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I like the idea of putting the cage there......my wife would shoot me in the face!! lOL!! A couple things though..

1. You may want to build a "damn" all around the paremeter of the enclosure. Big snakes make BIG messes and you want to be able to contain it to the cage.

2. I build up the floor and make it waterproof. If the time ever comes that you want to get rid of your snake the floor would not be stained or ruined.

3. A built up floor would also allow you to insatll heat UNDER the floor. On colder days that ceramic is gonna be cold.

4. I would suggest a coat of green SATIN paint. You dont want the walls being ruined from moisture or mold.

5. These animals are STRONG. I would install a back frame to the pine waynes coat and attach it to the studs in the house. A large snake has nothing better to do all day then try to escape and IMO if he really decides to push he will be able to push aprt the waynsecoat.

These are just my suggestions.
I had a pair of large Burms (female was 16'), they are large and rewarding but possibly dangerous animals. I hope you truly understand what you are in for. My snakes outgrew an 8' x 4' cage in no time.

One other thing before I forget how much do you feed your pet? I ask because he doesnt seem quite as "heavy bodied" as a 9-10' burm should be.
 
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I like the idea of putting the cage there......my wife would shoot me in the face!! lOL!! A couple things though..

1. You may want to build a "damn" all around the paremeter of the enclosure. Big snakes make BIG messes and you want to be able to contain it to the cage.

2. I build up the floor and make it waterproof. If the time ever comes that you want to get rid of your snake the floor would not be stained or ruined.

3. A built up floor would also allow you to insatll heat UNDER the floor. On colder days that ceramic is gonna be cold.

4. I would suggest a coat of green SATIN paint. You dont want the walls being ruined from moisture or mold.

5. These animals are STRONG. I would install a back frame to the pine waynes coat and attach it to the studs in the house. A large snake has nothing better to do all day then try to escape and IMO if he really decides to push he will be able to push aprt the waynsecoat.

These are just my suggestions.
I had a pair of large Burms (female was 16'), they are large and rewarding but possibly dangerous animals. I hope you truly understand what you are in for. My snakes outgrew an 8' x 4' cage in no time.

One other thing before I forget how much do you feed your pet? I ask because he doesnt seem quite as "heavy bodied" as a 9-10' burm should be.
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Thanks for the advice. I am going to build up the base and make it water proof and install 2 heat pads underneath.

As far as feeding, I feed 2 mediums or one large rat every 2 weeks. They are bought a week in advance and fed really good to fatten and pack nutrients in them before the feed day, every second Saturday. Titus gets plenty of exercise and likes to move around the room when I allow it, so that could explain why he is not fat. I try and ensure he does not get overweight and he is still a growing, young snake.
NEVER is my son around the snake when I am not there. Additionally, I do not let my son hold but the tail. It remained locked in my master closet until the new enclosure was built. (I wanted to make it into a monster aquarium but it would have been too expensive and rather permanent).;)

So maybe I can install plywood raised 2" off the floor, sectioned in and a layer of disposable plastic put on top. Then porous rubber followed by outdoor carpet. I am going to pull the water out today and place a cinder block in there and hopefully he will start shedding. He is in the prime stage since the eyes are hazed over and probably blind right now until the old layer of skin is removed.

The contruction is pretty sturdy though. I do not see it getting out, period. But then again I guess I can be surprised one day. It is braced on the inside as well half way.

The original concern though is that I am not used to it spending so much time, well all of its time, in the water. Maybe I will remove it for a little while so it gets used to not being in the water, or put him back into his old cage until the project is complete.
 
This is my girl and my son.

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She eats 2-3 jumbo rats a week and you can see that she has nice girth but is in no way overweight. Burms are normally much "rounder" than Boas so you can see why I asked about your snakes feeding ritual.
I buy at least 24 rats at a crack frozen and keep them ina freezer in my basement. This way I avoid having to go to the store every week, the smell of live rodents in the house, and the chance that a live rodent will injure or even kill my pet.

About the floor of the cage, just put 2 or 3 coats of polyurathayne on the plywood. That will make it completely impervious to moisture and make it easy to clean.;)

As for the soaking, I would wait until after he sheds and see if his soaking slows. I never handle my snake when she is "in shed". She seems to be slightly tempermental during the blue eyed phase so I just leave her be.
 
Beautiful! Good looking boa man. If you think I should bump up the feeding considerably than I guess I can, I am sure Titus would not mind lol. I will move to 2 large rats per week then and see what happens.

I will say that I have always noticed boas being the more "rounded" ones, not burms. Boas are typically stocky looking, and much shorter than a burm. While if a burm was stocky it would be HUGE and overweight considering a 9-10' snake that could weigh over a hundred and fifty pounds if it had the mass of a well-fed boa, such as yours.
 
I always loved Burms but man oh man, that Boa is stunning!
Both of those snakes make my Ball Python look like a piece of crap.:)
 
I love Ball Pythons, especially the normal color morph. Its been a while since I have owned one but have been giving it serious consideration. They are really great snakes if you want a nice snake but dont have the room for a 6 foot cage.

As for feeding the Burm, yeah I would up it to 2 rats a week but you can make it three times a month as well. Every couple of months I let her go 2 weeks without feeding.
 
Yeah I went to home depot and bought sheets of plywood and outdoor carpet. Then I laid bricks inside and the 3 sheets of plywood on top of the bricks, cut really well to fit. Then laid outdoor carpet on top. Everything is easily removable for cleaning and not permanent. There is also a sheet of rubber placed on the tile to protect just in case. Project not really to difficult, but it is the first thing I have ever built like this on my own.

Looks real cool and he loves having more room to stretch around. I am going to get some decor like some branches and stuff. I am keeping it relatively empty except for bricks to aid his molting. He is really, really ready to shed now his eyes are almost white lol. I then stained the wood I used.

It really is simply a home window unit laid sideways, then framed into the enclosure. It has locks for security and all. Also it is cool because when you unlatch it is slides open effortlessly. I will get more pics soon. Still not done yet, however. But is starting to look like a true display case lol. It would be an awesome area for a large aquarium though...it may be done someday in the future.

Gonna watch the superbowl today and many of my people from work are coming over do not even know I own a burm...should be rather interesting to see their reactions lol.
What enclosure are you using for your boa?
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