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My Hog Island male is outgrowing his cage & I'm wondering, if I put in some vertical shelves, will he use the increased space?

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2.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken, Jack Skellington & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
1.3 Leopard Geckos:Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1 Pacman Frog Buffy the Cricket Slayer
0.0.1 Sulawesi Red Toad Mr. Toad
1.1.3 Firebelly Newts:Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Olivia Newton John & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena

Nice set up. Andy
AJF Reptiles

I have noticed with my hoggs the more space, climbing room, hides etc... They have the better off they are... For a while I kept my females in a freedom breeder style rack and they both rubbed there noses. Since I have moved them to much larger visions and they don't rub. I believe the hoggs like a little more cage room then some of the other boas... Just my thoughts hope this helps...
Josh

Thanks. If the choice is to move him to the multilayered cage, or to move him to a normal, flat cage that's 4'x2' & move the current corn snake resident of the flat cage into the multi layered cage, which one would utilize the verticle shelves more, the corn or the Hog?
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www.geocities.com/squippyscritters
2.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken, Jack Skellington & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
1.3 Leopard Geckos:Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1 Pacman Frog Buffy the Cricket Slayer
0.0.1 Sulawesi Red Toad Mr. Toad
1.1.3 Firebelly Newts:Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Olivia Newton John & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena

May I ask how old your hog is, and what size cage are you currently keeping it in? Thanks, Derek

He's ginormous, considering he's still my "baby" at only a year old. He's already 4 feet long & weighs nearly 3 pounds! I feel I may have overfed him in his first year & am cutting him down substantially now, although he is in no way fat.
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www.geocities.com/squippyscritters
2.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken, Jack Skellington & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
1.3 Leopard Geckos:Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1 Pacman Frog Buffy the Cricket Slayer
0.0.1 Sulawesi Red Toad Mr. Toad
1.1.3 Firebelly Newts:Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Olivia Newton John & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena

Oops, forgot to tell you about caging. I have both my Hog Islands in a cage I built. Here's a pic. Each section is 4'x2'x12". It also houses a corn, a gopher & a blue tongue skink.

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www.geocities.com/squippyscritters
2.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken, Jack Skellington & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
1.3 Leopard Geckos:Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1 Pacman Frog Buffy the Cricket Slayer
0.0.1 Sulawesi Red Toad Mr. Toad
1.1.3 Firebelly Newts:Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Olivia Newton John & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena

That is awesome! I can't wait to get my pair of Hogs. I started building my own cages too. They look much nicer, and you feel better about your stuff when you build it yourself. Nice cages! Derek

Thanks I love designing & building cages. I also did one for my frog & toad, here. It was fun & I'm so proud of them.

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www.geocities.com/squippyscritters
2.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken, Jack Skellington & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
1.3 Leopard Geckos:Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1 Pacman Frog Buffy the Cricket Slayer
0.0.1 Sulawesi Red Toad Mr. Toad
1.1.3 Firebelly Newts:Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Olivia Newton John & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena