I’ll keep the enclosure size in mind. I have a hand-me-down enclosure from my cousins I could use at the start, but I’m fully prepared to get a larger one if it doesn’t work out/isn’t big enough. I’ll take a look at larger enclosures in advance! Thank you!
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I’m just letting you know if you feed a BCI at a decent rate and you’re keeping them as a pet a 4X2X1 would be efficient for a male and also if you want to give them extra space is 6 foot would also be able to handle a female.
But I have all my boas in 4 x 2 x 1s or what’s called a T8 from animal plastics
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Your boa is growing that quick usually because of the size and amount you’re feeding. Ive been raising boss a long time and they’ve haven’t grown any quicker than other species I’ve raised and my 2 year old male suriname is smaller than my 2 year old ball python. Alot goes into how big a snake gets in a certain timeframe but alot has to do with feeding. Burmese, retics, they grow rather quickly but again, amount of food, size and how often you feed play a major role
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I kept my boa in a series of plastic totes when she was smaller (just because they’re less expensive and easier to repurpose once the snake outgrows them). Currently she’s in a 5’x2’x2’ PVC enclosure. That size is great for her at her current size and activity level. She’s probably around 4.5’ in length right now and fairly active compared to my other snakes, so I like that she has plenty of space to stretch out, cruise, and climb around. She has a basking shelf and a variety of hides and climbing structures and she uses it all.
Time will tell if this enclosure size will last her entire life. I’m just not sure how big she’ll eventually get, or how active she’ll continue to be as she gets bigger. I do have the space for a 6’ or even 8’ enclosure, so I’ll upgrade her when and if that becomes necessary. I got a morph boa with the knowledge that their adult size can be a bit unpredictable. If you don’t want to deal with eventual adult size being an unknown variable, definitely look more towards pure locality stuff and ask the breeder about the size of the parents and family lines involved. Then you’ll have a better idea of how big you can expect the boa to get, and what size enclosure they’ll need as an adult.
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