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Tom - I saw your stacked Boaphile cages that you keep your MBKs in - they look really good.

In your opinion are the 3' Boaphile cages big enough for adult gophers (Pac / Sonoran) or are the 4' necessary?

My female Pac Gopher is currently is a 4' long x 18" wide display tank on a nice cabinet stand - but to be honest, it's a PITA to clean and really requires a step ladder to get in there, and I'm sure my baby Pac Gopher is going to need something before too long - he's in a shoebox now but he seems to be growing 2 inches a month (collected at 14" in early march) - and eventually I want some nice Sonorans - so I want to start thinking about caging that is easier to maintain, stackable, and will support adult pits.

I like to watch my gopher - she's so pretty, the only snake I have in my living room - so I don't want to use large tubs.

I'd prefer the 3' Boaphile due to floor footprint but if an adult pit really does need bigger, then I suppose better to go bigger from the start.

Thanks
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I'm sure they'de be fine in the 3' cages but would be much happier in the 4'. Heck if the correct conditions are maintained they could be kept in 2'x1' by why would you want to do that? Go bigger is my oppinion, whats 2 sq feet of floor space anyway?
Nate

I use the 4x2x1 boaphiles for my pits. these seem to be working well space wise and the low window affords them some privacy.

I don't know how big your sonorans are/get, but you could also consider a 3x2x1 cage for the 3' footprint but have some extra width.

daveb

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I currently do not have any Sonorans.
At some point I do want a pair (trying to decide between nice morphs like what Tom has or WT locality) - and since boaphile are stackable, if Pac Gophers do dandy in 3' but Sonoran need 4' then I'd still go 4' so that's why I mentioned Sonoran.

It sounds like 4' might be best - I guess it's essentially same footprint as cabinet huge tank that I have now.
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I decided my old sig was too big.

oops, my bad...
sometimes there is a disconnect between the brain and the hands, hahaha.

Yes, 4' is good for pits, east or west coast.
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Six square foot of floorspace is a fair amount of room for most colubrids. However if you can give them more I'd go for it. If I could....hell I'd got for 6 foot caging. The bigger the better, I feel temperature gradients with a big difference from hot to cold is simply the best thing you can offer your snake. The room will also be great for confidence the animal is getting enough excersize.
Tom Stevens
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