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Cage swap
Hello, friends!
Just looking for a bit of advice. I currently have two snakes, a Dumeril's Boa and a Tanimbar Scrub Python, who are both approximately 3 years of age. The scrub is due for a cage upgrade for a couple of reasons, but primarily because it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep the humidity up in his Exo Terra. He is housed in a 36x18x24 with plexiglass siliconed into 75% of his screen top. The Dum is in a 48x24x18 PVC.
A larger PVC for him is on my list, but not going to happen in the immediate future, so my thought is that I should switch their enclosures. Yeah, it sucks that he loses 6 inches of height, but if he will gain alot of floor space, so if he has plenty of branches, he can still bask. She will likely not use the height, but is far less active anyway. She requires lower humidity and will be fine in the Exo Terra with hardly any effort required and the PVC will hold humidity MUCH better for him. I just think proper humidity levels are more important than space at the moment and he's had 2 icky sheds in a row, along with some temperament change.
Ok, so now you have the background. I need to clean both cages thoroughly before swapping and because I am dealing with a monstrous case of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, this is a massive project. Ideally, I want to get them both done at the same time so that neither gets put into an enclosure that has the scent of another snake. Part of me thinks I'm being way OCD about it, because the wild has plenty of other snakes in it....But in the event that I have to wait a day or so between cleanings, do you think that's fine? Or should I just call for backup and be sure they're both done together?
It is, of course, possible that I am wasting time thinking about something incredibly trivial in lieu of actually doing it. Oh, first world problems...
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