Reptarium.....

[ChrisBallPython]

is a reptarium save enough to keep a snake???

[ChunkyMunky]

I wouldn't reccomend the reptariums, I bought one a long time ago for my first boa. It was terrible at holding heat and humidity, in the winter i couldnt keep it above 80 and i was spraying like 10 times a day to keep the humidity up! So i got new cages and it is now a home for my ferret which he is starting to tear apart, i really dont know what kinda reptile they had in mind making those things.

[telefrag]

I think those are geared mainly for chameleons.

[ChrisBallPython]

i saw everyone just use a flat cage for adult snake, and just place newspaper for the substrate. my question is how come they dun need a hiding place, bench for climbing, and how do they place a heat pad/mat on the bottom?
i appreciate anyone who answer my question/ talk to me..

[Gecko-Guy]

for my setup i use a long 4 x 2 x 1 acrylic tank. I have the tank on top of about 6 pvc pipe "ending pieces" the heat pad goes under the tank so that the tank itself does not directly touch the heat pad. I built a "jungle gym" out of pvc pipes for climbing and used 2 cereal boxes (one on each end) for hides. The water bowl is a standard dog food bowl.

[Gecko-Guy]

People use newspaper because it is cheap, economical, easy to replace, and is not a danger to the animals if fed on top of.

[herpkingdom]

Those cages were not designed to keep snakes.

Any type of snake that cuold be kept in that, would escape within hours if not minutes.

Almost all snake cages designed today are designed to keep the snake from escaping as they are nature's escape artists.

What kind of snake are you looking into cages for??

[faze]

on another note you dont want to keep any carnivorous or omnivorous herp in them either all it takes is one cricket to chew through the mesh screening on those cages(trust me i've seen it many times lol)

[ChrisBallPython]

herpkingdom,
i have a BP right now, and i'm planning to buy a RTB....
i have researched some information about reptarium and they said their nylon screen cover is stronger than aluminum screen cover.....i wonder if it is true.....

[Imaexpat2]

I dont buy off on that. I dont think those types of cages are very good for a snake anyways. I just cant see it holding up to a RTB like my 6 1/2 foot female, shed be outta there in no time and there would be much drama at the homestead!

I built a really nice enclosure thats 60x36x24 and its just the ticket. The only reason it took the week end to build is becuase I forgot to measure twice and cut once and of course wouldnt you know the Lumber Yard was closed already. The rack I built consist of two of those stacked on top of each other. Temp and Humidity are easy to maintian and its secure enough to maintain positive control over my animals. It was easy to built with simple hand tools and cost about 200.00.

Just a suggestion....

[JuliusSqueezer]

The screen they use is much stronger than aluminum. You can buy the material at any home improvement store like Lowes or Home Depot. It is marketed there as "Pet Screen" for replacing the screen in screen doors or windows where Dogs paw their way through...as I'm sure we have all seen at some time or another. As I said in another thread, they suck for anything needing humidity. However, your boa will not escape. That is not an issue at all unless you leave it unzipped. I even kept a 7-8 foot burm in one for several months. You can put them right on a heat pad and you can put heat lamps right on them. Heating isn't much of an issue if the room is fairly warm. Humidity is the only real problem. The only two things I use mine for are for nursing RI patients where I want to reduce the humidity anyway. Plus when the snake is all better, you can yank out the support rods and toss the thing in the washing machine. And I use it for temp housing sometimes when traveling. It's a nice size cage that weighs nothing and you can break it down and roll it up. They must work really hard to get the lighting right so that it appears you can actually see into them. You really can't though. Visibility is horrible.

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