Quote Originally Posted by MasonC2K View Post
I don't think that's an accurate comparison. The item list on either side should be nearly identical aside from the cages themselves to be fair. All things being equal, the reality is the the terrarium set up is easily $100 cheaper than the Boaphile. $100 is a lot for me and I imagine a lot of folks.
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Plus... lets face it, first time buyers typically buy snakes as an impulse buy at which time of course, an enclosure is an immediate need. Not exactly something one can wait two weeks for purchase, build and shipping for<depending on where you order it from>. Upgrading however, much more thought can/should be put into it. For someone like me, who never 'plans' to have more than say...two, terrarriums are perfectly fine and I could care less how much they cost me.

Honestly, this isn't a cheap hobby to begin with so someone on an insanely limited budget shouldn't plan on going nuts. You never know when things are gonna go south and you need an emergency vet trip.

Coming here whining about how bad you have it because you screwed up and purchased 15 snakes with your tax return <draining your bank acct> and one got sick 2 months later so amassed a $300 vet bill is not gonna get much sympathy <well, I'll feel sorry for that one and the 14 others>. Harsh? Perhaps....Perhaps not.