Melamine is heavier than PVC but you should easily be able to pick up and move a melamine enclosure sized for a ball python. Personally I prefer PVC enclosures as they last longer, though they're typically more expensive. There are a lot of good vendors out there. I'd also check Craigslist as you can often find them used locally for a good price - and no shipping charges.

Feed the snake in its enclosure. I also want to know where people are reading that b/c it's totally wrong, it does not make your snake cage-aggressive.
Is it less expensive to make your own PVC enclosure or do materials cost enough to just pay someone else to do it? What is the ideal size for a full grown BP? I would prefer to get a male since they are smaller, but I'm not worried about that just yet. I did actually check craigslist... No wins there, plenty of tanks though.

That's what I was thinking, I questioned them why since I knew plenty of people fed in the cage. They were just average snake owners who said the snake would mistake your hand for food if you fed them in the cage. I thought it was silly since we had a snake when I was in school and the teacher always fed her in the tank, and she always let us handle her without any trouble.

Welcome!!

My snakes are all in the same room, which they share with 4 ferrets. I turned a 4'x6'x6' closet into my ferret enclosure with the front being almost entirely screen. So plenty of ferret aromas are in the air the snakes share and I've never had a problem with any aggression or anything like that at all. I've never even heard of that...

The room usually stays around 67-70 and I am able to maintain the appropriate temps in my snakes enclosures, which are all glass (for now, I'll be switching to PVC over time). It gets trickier in the winter months to maintain the humidity, but I make adjustments and it works out. I am definitely looking forward to switching to PVC though. Hopefully all 4 enclosures will be switched over by next winter.

Good luck.
Thanks!
More often than not, it's 60-65 degrees. Sometimes cooler in the winter months, which was why I was super concerned about being able to maintain proper cage temps for the snake. Ideally I'd love to get one as soon as I'm confident in my knowledge and have all the proper supplies but if it's too risky, I will wait.
I'm just happy that I lucked out with veterinary care. Being a veterinary nurse has it's perks.

The snake owners I talked to who told me not to feed them in the cages told me to be careful keeping them in the same room. To me it also sounded silly but as someone who is still learning, I don't know what's right and wrong yet haha.

How do you maintain humidity in the cage without raising it in the room? Is misting efficient? Chins need low humidity.
The husbandry is clashing here Lol.

Another random question... What do you do to maintain heat when the power goes out? I live in a tiny apartment so a generator isn't much of an option. In a pinch I can always run the snake into work and keep it in the incubator but that's not an ideal solution.