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Most of the cage size recomendations you see on the internet are aquarium sizes (so basically long and narrow). I was wondering if it would be okay to keep adult ball pythons (seperately) in cages measuring 24"x24" (so...basically a square). It seems like they would have a fair amount of floor space, just not stretched out.

What are your thoughts on this?

Side question, I was recently told by someone locally that they were very displeased with boaphile cages. They said that they were not strong at all, and they would bend in if you set anything on top of them.

I know one guy who is keeping adult ball pythons in 24"x24" Vision cages. The cages seem to work fine for him.

My favorite minimum cage size rule of thumb is 1/2 as long and 1/4 as wide as the snake is long. So a 48" ball python would get a cage that is 24"x12" or larger. In my opinion, any cage shape (square, circular, octagonal, rectangular, trapezoidal, etc.) with the same floor area or larger would be acceptable.

Sorry, I have no experience with Boaphile cages.

Paul Hollander

Thanks for the input! I was actually looking at those vision cages (I think they're 24" wide, 22" deep, and 14" tall), as well as the next step up (28" wide, 24" deep, and 12" tall).