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I'm gonna get some Boaphile cages very soon but with all the options, I can't decide which ones. Of course I'd like to go with the $199 - 48 inch ones but are they the best choice? They seem a little plain. And will they suffice for breeding and everything else? But the 5 and 6 foot ones seem like a little too much and not necessary. Plus they're twice as much. Just need a nudge in the right direction from anyone who uses them. Oh also, what's the best heat option? I've had Neodeshas before with the inside lights. I didn't like them and was always afraid my retics were going to burn themselves. Any comments or ideas are really appreciated. Thanks alot in advance. Ryan.

I use the six footers to breed in and the four footers to house in the rest of the year. This year I had animals breed in four footers also but they were six foot females. Animals bigger than six foot start looking a little cramped to me in the four footers. I get the double hear in the sixers and single heat in the four foot models. I also have all locking cages, I wish I had gotten lights in all the cages to but I didnt. As long as your room is 75 degrees or up they work VERY well. I have never had boas breed as well as they do in these..... but thats just me on the west coast! See ya.

if you will be breeding and obviously expand in this hobby, go with the 4 footers that are 11" high and get them with the Heat AND light installed inside... they are sooooo worth it!!!

BOTH are extremely safe, low wattage, extremely well built/installed, and should NEVER be an issue! (said from 4 years experience with them for all my animals)

If you have the room, like the display idea, have the money, and won't be getting too many adults, go with the 18" high model with the shelf installed too. You will NOT regret it.

I also had the expandable end option on 6 cages, and I would make them into 3seperate 8 foot breeding cages when I had my 8-9 footers.

Thanks, hope this helps! -Joe

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

nice set-up. Are those the 11" or 18" cages behind you. I am going to order a couple of those soon and I've read your post recommending the boaphiles and I thought I would give them a try.
Thank you,
Chuck

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Neccesary? If I want someone to stay away from my boas I'll just lock my room.

I don't think they are necessary... unless babysitting some ruthless children maybe... lol
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Locks are nice if you have kids, (dumb roommates) or keep venomous!!! Can never be too safe.
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exclusively for our bigger animals. We have both the 18" tall and the 11" tall variety. Both work well...the 18" takes up more room, if that is an issue for you. This year 2 of our females bred in the 4' cages and are doing quite well...they are not due to deliver until August. If your females are really big, you might want to try the 6' cage but the 4' ones do well for most animals.

Like bciJoe said, you can't go wrong with the heat and light option, it really makes it super easy to maintain animals in Boaphile cages.

Denny

I am thinking of getting boaphile baby cages. Just want to hear some opinions on them. Thanks.
Mike

when I had my first two litters, the baby racks saved my life!lol

it was such a pain to deal with so many different tubs and tanks and whatnot, how to get the right heating and all..

I ordered my baby racks and and it was soo simple! Great!

I now have blanket box racks for young females and subadult males, I have the sweater box racks, both normal tub and the clear tub models, for small females, centrals and more, and I have the baby shoe box clear tub racks for babies up to several months old. I even have yearling centrals in there.

I think they are great! some of these racks have strong heat, atleast stronger than in the bigger cages, so you would need to regulate the temps to avoid overheating and drying out.
Control that and everything else is perfect!

Hope this helps.. take care, Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Thanks alot for the advice guys. I'm definitely sold. Which light though? And inside heat, not undertank right? And of course a thermostat too? Just wanna make sure I cover everything.

the fluorescent light that comes installes is seemless, out of the way, clean, small, simple, perfect... I don't know why on earth anyone would want to use an incandescent bulb in there.

The heat inside or 'undertank' is basically the same.. one is inside under a sheet of plastic (still under something), the other is applied outside but I think is left uncovered... i'd much rather have inside covered.

personally I don't think the heat is strong enough to use a thermostat/rheostat with the 421d, unless the room it is in is always hotter than 75.

Later -Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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trying to keep track of, watch of, feed, water, shed, go to the bathroom and more for 20, 30, 40 little, uncooperative, snakes is quite a challenge!!!!!

These baby racks made it incredibly easy, safe, efficient, stylish, and more!

Considering I was dealing with over 40 babies, it changed my life drastically!!
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

I have 4 of the 4' cages (so far!) and I think they are pretty
sweet. This is an old pic obviously, but I posted it because
you can see the heat tape running up the back on a big apple
thermostat. That is all I use for heating (but we keep our house
warm). I have a 6.5 (albino in the pic) and a 7.5' females in
these cages, they work and have been bred in them fine but I
do want to move my biggest girls into something with more room.
I am just hesitant like you said because the price jumps with
the bigger sizes quite a bit.

Dang looking at this pic my albino looks way too big for this cage lol must be the angle!
here's a shot of breeding going on in a 4' boaphile
(6.5' female and 5.5' male)

I have been looking at cages for months now, and I keep coming back to these Boaphile cages.
I've looked at the Visions, Animal Plastics, the list goes on. For the money and quality, I think these Boaphiles are the way to go. At $200, they're cheaper than most of the others, and a lot more pleasing to look at. Once I get the money together, I think I'll be giving Jeff a phone call and see if these things look as good in person as they do on the website.
As for heating, anyone have a suggestion on which heating method to go with on these things? Jeff offers several heating alternitives, hars to decide which.

after you pay for all the accessories, they come out to about $300 a piece but still a great deal. Read the above posts, escpecially Joe's. I guess I'll be going with the inside heat, florescent light and I'm gonna pay the extra $20 or so for black hinges. I'm gonna get the model with 2 separate windows too. Again, only an extra $20.