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Hello

I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get them or is willing to share in their "plans" on how to build those great cages I see for boas. Willing to pay for plans if someone has step by step w/photos. Looking for those that resemble the boaphile plastics or those vision cages. I love them (however) don't have the mula to buy the real thang....I would rather have my babies in those instead of tanks...

Let me know, any help is greatly appreciated
Maggie

Baby boas and juvenile boas do best in rack type or non-display type cages. It may be they need more privacy, or perhaps there are other reasons.. it is usually easier to control conditions in the racks.

Without making any judgements on you or your experience I want to point out that many times when I see caging designed and or built by persons with little experience with boas it appears the cage was built and set up for the keeper, not the boa. By that I mean that it allows for ease of access, good viewing, etc. but is less focused on the important things.

The best boas cages may be easy to access and give good display but the important considerations are that it is escape proof, provides no way for the animal to suffer an injury, is easily cleaned, will not harbor mites or other contagion and can provide the proper temp gradient and humidity as needed.

Long term using racks or something like a rack is cheaper too, you don't have to supply a small display cage for little boas, and bigger ones for adults. When they are around 3' they can go into a complicated and expensive set-up.

Just my thoughts.
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Gus
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RioBravoReptiles.com

"Quality is not an accident. Perfectly healthy animals are a minimum requirement.. everything else is just salesmanship" gus

IMO, racks are better for baby boas and are easy to make without needing complicated plans.

I totally agree, but I believe I miss led you by referring to them as babies...I call them my babies, but the male is 5 1/2 feet and the female is a little over 6 feet long. I do agree on everything and I am saving for the real thing. I am just trying to move them out of the 125 gallon tank they are in now.

More input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Maggie

Here is a post that one of my friends posted on the caging forum. He built his own plastic cages and they are awesome. This is his instructions:

http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=63370,66487