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markg
at Wed Aug 2 19:32:15 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]
PVCx seems to insulate a bit better for air temps and provides a nice thermal mass for undercage heat. HDPE is tougher and even easier to clean but doesn't insulate quite as well. That is my opinion based on the commercial cages I have used.
For example, in a 4ft Vision (HDPE) in a room with temps of 65 deg, it took alot of wattage to keep the air temps up for the adult boa in there. In the same room, a 4ft Boaphile cage took less wattage to maintain the temps. So for my application, I would have picked the PVCx cage for the next cage. But if my room was kept reasonably warm, I would have gotten an HDPE cage for the next cage because they are nearly indestructable.
The HDPE cages I've seen (Vision, Reptile Depot and Northwest Constrictors or Constrictors Northwest) were absolutely fine stacked 3 high.
If say, your stack of 4 cages produces problems on the bottom cage, then remove a cage from the stack. Easy. Or use 2x4s and those preformed metal brackets to make a rack to hold the cages.
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RE: Plastic cage material... - markg, Wed Aug 2 19:32:15 2006