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im thinking of getting either a boaphile plastics cage or a vision for a BCI. anyone have experience with either or both of these cages? wich do you prefer or reccomend. any comments on either would be helpfull, thanx

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Greg Holland
G&M HERPS
www.gmherps.com
gmherps@sbcglobal.net

I picked up a few stacks and a few racks of the boaphile cages last year and I can't say enough ggod things about them. I plan on getting some more this year after season. Prior to that I was using Doug Barr's cages, which are also fantastic, but the built in heating feature with the Boaphile cages can not be beat.
I have never tried the vison cages, so I can not give you a fair compairison, but the Boaphiles are on top of my list.
Good Luck
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
Hopfam1@aol.com

I purchased a Boaphile cage last november for my 4yr. old male RTB (420D model). He is about 5 feet long and 10 lbs. I woke up yesterday and around the right side hinge were cracks in the plexiglass door. Boaphile advertises these are made for Boas so I daon't see how this happened. I emailed them this morning but have not had a response yet. I will post pictures later when my girlfriend brings me the camera. I hope the warranty they talk about on their sight covers this.

I prefer Vision Cages. Have lots of them in use. Strong, very durable, and with dual, tempered, sliding glass doors. I keep anacondas and retics in them with never a problem. The sliding glass doors are very important to me in dealing with the larger aggressive species. I have no problem heating them. Some say humidity is an issue but misting the cage solves that. To me lack of ventilation and fresh air in some cages is a problem. The vision Model 400 at $199 shipped is an outstanding value in cages. Bill.
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