Ewwwwwww.... You've now given me something gross to worry about lol. I hadn't even considered the urine issue.

Does AP provide the silicone for you to seal their cages or is this something I would have to get on my own? I'd want to take every precaution to ensure that this wouldn't happen. I remember reading about people using "sealant" on their AP cages, but never read exactly what type.

Gio- Maybe one day you'll win your wife over. It helps that my husband likes to interact with the snakes, but he doesn't want to directly participate in the hobby otherwise and is a cheapskate at heart (this is actually a good thing in most situations). Usually he's pretty reasonable if I see something that is a good deal at a show or something, but buying cages at $300+ each might just do him in lol.

I'm thinking that I'll need to add 1 cage at a time, maybe even 1 a year until everyone is in a nice cage. I will more-than-likely wait to add the pair of sonorans / Nicaraguans until all the other boas and carpet have cages.

We are just starting to breed our own rats, so maybe that will help with the food bill, so that $$ can go to caging.