I have a 8 foot suriand I want to get more but need a more "practical" caging situation. I see alot of people in here showing pics of boas in sweater boxes, and i have used this setup for geckos, but never for large snakes.
any help or pics of your setups would be greatly appreciated!
thanks in advance
Brian
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Help with rack system for redtails.
brian_1052
Jan 03, 2006 08:42 PM
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rainbowsrus
Jan 04, 2006 10:59 AM
IMO, rack systems for larger snakes are over crowded. They work great for the hatchlings/yearlings even sub adults but a 8' snake in a tub...??? Using a basic ruloe of thunmb of 1 square foot of floor per foot of snake equals a 4' x 2' minimum for a 8' snake. That's some pretty large tubs. I've seen pics of freedom breeder racks that have quite large tubs that should be large enough for adult boas.
For my collection I prefer having various sized cages for the various sized adults. Last year I bought a couple of stacks of Boaphile cages. Seem to work pretty good. I have the 4' x 2' x 11.5" ones now and am planning on getting one more stack of 6' x 2' x 17.5" ones for breeding cages.
Bottom line is all caging and/or racks have advantages and disadvantages. Do what you're doing, look into the possible solutions and decide what will work best for you.
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Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"
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