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I am curious as to what type of caging everyone uses for there larger Burmese. Mine are not that large yet and I do have a room dedicated to them... however I was just interested in knowing what everyone thought the best commercial caging available is.

The market is flooded with all kinds of commercial caging options. I have seen or used most of them. These are my recommendations (but just realize that this is what I recommend; there are many other great cages out there so just figure out which style you like best and weight the positives and negatives of each type):

1) Neodesha: they are no longer in business but you can still find some real nice used cages that are regularly advertised. I have a rack of neodesha custom 8' x 3' models that work well for adults.

2) Habitat Systems: If you have the money, these are exceptional cages....look great, can include rockwork on walls or faux logs to give it a beautiful look. They can customize anything you want. Our exhibit burm is in a 14' x 4' x 4' exhibit with glass viewing windows on each side and rock walls on the other two ends.

3) Vision: Customer service stinks but the cages serve their purposes well. Stackable (but they don't stack well); look nice, easy to clean, etc. Downside is that their largest cage is 6' x 3' which, in my opinion, is way too small for a large burm.

4) Crescent Moon Creations (Grayslake, IL): a newbie on the block but the maker is a master craftsman and makes museum quality exhibits made out of various woods. We have his cherry wood cages on exhibit at my facility and we get compliments all the time. They can be made to ANY specification....not limits on how big you can have them made.

I've heard good things about boaphile and the cages that NERD is having custom made (I just drew a blank on the company name).

Hope this helps,
Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
Lake Forest, IL

>>I am curious as to what type of caging everyone uses for there larger Burmese. Mine are not that large yet and I do have a room dedicated to them... however I was just interested in knowing what everyone thought the best commercial caging available is.
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

Nerds cages look awsome, but very pricy.

However, I have my burm right now in a 6ft Animal Plastic cage. She has been there for a few years and is almost ready to move out. The point to this is that Animal Plastic now has 8ft cages. They are really good and Customer Service is excellent.
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger
0.1 Green Burm
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0.1 Red Tail
0.1 Blood Python
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All of my big stuff stays in large home made cagging. It gets to expiensive to try and keep the in large pro cages. Besides the enclousers I make work just as well and in some cases better.

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