Red-Tail Cages

I was just curious to know what kind of cages you guys keep your Red-Tails in.

I'm already looking at larger cages for Onyx just to get an idea of what to potentially buy when he gets much larger, and from I've read, a 2x4 is the minimum size that would be required...

Animal Plastics T20 here.

For males 4'lx2'wx2't same for females just 6 feet long.

I keep my adults in Reptile Basics 2x4 cages. I have a hatchling that is in a 6 quart tub, and two juvies that are in 1x2 cages.

AP T10 for my year old male. But I'll move him into a 6 footer once he gets over 5 feet.

I have 6X2X2 cages and 4X2X1 cages. All are ones I have made myself.

We are using a T-10 for our male BCI. He's a little over 6 foot.

I have a custom built enclosure, it's 4'x18'x18'

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Originally Posted by ev477

i have a custom built enclosure, it's 4'x18'x18'

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18 feet? Dang!!! ;)

Lots to choose from. Boaphile, Animal Plastics, many others... You can custom make one even. You're going to hear various arguements for 4ft vs 6ft for females though. I'm still not sure which side of the fence I come down on for that... I'll have to see when I start breeding.

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Originally Posted by DM1975

18 feet? Dang!!! ;)

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It was a pain in the butt to build:P

*4'x18"x18"

I'm about to build a shelf in there so I can fit the climbing branch I used to have back in it too

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Originally Posted by ScottyBoa

Lots to choose from. Boaphile, Animal Plastics, many others... You can custom make one even. You're going to hear various arguements for 4ft vs 6ft for females though. I'm still not sure which side of the fence I come down on for that... I'll have to see when I start breeding.

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It's definitely something I'm curious about. I've read that the absolute minimum is 4ft, but I've also seen 6ft as something that is more suitable. So I, too, am on the fence. It seems like one of those "either or" type of things.

I know of several very successful boa breeders that only use 4x2x1 enclosures with no problem. I went with 4x2x2 simply because I don't plan to have tons of boas and I figured they might like the height. Although honestly I very rarely see them climbing.

I've got a boaphile 421 with the divider where i've got my male and female youngans and its great, really light and well made.