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Can I get some opinions on both for these cages? I am looking and the 4 x 2 x 11.5 for my Red tail boas. I am leaning with the heat tape to have them install since its such a low cage. My first time experience with cages that are not tanks or melamine ones I built. I dont want to build melamine ones cause they are in my basement where it is damp and think it would ruin the melamine so am going to spring the extra bucks. Second question is how hard is it to install heat panel if I wanted to afterwards? One final question on them is any problems with the one door? I am looking at the one door or the two door. Final note I also looked at the animal plastics but didnt like having to assemble but do like the sliding doors so any opinions on those welcome too.

Tom
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Tom
1.2.0 Leopard Gecko (dot, spot, casper)
0.0.1 California King Snake (booboo)
0.2.1 Sulcata Tortoise (tank, sahara and skittles)
0.0.2 Russian Tortoise (tito and lulu)
0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders (bernie and ernie)
0.0.1 Painted Turtles (moe)
0.0.1 Western Soft shell (Squirt)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragon (marshmellow and Sparkles )
0.0.1 Sumatran Water Monitor (Tiny)
1.0.0 Peachfront Conure (kermit)
0.1.0 Love Bird ( KIKI )
1.2.0 Dog (layla, Roxy and Rosco)
2.1.0 Crazy Cats (babe, sabastian, tinkerbell)
0.1.0 Lion Head Rabbit (daisy)
0.1.2 Ferret (jordan RIP, Cosmo and Izzy)
0.0.1 White Tree Frog (dumpy jr.)
0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad (ferdinan)
0.0.1 Spectacled caiman (wilbert)
0.0.3 Green Anoles
1.0.0 Bahama Anole
0.0.1 Giant Millipede
0.0.1 Aligator Snapping turtle
0.0.1 Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
0.0.1 Emporor Scorpion
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon
0.0.1 Argentina Black and White Tegu
2.1.0 Columbian Red Tail Boas
Lots Of Fish

Either cage will work. You can add a heat pad as needed.

Here are some features that I find great:

1. Boaphile does a really nice job with heat installation where the cages can be stacked without pinching the heater or wires. And they use the lower-watt-density 22inch wide Flexwatt. That is the best flexwatt to use for a larger heated area.

2. Boaphile cages are heat-bent and glued. This means they don't leak as is, and you do not need silicon to seal them. I find that to be a nice feature.

Further info:
AP cages use 1/2inch thick PVC. Boaphile uses 1/4 inch. If using screws like with AP cages, the material has to be thicker than 1/4 inch. If using heat-bending and glue as with Boaphiles, the rigidity is greater and therefore thinner material can be used to keep the cage weight down.

Again, either cages will work out nicely.
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Mark