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RE: Questions about pastel red tail

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Posted by: Slithering_Serpents at Sun Nov 4 19:01:20 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Slithering_Serpents ]  
   

Don't house them together. You could build two cages if you're handy but you would benefit from a cage building forum for that. Thereare a lot of small things to concider. You really can't save that much money building you're own cage, and wood doesn't last as long as plastic either. You still have to spend for heat and lighting and all the same hardware. The only reason to build a cage is because you really want to or becuse you can make it look better than a plastic cage. If you're thinking of paying someone else to do it it will definitely be chaper to buy a ready made snake cage. I don't keep balls but the temp can easily be controlled with heaters on the differnet cages if needed, humidity can be controlled by spraying etc. They should be 4' long X 2' wide minimum, more if the female is over 7 feet. The height can be 12" or more but must be efficient at keeping heat where the snake is, on the bottom (no tall cages). Arboreal snakes (those that live in trees) use those tall cages, they are bad for boas. Housing small boas while cage building can be simple and easy with plastic tubs. Melt some ventilation holes, put some substrate in, and a bowl of water and you have a snake cage.



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