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Hello, I was just wondering what everyones thoughts would be on a red tail enclosure. I have a 6' X4' X 4' reptarium (all screen and it's lined with a plastic lining to keep the humidity up. only three sides of it are lined at this time, but if I put a red tail in there I am plnning on lining all 4 sides for higher humidity. ANyways, does this sound like it would be OK for a red tail boa? All opinions are appreciated!

Is it 6 feet long, or 6 feet tall? If it's 6 feet tall, I think you'll be heating a lot of unused space and the snake would have limited floor space for thermoregulation gradiant.

If it's 6 feet long and 4 feet wide, It sounds luxurious.

Either way, it's a lot of cubic footage (air space) so make sure you have an adequate heating plan and are measuring temps at ground level, and not up in the air.
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1.0.1 Ball Python
0.0.1 Okeetee Corn
2.2.0 BCI
0.1.0 Cat (Ginger)
1.0.0 Pughuahua (Ranger)

Right now it is 6 feet tall, but it can be laid down to be six feet wide.

How will you seal it against liquids? Big boas pass a lot of fluid with their urates. What will keep that from running out?

Just curious.
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2.1.0 Kidletts
1.0.1 Ball Python
0.0.1 Okeetee Corn
2.2.0 BCI
0.1.0 Cat (Ginger)
1.0.0 Pughuahua (Ranger)

The bottom will be lined with outdoor carpeting. I'll have 2 of them so they can be changed while one is being cleaned.

Do you plan on getting a baby or a large adult? The size is nice for a large adult, but way too big for a baby or yearling. I keep babies in a shoebox rack and move them to larger cages as they grow. It takes nearly 3 years before they make it into a 4x2 cage.

Also I would reconsider using a reptarium. I can see big problems with leaking and keeping humidity up. You could probably sell it and get a boaphile, animal plastics, vision, of CNW cage.

I'll be purchasing a baby boa. I've read various opinions where some people recommend going ahead and getting one cage that will fit the snake at adult size because it will save money. I may end up just using the plastic containers that are used in racks bc they are cheap and easier to keep the humidity higher and easy to clean. thanks everyone for your opinions!

If I was you I would just make life easy and buy a Vision Cage.
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Well, say you plan on getting an adult, you can set it up in advance with the 4 X 6 plan and see if you can keep the heat and humidity in. I think you'll have a problem with keeping the heat in too. Cages with just a screen top lose so much humidity and heat (for a boa), we all cover up the top on those things. If it's a baby defini9tely no, they need the security of a small enclosure. Maybe you can trade it for a good snake cage, or just buy one.

Caden