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Ming, a John Camp c.b.b. Leopard

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Mike Heinrich,
708-428-5616
Mike@amazontreeboa.org
http://www.amazontreeboa.org

That is nice, very nice!

>>That is nice, very nice!

Do you like those exoterras better than the Barrs cages. It seems like you have tried more cages than most.

>>>>That is nice, very nice!
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>>Do you like those exoterras better than the Barrs cages. It seems like you have tried more cages than most.

Well, the exoterra/zoo-med type cages look real killer when you line a shelf or wall with them, but I firmly believe the Barrs cages are probably the best cages available when it comes to ATBs for a lot of different reasons.

A while back I contacted Andy Barr about buying the arboreal cages by the dozen. He was more than willing to off a price break for anything over 1/2 dozen. I never followed up on that. I later picked up on Zoo-Med at a local show just to try it, and went back for more. The guy at the show sells them new, still in the box for a real nice price. My buddy owns a shop and he can order directly from his supplier and beats the guy at the show's price pretty drastically, so that's the route I'll be taking.

If I fill two walls with Zoo-Meds, it'll look real nice, cost much less, but the downside is they'll be slightly less functional than Barrs. In a perfect world, I'd go with Barrs or Visions caging

I'm currently using a lot of these modified storage shelves, they're a bit smaller than I'd like for adults, I'll probably move them to a spare room for raising up holdbacks or for qurantine cages.

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Mike Heinrich,
708-428-5616
Mike@amazontreeboa.org
http://www.amazontreeboa.org

>>>>>>That is nice, very nice!
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>>>>Do you like those exoterras better than the Barrs cages. It seems like you have tried more cages than most.
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>>Well, the exoterra/zoo-med type cages look real killer when you line a shelf or wall with them, but I firmly believe the Barrs cages are probably the best cages available when it comes to ATBs for a lot of different reasons.
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>>A while back I contacted Andy Barr about buying the arboreal cages by the dozen. He was more than willing to off a price break for anything over 1/2 dozen. I never followed up on that. I later picked up on Zoo-Med at a local show just to try it, and went back for more. The guy at the show sells them new, still in the box for a real nice price. My buddy owns a shop and he can order directly from his supplier and beats the guy at the show's price pretty drastically, so that's the route I'll be taking.
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>>If I fill two walls with Zoo-Meds, it'll look real nice, cost much less, but the downside is they'll be slightly less functional than Barrs. In a perfect world, I'd go with Barrs or Visions caging
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>>I'm currently using a lot of these modified storage shelves, they're a bit smaller than I'd like for adults, I'll probably move them to a spare room for raising up holdbacks or for qurantine cages.
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>>Mike Heinrich,
>>708-428-5616
>>Mike@amazontreeboa.org
>>http://www.amazontreeboa.org

I would assume if you cut a piece of plexi and replaced the screen with that that could help with the humidity. I like Barrs questions. What size were you looking for at barrs. I figured you could use a pvc pipe and also a rhp. But that would block off some of the hole for vetilation. But a wall of those glass cages would be pretty impressive. I also saw some platic pegboard that I think would work fine.