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Dan and I just moved into a new house and have finally gotten the herps all setup now. Its a nice big room that we are enjoying quite a bit. We still have more cages to finish building so some snakes can be moved into bigger accommodations but for now this is the set up. There will be more of the 4 suite units built as well as more of the 18" tall cages for my bigger elapids and larger species of rattlesnakes.

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Anja Buffalo
Crotalus & Company
Venom-Center
Wisconsin Reptiles Site
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Looks good. Are they all hots?
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Jason

No they arent all venomous, just the majority are. The ones in the rack and on top of the rack are colubrids and there are a couple more in rubbermaids scattered.
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Anja Buffalo
Crotalus & Company
Venom-Center
Wisconsin Reptiles Site
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Did you build those white boxes? I have built something very similar but those look more professionally built. I prefer the drop down door, or should I say, the quick flip up closing door! I’d love to see some building tips/ideas for hots, maybe on the cage building forum.

Dan is a carpenter and builds those cages for us. He is thinking about taking some pictures while he is building them and doing a write up on it over at our site, venom-center.com sometime soon.
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Anja Buffalo
Crotalus & Company
Venom-Center
Wisconsin Reptiles Site
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Those really are some phenomenal cages Anja. I'll keep an eye on your site for plans or a description of how he puts them together. I've been getting the itch to try to build one, but I've always been a little leery of it consider how poor of a carpenter I am. It would be very convenient to just run to the hardware store and get the parts, then put together a cage for $50 or so that would cost $200 to buy outright.
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Chance Duncan
www.rivervalleyexotics.com

I have had many requests to purchase my caging system or to get plans drawn. I do intend on working on plans and photos to put in the caging section of Venom-Center.com. Just be patient as i keep forgetting to take photos while building. But i am in need of more soon so hopefully i will get some taken.

If you build your own cages / shift boxes and would be interested in sharing photos / design ideas / plans with other HOT keepers let me know I would be glad to add yours to the caging section
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Dan S.
Crotalus & Company
Venom-Center
Wisconsin Reptile Community