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some of these underbed drawer containers for keeping snakes in? I was at the contaner store and saw some, they seem like they are ready made...

http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?CATID=62561&PRODID=69600

Thanks,
vinny
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I've looked at using similar ones, and I found that almost all are the exact same thing.

The inside of the "lid"/top has rough spots in it.. Little pieces of plastic that stick down, almost like eggcrate or some such thing glued onto it. It adds to the stability of the container, but, I'd be afraid to house snakes in them because I'd always be afraid the snake would pop up, and get stuck between one of those little pieces of plastic and the back of the drawer, crushing it.

Open the drawer, and feel up on the inside of hte top to see what I'm talking about.

That's a bummer - otherwise they'd make a good stackable option.

Just another reason in-person inspection is important when thinking about using non-caging retail stuff as caging. I wonder if it would be tough to cover those projections with think shower surround plastic.
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Lauren Madar - OphidiaGems.com
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I bought a similar product made by Sterilite and converted it into a cage. I actually bought three and made them so they'd sit side by side. I installed a screen in the back top area over which a basking light could be placed. To improve visibility I installed 1/8 inch acrylic panels on the fronts as well. The first major problem came when I realized that the snakes could climb over the top of the drawer and get in between it and the outer shell of the 'cage'. What happened next was I found a snake that I thought had gotten out but had crawled underneath the drawer. The bottoms of these things are not solid - at least they weren't on mine, so theoretically the snake could've left altogether. Thankfully it didn't however I now had to modify each cage to prevent further escapes. I ended up pushing foam insulation into all the gaps which then made the drawer portion very difficult to open however at least it was now secure. Still, I had to be concerned that a snake wouldn't poke it's head over the drawer as I was closing it so that I wouldn't squish it. The insulation helped make it secure when closed up but did nothing to prevent basically the same type of escape scenario when opening the cage for servicing. To make a long story short, the idea was never worth the amount of time and effort I put into it. To this day I still have the three cages but I'll probably never house animals in them again. At the most they'll be used for housing supplies at some future date. They now take up space on a shelf. In short - don't waste your time or money.
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Matt Campbell

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Ah, thanks for the insight. Reptille tubs needs to come up with a drawer like those that is safe, secure and easily heated.

Thanks again
Vinny
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“There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that whilst this planet has gone on cycling according to the fixed laws of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” -C. Darwin, 1859

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