The floor space is large enough for adult dragons (3'x4' is plenty big for a single adult or two adult females. You certainly can get babies in there but they do better in smaller containers in groups of no more than 5).

What is the height of the cage? If it's 16" or more and made out of wood, you should be able to mount light fixtures right to the underside of the top of the cage. A 3 or 4' long single or double florescent tube fixture found at any hardware/lighting store with plug will work fine. For the basking spot, attach a single household fixture (rated for at least 100W, with 125 W better (don't need to use these actual wattage in the bulbs put into but it's better to have the fixtured rated for higher than the actual bulbs you use, less fire hazard).

If the height of the cage is less than 16" but not less than a foot, you will have to mount your lights outside the cage. Cut openings into the roof of the cage, either a large rectangular opening covered with hardware cloth (1/4" wire mesh) then you can lay your lights directly on the mesh or suspend just above it.

Brandnames for UVB producing bulbs that are considered the best to get are Repti-sun by Zoo Med or Repti-glo by Exo Terra (or the other way around, I get them mixed up all the time). The Mercury Vapour bulbs could be used as well but I wouldn't recommend using them in these snake cages if they are less than 2' high, unless you suspend them above the cage. MVB put out alot of UVB and the intensity seems to be harmful if the dragon is less than 18" from the bulb itself.
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• Anyone keep BD's in Boa type caging? - sacredpurr, Fri Apr 21 09:39:48 2006
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