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chris_harper2
at Tue Feb 9 12:43:46 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chris_harper2 ]
Tough call. If I were to keep venomous again I don't know that there would be a cage out there that I'd feel 100% comfortable with. I always built my own venomous caging, didn't trust anyone else to do it. But it's species specific. Obviously there are different concerns for housing an egg laying mamba vs. some viper species that bears super tiny live young.
If cleaing is one of your top concerns I would limit your search to those cages made from some sort of polyethylene or polypropylene.
If you want to stick with the DIY route to get exactly what you want you can always order your own HDPE. Some guy here in my town got sheets of black 1/2" HDPE shipped for $200 each. He probably would have saved money if he had the material pre-cut to size which would have saved on freight charges.
1/2" HDPE is quite a bit heavier and noticably more flexible than most 1/2" PVC products used by various cage manufacturers. If you need cages larger than the typical 4x2 footprint you would have to design around the flexibility.
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RE: cage pros/cons - chris_harper2, Tue Feb 9 12:43:46 2010