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Hi all, I'm thinking about ordering some vision cages for my boas and wanted to know the best way to heat them. I was told that they sag after some time, is there any truth to this?? Thanks for any and all help!!

I dont own any visions...
but my buds do. Some of them just screw on some PRO radiant pannels onto them, others use flexwat (which i personally dont like).. and others just use heat lamps or che's. None of their cages are sagging - yet- but they are faily new. I have personally seen sagging visions, but i dont know how long they had been in use... but a sagging cage is a sagging cage.

>>Hi all, I'm thinking about ordering some vision cages for my boas and wanted to know the best way to heat them. I was told that they sag after some time, is there any truth to this?? Thanks for any and all help!!

I am currently using 6 Vision cages of varying sizes plus two arboreals I have sitting to the side unused. Of the 8 total cages, 3 are 4' arboreal models, 2 are 4.5' terrestrial models, one 3' terrestrial model and 2 small 2.5' terrestrial models. The two 4.5' models have been in use since 1996 or 1997, the 2.5' models were purchased around the same time and the 3' model was purchased in 1999. The last 3 arboreal 4' models were purchased sometime in late 2001, I believe. Even the oldest cages look as good as the newest ones. I've never had a problem with any of my cages sagging or bowing with the exception of when I stacked the two 4.5' models and then placed a 6' X 3.5' X 1/2" glass tabletop on them...removed the tabletop, removed the bowing. For all the supposed problems with Visions, I've never experienced a single one of them. I currently use heat lamps with incandescent bulbs to heat my Visions, but will be switching to Ultratherm heat mats as the summer progresses.

Raven

Thanks for the replies!! I was also considering the heat mats.