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Anyone have experience with their cages. I just came across them and was thinking about them instead of buying boaphiles.... Any opinions..
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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

I have a stack of the HDPE 4 footers I love them.
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"If you talk to animals,
they will talk with you
and you will know each other.

If you do not talk to them,
you will not know them,
and what you do not know
you will fear.

What one fears,
one destroys."
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-Chief Dan George

Do you have the two door or one door? What accessories do you have on them? I am assuming they are the pro-line not the new pro style right? any other opinion? have your snakes escaped from them? What are you houseing? How sturdy are the doors? Sorry for all the quesestions....
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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

I have the single doors, they are very sturdy. I keep boas in them. and have not had any escapees. I dont have any extra accessories, just the heat tape. Also the cages hold humidity very well. I also really like how the light can penetrate thru the plastic.
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"If you talk to animals,
they will talk with you
and you will know each other.

If you do not talk to them,
you will not know them,
and what you do not know
you will fear.

What one fears,
one destroys."
.

-Chief Dan George

I have 4 footer 5 cage stack... 2 footers... a 2X2X2 arboreal cube and 4X2X2 show cage ,, with those artificial rock backgrounds Ed sells... these cages are great.... Urates dont stick to them and they're virtually indestructable..... I think they work better with heat panels than flexwatt.... but al in all they are the cages I prefer... I have AP cages as well... but the expanded PVC isnt ideal...... I have to sday though... AP cages are made very well if you consider the precision theyre made... but I dont think they will last very long
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Marc Duhon
Lafayette, Louisiana
SURINAMBOAS.COM
kaiyudsai@SURINAMBOAS.COM

I have both Boaphiles and ProLine cages, which are both very good cages (I have had sagging issues with both although the sagging of the proline top does not seem to affect the doors opening). The interior foot print of the prolines is slightly larger than the boaphiles. The boaphiles stack much easier IMO.

I bought both of my 4x2 prolines used, they have the double doors, no extra accessories. I heat with heat tape on a thermostat. I have my 2 largest, oldest female boas in these. I want to get a 6x2 for the largest girl and hope to do that in 2010. She had escaped from her Boaphile (black, single door 4x2) by using her weight as leverage against a large hide box and squeezing out the middle of the door. I haven't had any escapes from the Prolines (so far! lol) I believe this is due to the double doors.

Light does pass though the white prolines. One boa rubbed a bit trying to get out at first but has stopped and I haven't really noticed any difference in the boas behaviour from being in either the black or white cage (they do have hides).

Some pics I took when someone else asked about the prolines:

showing how the light is visable through the cage

I honestly haven't decided which cages to use when I buy more 4x2s, I might try something completely different.
Good luck!
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

And I think I like the Prolines better. They are made of a sturdier plastic and will NOT ever crack or break. It is also easier to clean them b/c the plastic is totally non pourous(sp?). Just my 2 cents so take it for what its worth......

Joe

I agree I had both and I thought Proline cages are very nice...very easy to clean and love the white! They didnt crack or rust either.
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Brandon Nixon

The best cages out there!
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www.ArabesqueBoa.com

Just curious chad. What did the setup in your picture cost you?

I don't recall the price off hand but Jeff Ronne has all of his prices listed at his site:

www.theboaphile.com

Jeff's a great guy with great customer service, you should give him a call.

**Boaphiles Rock**
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www.ArabesqueBoa.com

Those look like nice cages. Lots of cages and lots of opinions. Think I will have to stick with Proline for the previous mentioned reasons, ...easy to clean, don't crack, hdpe has many great qualitys. Anyway, , like I said, many cages , many ideas.