Quote Originally Posted by 303_enfield View Post
Your thinking outside the box, that's good. Without it nobody learns. But your still thinking in the box, about a 6' wooden enclosure. Just make it modular, screws are cheap. It doesn't need to be wider at the most 30" but 24" works fine. Most newer homes have 32" doorways while older homes are 28". A T18 animal plastics is 24" wide an 60" long. It will fit any doorway, even a 1973 singlewide trailer, this I know first hand.

The problem with a grow tent is heating your reptile. With plants I use seed heating mats an grow lights. Grow lights produce little heat, most are LED now. Plus, everything is on racks an shelving. If you could regulate seed mats it might work. But heat lamps are a very bad idea. They will melt or burn the tent, just depends on the material. My tents are 10'x30' an I don't think they could keep any snake bigger then a hognose in it. An the hognose would find away out in time.

Think like a snake. Your in an enclosure that the sides move! You want out an you'll find it. Now, you found a vine (extension cord) an your going to climb it. There's this nice warm thing on the end of it an you want it. Now, unless the heat lamp has a cage around it your burnt. It could be done. But to mitigate all the risks it would be cheaper to buy a T20.

What ever you do stay safe an good luck!
Excuse me while I politely pick apart this post lmao ok,

crafting my own "modular" 6 foot long wooden enclosure has inherent problems itself, more hassle than building my current enclosure which was a not a fun undertaking. I actually considered for a long time getting a T18, but decided on building my own enclosure which is already 2 x 4 x 2 so a T18 would be a $400 upgrade for 1 extra foot of length.

Safely affixing a heat lamp / installing an adequate heat pad or thermal emitter requires some thought but I've done this safely in the past with my plants. Growing tropical plants in the winter in washington state has prepared me for this. I'm also currently using a ceramic heat emitter with the protective cage, which I would move over.

I don't know if I mentioned this earlier but I plan on using bamboo sheets to line the walls, so they wouldn't move around so much which would probably discourage my girl from pushing around trying to find ways to escape. All the vent holes would be sown / taped shut from the outside, and the tent I plan on using has a pair of cinching vent covers per vent.

again, I appreciate the comments here and it's interesting to me what issues people come up with. At this point, as apposed to dropping $600+ on a T35 or building my own 6 foot modular wooden enclosure I'm going to try to make a very in depth record of my experience when I do move my girl to a grow tent. This will be in a dedicated space that she can't escape from if she does manage her way out of the tent. Thank you again guys, I'll be hanging around the forums if I have any more general / less controversial questions in the future .