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PVC cages are nice because they are already enclosed on all sides but the front for security, nice and light, not breakable and hold heat/humidity excellent. There's tons of options, Vision, Monster Cages, the Animal Plastics t8 seems to be very popular for ball pythons, I have boaphile cages myself but lots of companies making them with various styles and options. Instead of heat lamps which are kind of dangerous, not so controllable and suck humidity you can use under tank heating if your room is warm or in a cooler spot a radiant heat panel works great. I spend about $300 per 3 foot cage and $400/4, but that's with both types of heating, upgraded locks, bells and whistles lol and seems pretty reasonable to me for a great looking cage that will last my snake for life.



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Also yes you can use CHE in an enclosed fixture, just buy one that specifies it's safe for ceramic. I've been using them over a decade always in enclosed domes.

wow that is exactly what I want. Very nice. Is that your set up? I made a deal with my wife that when we buy our house she can have her girly room that I won't go into and I will have my reptile/gaming man cave lol. I want all sorts of pythons and boas though, so some of my enclosures will have to be tall or larger for those that need to climb or get very large. It may be a while but I will start saving for a set up like that one. I don't have any hobbies in my life except my career( I'm lucky enough to love my job that much). I find I need some other form of mental stimulation and am finding myself beyond intrigued by large snakes( and animals in general), and I am wanting to turn this into a serious hobby and even breed one day.

i will look into an Inclosed fixture, but the good news is that for now the tin foil wrapping trick has seemed to be working around the wire fixture. I have a probe inside my cool hide now measuring at 80 and an ambient temp at 83.7. I'm just watching the tin foil closely and constantly checking on it for now.