Luckily with plastic caging, replacing them is hardly ever necessary. With this 13' wall, I used to have only eight 6' cages, mostly Visions. The Visions served their purpose just fine for the 8-9 years(?) I used them but I needed to house more adults than ever in the same amount of space. I made a move.
I checked out some of the PVC cages by Moonstruck Exotics and liked what I saw. Some of my boas are a little larger than most so I put four 6' Cravenhouse cages on the bottom. They are heavier, melamine cages that would make a solid base for the incredible combined weight of adult boas, water bowls and more cages.
I also added one more Pro-mist system and have a misting nozzle in each cage just like my arboreal caging on the other opposite wall. I can program it to go on/off multiple times per day at whatever durations I feel appropriate. All cages are heated by flex-watt on Helix thermostats in betweent the cages.
This is an investment easily justified as I was desperate for more cages and the babies produced in '03 easily covered the bill. Now we get to see how "at home" the snakes are when I start introducing pairs to eachother. The opposite side of the room is getting a new rack and it should be complete by next weekend. I pulled the old nasty carpet out during construction and once my new floor dimensions are available, I will get that fixed up too.
