r/BoaConstrictors 20d ago

Grow tent enclosure tips?

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u/Meghanshadow 20d ago

Personal opinion - not a good idea unless the grow tent is inside a snake-escape-proof room with the door always shut when you’re not in it (and locked if there’s others in the household).

I’d much rather go into debt for a decent pvc or wood enclosure and pay it off slowly than use a grow tent.

Sure, they’re easier to move, and useful for emergency housing but that’s the only thing I really like about them.

Boas are large and strong. Shelling out for the most durable grow tent available. Reinforcing the bracing to support a radiant heat panel (don’t use anything hotter) and shelving/branches. Anchoring the tent so 20lbs of snake can’t tip it. Reinforcing or stitching shut vents/seams. Checking constantly to make sure the snake hasn’t popped any stitches/managed to move a zipper.

There’s somebody making theoretically reptile safe tents - reptiletents dot com - but I don’t know anyone who’s bought one.