From the first call to having it arrive at my door was about 5 weeks. Not too shabby, and well worth the wait. Its nowhere near as bulky as a vision cage....those would be good for a more built in rack display, while animal plastics cages are good looking on their own. This model has tons of floor space, its 36x24x12. Amber should be set for life with this cage. I'm getting a baby BCI in a week or two, and he'll be going in Amber's old 20 gal long. Eventually I'll buy another T3 for the BCI, and have a rack type setup. I think the T3 model should be alright for a BCI as well...both parents are at the store I work at and the female is only 5 1/2' long, and the male is slightly smaller, at 17 and 22 years of age.