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phattony
at Thu Nov 23 00:25:17 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by phattony ]
Hardly,
Boaphile's aren't meant to keep anything large. 1/4 plexi will by no means hold a large animal that wants to get out, let alone stop a hard strike at the door.
I know someone personally who had a large female push through 1/4" lexan(100x stronger than glass), shattered like it was nothing. She did this by pushing herself up against the back of the cage pressing her other side up against the door.
Animal Plastics are the way to go. They are a better buy for your buck and will last ALOT longer housing burms.
At a minimum, a large burm will need either an 8x2x18", or a 6x3x18" enclosure. The size that you choose will depend on how much exercise you plan on getting her. My snakes all come out for 30 minutes or so of exercise in the winter a week (in a warm room) or up to an hour supervised outside time in the summers.
As for heating, animal plastics gives the option of under cage heat, which is heat cable routed into the bottom of the plastic (roughly 1/3 of the cage,) and will run you $40.
You could also look into pro-products radiant heat panels. They are an expensive buy, but will last for a long time.
Pro products will quote you a price for the panel dependant on the size cage you plan to heat.
As far as the room goes, you can always seal the windows with plastic, or another option could be to cut to size pink insulation board to fit the window interior, then cover with window plastic. This will help to cut down on drafts from the windows. Oil filled radiator type heaters are pretty safe, but draw a hefty electric bill.
Hope this helps.
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RE: boaphile cages strong enough for burms? - phattony, Thu Nov 23 00:25:17 2006