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i just had a passing thought has anyone here every tried to make 1 big tub out of two tubs by cutting a side of each one and securing im gonna try this just wondering if it work out for other people i ask cause i saw these tubs at walmart that i think were 60x18x18 so two would prolly be 60x32x18 after cutting and securing. i wanna try this cause the biggest tubs ive seen were at most 9 inches tall which would not give a boa any room to climb at all.
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1.1 jungle carpets
1.1 sumatran bloods
1.1 het albino rtb

Its probably possible using a number of methods - melting/glueing/bolting etc

But I have to ask why you would want to. A tub that big would be extremely awkward to work with and a snake the size of an adult boa would be much better served by a proper cage.

i tend to get bored and build stuff, if it works it could save a lot of money on cages in the future if it doesnt i wasted like 40$ i have a plan to secure it together the hardest thing will be the cutting. im gonna get some 2x4s cut them to fit around the outside around the lip screw the tub to the boards and the boards togetherthen then cut 2x4s to fit under the bottom like a rectangle divided in half screw that together then silicone the seems. so it should be plenty secure and seeing how vision offers tubs up to 76x40x22 those are also over 200$.
and by proper cage i have no clue as to what u mean after all if all needs are met its a proper enclosure and i dont see how this would not be able to meet needs any less than normal enclosures....
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1.1 jungle carpets
1.1 sumatran bloods
1.1 het albino rtb

I've tried this and it turned out to be more hassle than it was worth (for me). I was trying to put two long Rubbermaid bins together to make a long cage for cribos. Since the tubs are designed to allow stacking, it means that there aren't any squared edges to bring together. Making straight cuts to make a squared edge is difficult with the material, and leads to a fair amount of the space being cut out. The best thing than I could ultimately come up with was to cut the two ends off square, then screw them into wood running along the seam and overlapping both boxes. Once you factored in the time to do that and then make facing with doors for them, purchasing one of the modular cages that can easily hook together for large snakes (like Boaphile makes) seemed like a much better option.
-Lee McMurtry

I was waiting for those Christmas tree rubbermaids(4"L X 23"W or 18"W; not sure) to drop in price after Chistmas but they sold out. I had an idea to use them for my Indigos. Together they would be a total of 8" long which should be plenty big. They would be easy to clean, fairly inexpensive and lightweight.

I plan to cut a 4" or 6" hole in one end of each tub and slide in a white PVC drain pipe so it extends a few inches into each tub. When I need to clean one tub I can block the snake in the other one. The snake can stretch out if it wants to. I even thought of using two PVC pipes so the snake has more room to move freely.

I always like to use premade cheap plastics if possible.

Let me know how your project works.

Russ P

Never tried it but gave it some thought.

My best guess as to how to do it was to rivet an overlapping strip of the same material to the outside of the boxes, with the strip coming from the scraps made from cutting the sides off. Then one of the caulk-type adhesives from IPS to fill in the gap.

The main problem is finding out what the boxes are made from and what might stick to it. Not as easy as you might think as some plastic blends are not adhesive friendly.
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Currently keeping a small collection of various Gonyosoma. Both G. janseni and G. oxycephala.

im not really planning on it working i just need to stay busy..lol and if it does work hey i have a cheap cage that is cheap to replace if something happens to it i especially like the idea of cutting a hole in the sides and linking them togetherwith pvc pipe or something like that. the reason i do not like the premade cages is shipping i dont live close enough to anywhere that i could drive to and it would be economical(i have a truck that gets like 16 mpg..lol) and lack of heating options, rhp are way too expensive and i cant do electrical work so basically all thats left are uth and che. i ahev a lot of extra stuff from when i built my jcp cages so ill tryit on a small scale first and let you guys no how it works out..
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1.1 jungle carpets
1.1 sumatran bloods
1.1 het albino rtb

Ask this question in the ATB/ETB/GTP forums. Someone did this very thing for their arboreals; I just cannot remember who. They bolted one top to another top, cut out the face of the short ends, and then installed 2 plexi doors that hinged out.

Here’s a tub expanding idea I experimented with for awhile. I never really thought of your idea for cutting them and making them bigger that way, but this easily doubles the space the snakes get to use. These climbers seemed to really like it!