Quote Originally Posted by WhompingWillow View Post
What kind and age are you thinking? We have a young corn snake, and he is currently our only one in a small (decorated) tub. Our BPs are in modified tanks but we're planning to slowly transition to PVC. Expecting our first one hopefully this week! A tub actually works really well for our corn as far as husbandry goes. I ask what age, because if you're planning to get a hatchling/juvenile, they'd easily get lost in a larger enclosure and most likely not feel as secure, no matter how much you cluttered it up. You'd probably never be able to find it, lol.
I was a little worried about that! I'm hoping I can find a subadult or adult gopher snake that'll be comfy in an adult-sized enclosure. But not being in the US, I don't know how much of a selection I'll have, so I'm prepared to go for a juvenile or even another colubrid if that's what it comes to. I admit, I was a bit intimidated away from tubs, again because of the modifications necessary for those, but it's increasingly sounding like a decent option if the PVC stuff takes me a while to figure out.

Thanks to everyone for your detailed replies. Animal Plastics really does sound ideal for someone like me, but as I said I doubt it'll be an option since I'm in Canada. I think I'll contact some of the local PVC enclosure companies to see if any of them do something similar to AP; I'm also planning to go to a reptile expo this weekend so maybe I'll find out something useful there. I'll also check out the caging section here, which I somehow totally missed!

I'm not kidding when I say I have absolutely no DIY experience - I don't even know if my family owns any power tools or soldering equipment, us being perpetual city apartment dwellers I do think an AP-style assembly seems doable, now that I know a bit more about what it entails.