Tips on Rehoming a Common Boa

[I-KandyReptiles]

Ahaha, I think the shipping would come out to being over 1000 dollars. The cage weighs more than 150lbs.

If you wanted space, boaphile makes corner cages. They're pretty neat and id like one, but it would be over $400 to ship one to Canada.

Here's a picture off the website:


Imagine an entire stack of those?! Mmmm

[antuonchris]

I always have a peculiar sense of resolve past 2am. I think that I'm going to embark on the journey of creating an enclosure myself. Would it be cheaper to build my own if I used a minimum amount of material?

[I-KandyReptiles]

It probably would, and you could have the dimensions you want. Although I see boaphile has free shipping for the states right now.

If its an adult female, she'll need a 6' IMO. A 6'x2'x17.5" is $568. That's without heat, light fixtures, thermostat.

[Gio]

Best plastic used in cage making is right here in my opinion. He will build custom cages, has backgrounds, all the perks. Usually excellent prices and the are stackable.

Look at the cage gallery photos. The plastic in these is very easy to clean. No retained smells or stains.

Good luck.
http://www.constrictorsnw.com/cagess...gegallery.html

[xFenrir]

I always have a peculiar sense of resolve past 2am. I think that I'm going to embark on the journey of creating an enclosure myself. Would it be cheaper to build my own if I used a minimum amount of material?

It all depends on how fancy you wanna get with it. We (technically my bf and his dad built this, but I'm not gonna type that 50 times ) started out with melamine wood which was already treated/painted. We used plexiglas pieces for the "side windows" and actual windows for the doors; they're the type that are supposed to open horizontally, we just set them on their sides and voila! Locking doors. A portion of the bottom was cut out and a glass panel put in to use a UTH. Since the enclosure is so big (6Lx2Wx3H), another hole was cut at the top of the opposite side for supplemental heating (infared bulb, ceramic heat bulb, whatever you want) and covered with a metal grating. Drilled a few holes on each side for air flow as well. We even cut and treated a branch that serves as a climbing tree! Although we've still yet to find fake plants that are big enough to go in there...

All in all I think this only cost a few hundred. Maybe around $300? I can't remember. But it was way cheaper than buying/shipping a viv!