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i just bought a new house...got married...building a pond..and designing a snake room ...90% are blairi....i'd like to use the coach-type cages...question is ...are builtin shelves better than like those metal types...any comments regarding lighting etc...are welcomed......

Bob,
I got those cages from LLL Reptiles suppy out of California. They will ship them to you. The shelving changed as the room grew. I started with free standing plastic shelving from Home Depot.(still available) Those are the lower cages. They have individual triple bulb lighting which was costly and not worth while. They have flouresent and heat bulbs. The upper cages are on wall mounted shelves. (Home Depot) and the lighting is flouresent strip lights. These are better for me and less costly since the heat bulbs in the other light set ups do not last long.
I don't bother at all with the heat bulbs anymore, I just heat the room to 82 degrees. The larger draws hold my boids and I use heat tape under half the cage for them. The smaller draws are easy to maintain and house hold backs. The deli cups up top are 10"x3" with 4" plastic water bowls that the neonates can hide under. TV and easy chair are for kicking back and takin in ball games.
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AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! The ever present Budweiser beer bottle!! Gotsta love it Coach!!!! Very nice set up!

Wayne