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I need ideas on housing a 7 ft gopher snake.

You could get a large tub with a lid and some holes burned in for ventilation, thats how a lot of people house there bigger pits.

A wooden cage would be nice, make it long and if your going to display the snake give it some headroom. Some pits like to climb when given a branch or something they can get up on. 6x4x4 would be pretty nice or 6x4x3...LxHxW. with a glass or plexiglass front. Vennts on side and back. Thats just a rough idea-if you have the room. my 5 foot gopher is housed in a 55 gallon tank-he is comfy.

As far as materials someone with more exp. than me could chime in.

Thanks for the advice

A 4ft x 2ft x 1ft high cage is plenty of room. You can purchase a ready-made PVC or HDPE cage of that size for around $200.

A cabinet shop can build you a nice wood cage that size too. I had a shop build the shell for me, and I made my own door. The shop threw the cage together in no time and used better plywood than you commonly find at the DIY stores. I still was able to design it myself, and it ended up costing just a little more than me doing it myself, and it came out a whole lot better than me doing it myself.
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Mark

Walmart has large think roughly 6 to 7 feet long christmas tree storage bins.

Think roughly 2 feet wide. They sell 2 types one that is to low height wise and other which seems to be about 18 inches high .

$30.00