First off...to MarkG...I heat my burms with heating pads (uth)

and they work just fine. No dead snakes yet after a number of years. As a matter of fact, I heat all my snake enclosures.

The bean farm sells one 48" x11"...More than sufficient.

And with my herp room running between 70-77 degrees, I have to use thermostats to keep my cages from overheating.

In fairness, my room is warm, and I do supplement with low wattage lamps. My warm sides are around 92 with this setup, and 82 on the cool side. I am however beginning to switch over to the ProProducts RHPs. Ive read too many good things to pass them up.

I do agree that a 5 ft, even a 6 ft cage is too small for a burm. Go the full 8 ft.

8' x 3' x 18" is a nice size.For that you'd need tow 4'8 sheets of wood.

You may as well get over trying to scrimp on cage building if you won a burm. These are not cheap critters to maintain.

15ft of snake just does'nt fit in a 5 or even 6ft enclosure all that well.

Go big, you wont regret it.

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