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    Re: Determining Cage Size

    Quote Originally Posted by mebigbadbrat View Post
    Exactly!

    I have thought about a rack but space for the snake is limited and I want to be able to see them along with my room just gets too cold.

    Here is my concern:
    My biggest girl is roughly 2000 grams. Do I give her the whole cage or half or 3/4 or? deff full t8/10

    My next guy is 350-400 grams (albino). this guy

    My other BP is about 120 grams (mojave). ^and this guy, these two could be in a divided t10 for probably another year or two

    Then my boa is even smaller at 90 grams. could go in another split t8/10

    The spider that I am suppose to get back is roughly 1200 grams. full t8/10

    I do want at least a pied 100% positive on that along with maybe another boa (albino). I would love to breed some day but right now, I am still in college and want that to be my main goal.

    So, I am stuck on what or how to divide the cages up.
    I think you should do one snake per cage, while they are smaller you could get away with dividing the tank (which would mean they would be in a 24x24x15 cage)but I wouldn't wait to start shopping for new tanks, AP has t8s on sale for $150 right now, so I woud suggest picking up several of them. My ball is about 800 grams and she is in a undivided t8 and I wouldn't feel right having her in anything less (she was in a 30 gallon long and she stretches about 3/4 of the length of the t8)

    I also have my corn (who is about 24ish inches and 50 grams) in a full t8 and he seems to love burrowing around and all (he came out of a 10g)

    that's just my two cents, I know a lot of people say balls do better in tight small cages, I personally think that by giving them an extra 12" on length, and 12" on depth (comparing say a 41qt to a t8) is not going to cause the snake to go off feed and be stressed beyond measure, but it does give them extra wiggle room (I mean these snakes can potentially get to 6 feet, if not atleast 4.5 5 feet)

    hope that's helps and is not confusing!
    Last edited by BFT12890; 05-11-2013 at 12:28 PM.
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