Yes, I think installing a lip on the edge of the shelf would probably help to give them a better grip while climbing. Falling from that height can certainly injure them. In fact, that's exactly how the JCP pictured on the cover of the Barkers book (Pythons of the World) died. He was stretched across the top lip of a Vision cage (over the sliding doors) when he fell off and broke some vertebrae. True story.
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Will Leary

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• Question for the pros - CjinNH, Sun Apr 10 05:44:53 2005
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