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I am looking into buying a ARS-9506 Rack System. But I am only going by the Specifications I have read, I have not actually seen a picture of one yet.

1) Does anyone have a pic of the ARS-9506 they can post?

2) The Floor Space Dimensions are 31” X 39.5”, do you think that is enough for a adult Red Tail Boa?

Thanks...

the floor dimensions would be 1,224.5 square inches. A 4'x2' cage offers 1,152 so they are roughly equal.

hope that helps,
jb
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James W. Arnold

The Vision Boa tubs (used in the ARS-9506)slant in so the actual floor space is a bit less. I've measured mine a while back at it was roughly the same floor space as the Vision model 332 (different shape but roughly the same sq inches).

Take care,

Kevin

I stepped up from the Standard 4'X2'boa cage platform that a-lot of people are using for one reason... In the 2007/08 breeding season I had a couple of females that were 9' plus big girls they were okay in the 4'X2' cages, but when it came time to give birth almost all the bigger females had trouble streching out enough to make space to give birth comfortably to there babies.. The 08/09 season I stepped up with two of the 9006 racks almost 15sqft of floor space gave ample room for my bigger females to now roam the cage in comfort. I think that comfort translated into a much more succesful breeding season... I had 8 pairings that season and produced perfect litters with 7 out of the 8 and the one that wasn't so good still had viable babies, amongst many slugs. This particular female has a history of slugging out...
I think the 9506 is big enough to raise a boa up to th 6.5 maybe 7' range, but after that I would go with the 9006.. A great rack though for housing males, up and coming females and breeding the dwarf species... I can tell you this for certain though.. Once you get your first ARS rack you will be hooked.. And nothing else will meet your standard...

Al Brown/Brown's Boas

I agree with Al on the larger cage option.

I had originally purchased a bunch of 4 x 2 Boaphiles for my females and was planning to keep my males in CB70s.

Now, I've moved the males up to the 4 x 2s and am planning to start moving all of my adult females into 6 x 2s this summer.

Good luck!

Aaron
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