Quote Originally Posted by Regius_049 View Post
For a ball python, I would highly recommend:

http://www.apcages.com/home/terrestrial/T10/T10.htm

http://www.reptilebasics.com/reptile...ge-ships-flat/

Either of those would be great for an adult ball python. I would not recommend an aquarium for the following reasons:

1. Glass is extremely heavy, especially with substrate in it.



2. If you go with the glass aquarium you will likely either need a custom lid or have to foil/wrap a portion of it to keep in humidity. Glass itself holds humidity fine, but few commercial terrariums come with humidity appropriate lids.

3. Glass has a higher thermal conductivity, which makes it a poorer insulator than plastic. Also, the plastic in the above enclosures is much thicker than aquarium glass so, in short, keeping in heat is much easier with thick plastic.
i can attest to the humidity, it was insanely hard to keep the humidity in a glass tank above 30% unless my room itself was humid.

weight can be an issue for some, i can personally lift a 40 breeder critter cage by myself, its just an awkward thing to carry. then again, ive never owned a PVC enclosure, ive built all of mine out of wood (talk about heavy)

if you wanted to, you could go out and buy thin acrylic to put over the top screen. will cost you $20-$30 at Home Depot. this might help keep in humidity, cant say for sure though, just an idea.


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