Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
I wouldn't read too much into that; journalists use incorrect words all the time. Also to those not in the know a melamine reptile enclosure could very well look like a "crate".
You may be right about that, who knows? But their comment about having no heat & having to leave the back door open for air makes me wonder IF
they should be keeping such a snake and HOW they are doing so? So picturing them keeping the snake literally in a crate isn't a stretch, IMO.