling



www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com



0.1 Wife (WC)

0.2 kids (CBB, selectively bred from good stock)



LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:

12.24 BRB

11.13 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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