Do these enclosures look salvageable?

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. Big Love young lady!

I’d go with the AP T10 as well. Excellent enclosure and worth the wait. There are other really good companies out there too that should have shorter lead times.

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Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home...

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Except those first "homes" were a little TOO 'humble'. ;)

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I’d go with the AP T10 as well. Excellent enclosure and worth the wait. There are other really good companies out there too that should have shorter lead times.

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What difference does the extra 3 inches in height offer? Easier cleaning? It's a BP we're talking about here so I don't think he'd care either way but I'm curious.

As an aside, anybody have experience with Boamaster cages? They have prices similar to AP but with quicker shipping rates of a few weeks or so (well, allegedly anyway, not naive enough to think they're not also swamped with orders). But even then, it's still probably be a faster turnaround.

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What difference does the extra 3 inches in height offer? Easier cleaning? It's a BP we're talking about here so I don't think he'd care either way but I'm curious.

As an aside, anybody have experience with Boamaster cages? They have prices similar to AP but with quicker shipping rates of a few weeks or so (well, allegedly anyway, not naive enough to think they're not also swamped with orders). But even then, it's still probably be a faster turnaround.

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The extra height was recommended to me for cleaning, makes it easier getting in there to tidy up. That being said, my BP loves to climb at night, and I often find him curled up on one of the branches I have in his enclosure just hanging out.

I’ve never purchased from Boamasters, but they are one of the other vendors that I’ve been recommended several times. Hopefully one of the guys that have some will drop their opinions in for you.


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The extra height was recommended to me for cleaning, makes it easier getting in there to tidy up. That being said, my BP loves to climb at night, and I often find him curled up on one of the branches I have in his enclosure just hanging out...

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The 2 HDPE-plastic enclosures I had were 12" high & I hated that. As you said, it makes cleaning very awkward, & a little more height never hurts for the occupants either. :gj:

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What difference does the extra 3 inches in height offer? Easier cleaning? It's a BP we're talking about here so I don't think he'd care either way but I'm curious.

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If you add the shelf and use larger hides that extra 3” makes a world of difference. If you don’t have the shelf then the T8 will be fine for a BP.

Not about to jump to a decision just yet, but if I go with AP, a sliding glass door T10 with LEDs (I've heard they carve a groove for them plus an exit point for the electrical wire which sounds very nice), door locks and maybe a basking shelf, still debating if it's worth adding that. Suppose it would make adding climbing material easier plus give him an extra elevation if he so chooses, but I never see him climb anything these days so I'm not sure if he'd even appreciate the extra commodity. :confuzd:

Also, how does the whole heat panel thing work? It says you have to purchase it separately on the other linked website (Pro Products) and have it shipped to their facility to install it for you.

As something of a preliminary measure, bought a screen lid for the 55 gallon. It even has a hinge down the middle so I don't necessarily have to take the entire thing off to access the tank.

And I think I'm going to place an order by the end of this week, we'll see. Still need to figure out how that heat panel installment thing works.

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As something of a preliminary measure, bought a screen lid for the 55 gallon. It even has a hinge down the middle so I don't necessarily have to take the entire thing off to access the tank.

And I think I'm going to place an order by the end of this week, we'll see. Still need to figure out how that heat panel installment thing works.

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So the heat panel deal is super easy, and super fast. Pro Products is by far the easiest company I've ever worked with and not just when it comes to reptiles but just in general. You can do everything over the phone, just give them a call. The owner answers, let him know what size enclosure you're ordering (I just told him a AP T10 and he was good to go), what you're keeping in the enclosure, and what your ambient temps are in the room the enclosure will be in, and he'll recommend the best panel for you.

He'll ship the panel to AP who will install it for you in your new enclosure. Then you just have to wait for the enclosure to ship. Super easy process, it's the wait that'll get you.