One of my 3 ft tanks; this is currently housing the five baby bulls. The 4 ft tank on the right houses Gonzo the Pacific who is as big as Ahnuld. I have several 4ft and 3ft long tanks of 15 and 18 inch widths, as well as a bunch of 20 and 10 gallon tanks. The adult bulls and gophers are in the biggest tanks, except for one 4ft long which houses the adult pyro trio and one 3 ft for the younger pyro trio. The other little tanks house the rest of the pyros. I currently have the new baby sunglow in a ten gallon, but she will soon go in something bigger. This season I am housing my adult bulls separate as I don't want more babies; am out of cages and space for any more! I need to find homes for the three extra male babies so Rozy and Moz can just be in the one tank. Everybody is not getting any smaller, you know! LOL!



The larger tanks that are not on shelves also have anti-cat wire screen tops over the regular tops, so bowling ball cats can't fall through, and I can set stuff on top of them as well.



I put deep aspen and bury Glad tubs in the bedding with boxes over that, to give them as interesting an environment as I can manage in a cage. The bulls get paper towels in their Glad tubs because they like to poop in them. The pyros are very tidy, and will go to the far corner of their tanks as far from the nest as possible to poop. So they get moss. The deep aspen is fun for burrowing. Also the deep aspen makes it easier to provide a hot spot even in the dead of winter for those individuals who are not in brumation. A Glad tub buried over the UTH and with a box over that keeps them warm even when the ambient room temps drop into the mid forties at night (think little cabin in the woods with wood stove sole source of heat)







I also have a couple of 4ft x 2ft x 2ft screen cages which are for summer use. I put the pits out in these on the front porch during the day so they can enjoy some actual sun.



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What someone else had to say about the front loading Boaphile cages. He thought ventilation was fine, but had this funny comment:

the only possible problem i can think of is very aggresive pits might come lunging out the front and onto the floor.

LMAO!!!



Ahnuld is just spectacular! You ever need to rehome him, I'd take him in a heartbeat. Not that I'd want you to ever have to part with such a splendid fellow!
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Bob

Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

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