GIO, thanks for the pics and info, i feel like i learn something new every time you talk about your caging. Your comment about preferring a drop down door to a slider for snakes that hang on hit the nail so squarely on the head that i literally lol'ed. tonight, like most nights i had to practically disassemble Irwin's entire cage to get him out (little stinker!) but in thinking of a future cage i had always assumed a sliding door would be best- thanks for saving me that headache.
I am about ready to move him out of his tub cage (pic below). He's a male CA, so i'm not anticipating much size as an adult. at just over 2 years he's 44 inches and slender bodied, Still growing -check out my thread "GROWTH!" for details, but the tub is still sufficient, its just ugly and cluttered. you can see the tree thing is really shoehorned in there, but he uses it a lot. the usable dimensions are roughly 26 by 15 by 13 tall, though the tub takes up more space than that b/c of the bulky shape. I am planning on building my own cage, but the size is tricky - i have a built in book case that i want to partially convert to a built in snake display. it is 6ft wide, so a pair of 3 by 2's would look good and give me an excuse to pick up another snake, but i sort of would rather he have a 4 foot wide b/c i have the space and why not give him room? then i question the height, i think 2 ft, but then wonder if that is overkill. But in any case i want a nice naturalistic look with lots to climb on - he loves to perch, but as i mentioned, i have to rethink his furniture and whether or not i will be able to pry him off of it!
- Pertaining to RHP's, the Reptile Basics 40 watt unit is at the top center, its emitting surface about 12 inches form the floor. The dimmer is set to about 80% which gets the surface below it to about 82 F, though i have noted that from that height, the footprint of heat only extends a few inches beyond the perimeter of the actual unit, there is a dramatic drop in heat closer to the edges of the cage but there is a UTH below the temple keeping the floor a toasty 90 F on that side. All in all i love it, Irwin has slithered up against plenty of times and never been burned,and it uses a paltry amount of electricity.
"tree" detail - i should have measured it before buying it, but it was on sale!
Originally Posted by dkatz4
GIO, thanks for the pics and info, i feel like i learn something new every time you talk about your caging. Your comment about preferring a drop down door to a slider for snakes that hang on hit the nail so squarely on the head that i literally lol'ed. tonight, like most nights i had to practically disassemble Irwin's entire cage to get him out (little stinker!) but in thinking of a future cage i had always assumed a sliding door would be best- thanks for saving me that headache.
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