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RE: All that a kid needs to know...

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Posted by: markg at Tue Aug 20 13:11:36 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]  
   

Well, you are talking about snakes (I'm assuming milksnakes here) that spend the vast majority of their time underground or crawling at night avoiding the desicating affects of direct sun. Ventilation is important some of the time. Too much and the snake dries out. You can still have lots of ventilation but provide a humid hide some of the time.

That is why rack systems work as far as humidity goes - they provide minimal but enough ventilation typically, kind of like a burrow. Unfortunately racks can lack in other attributes. But the ventilation is conducive to many different species of snake. Probably because most snakes hide in the wild under cover or underground.

So really, the best cage will have ventilation suitable for the species. Somewhat low for kings and milks and boa constrictors, low-to-medium for cornsnakes and ratsnakes, and medium to high for rosyboas and diurnal racers and such.


   

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