First off thanks to those who helped me with the rectal prolapse. Now I have recently been placed in charge of the snakes at an animal sanctuary, and there are two boas in a unfinished wooden cage. What is the best way to seal it off? One of the snakes is very large so there are virtually no options to leave somewhere else for a few days. Do I varnish the cage? What should I do here?
Thank you very much.
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Wooden Cage!
zoeytheblood
Mar 16, 2007 01:36 PM
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yungair23
Mar 16, 2007 02:40 PM
Id cover the inside with linoleum. Cheap and easy to do either staple or nail it up.
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Paul Hollander
Mar 16, 2007 04:36 PM
I've seen unfinished cages. Mostly the unfinished state only means that they rot out within a few years.
What to do depends on how badly damaged the cage is already. It may not be worth fixing up. Unless the seams have already been caulked with silicone, that would have to be done, too. And the fumes from curing silicone are not good for the snakes to breathe. No matter what is done to the cage, the snakes can't live in it while it is being worked on.
In my opinion, the sanctuary should buy, borrow or build another cage, move the snakes into that, and only then either junk or repair the present cage.
Paul Hollander
