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I was just wondering if there was anything that a 10 ft retic, or fairly large conda could climb on? I have a 2 ft tall cage, is there like a hammock (spelling?) or something? Or any good heavy/sturdy fake plants or anything like that?

~Ben

I use horizontal perches that are PVC pipe. You can get PVC pipe in pretty large diameters at Home Depot and there are a few different ways to mount it securely to the left and right cage walls. What I really like about PVC pipe is that I can rough it up with coarse grit sandpaper but it remains easy to clean with a dish brush and soap -- a major advantage when my 8-foot Jampea retic takes a dump and decides to crawl through it and smear it all over the cage and perch! A branch of equal thickness would soon get quite dirty, and it would be a lot heavier as well.

Bill

I agree. Or just make them a shelf. You could even use an opaque rubbermade - flipped over with a hole cut in the side. Gives them something to sit on and somewhere to hide. My 7 footers coil up on theirs pretty much all day.