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I'm hoping to get a Dumerils at the Daytona Expo this August, I always wanted a redtail until I saw the dums, now I am torn. But if I can find the Dumerils that is what I am going to get. Curious to know the ideal size enclosure for an adult Dumerils. I build my own cages, and I was thinking about building this one with partitions that I can remove as the snakes needs grow. I know they like it small and secure when they are young, I need a starting and ending point.

Thanks
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Depends on how big of a snake you start out with. I have kept juveniles in enclosures with the same deminsions as 10gal fish tanks. Basically, if it will work for a Red-tail Boa it will work for a Dum. Most Dumerils are not as active as Red-tail's, and cage hight is not a factor, since they are ground dwellers. I have an 8ft female that makes her home in 4ft long x 2ft deep x 15in tall Neodesha cage. I also use aspen bedding with my Dum's. I have noticed that with newspaper substrate they tend to just lay around. With the aspen they seem to be more active, trying to burrow in it.

I hope you get a Dumerils Boa, they are wonderful snakes!!

Patrick Higdon
Tuttle, Oklahoma
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