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Typical styrene cage I have where I mounted a radiant heat panel and removed the undercage heat. Easier setup for me to control. I have a few of these.

Who says high impact styrene cages can't be big? The top one can fit a helicopter inside.

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Mark

Rock crevices for young snakes

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Mark

>>Rock crevices for young snakes

Are these made by you, from molds?
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Jeremy Payne
JB Reptile
Specializing in Boa Morph's

1.0 Snow "Kahl"
0.2 Triple Het Moonglow "Kahl"
0.1 Orange Tail Hypo Het Leopard
0.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow
1.0 Ghost
0.1 Possible Super Hypo
0.1 DH Ghost
1.1 "Kahl" Albino
1.0 Hypomelenistic
1.3 Pastel Hypo
0.1 Suriname/Columbian cross
0.1 Anerthrystic

I'm not that good.

They are "rock" food/water dishes inverted. I added some epoxy putty to build up a few points to raise up one side, used a small saw to cutaway a few areas and applied some non-toxic acrylic stone outdoor hobby paint.
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Mark

I use the small Radio Shack boxes to splice cables. How uncool am I to post a pic of a junction box.

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Mark

Mark,

Nice cage. I am curious to know if the manufacturer is actaully stating the plastic used is styrene?

Bart

No post.
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Currently keeping:

6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Javan, mixed colors)

0.0.4 Rhynchophis boulengeri

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum multistriata

0.0.1 Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus

0.0.2 Morelia viridis (Aru & Merauke locale types)

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback

No he did not actually state it. I told him, "I like your styrene cage line." He said thanks. That is not him admiting I guess. So I may be fooling myself.

Another manufacturer with an essentially same product did tell me his was HDPS, and I made the assumption.

In any case, it isn't PVC, it isn't ABS as far as I know but can glue with the same glue ABS can.
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Mark

ABS and Styrene can be solvent welded with the same chemicals. In fact the S in ABS stands for styrene.

I'm fairly certain the manufacturer is using high-impact polystyrene, aka HIPS.
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Currently keeping:

6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Javan, mixed colors)

0.0.4 Rhynchophis boulengeri

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum multistriata

0.0.1 Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus

0.0.2 Morelia viridis (Aru & Merauke locale types)

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback

Thanks Mark. I also believe it is styrene as well but read on other forums that the manufacturer is not disclosing the material.

Bart

Styrene by definition is what we call plastic, its a vague statement. Its just the type of molecular grouping.

Kinda like ose the sugar...Sucrose, fructose, glucose...
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Jeremy Payne
JB Reptile
Specializing in Boa Morph's

1.0 Snow "Kahl"
0.2 Triple Het Moonglow "Kahl"
0.1 Orange Tail Hypo Het Leopard
0.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow
1.0 Ghost
0.1 Possible Super Hypo
0.1 DH Ghost
1.1 "Kahl" Albino
1.0 Hypomelenistic
1.3 Pastel Hypo
0.1 Suriname/Columbian cross
0.1 Anerthrystic