Grow Tent as BCI Enclosure?

[Craiga 01453]

This is the sentiment I've seen from a lot of people in the hobby, and I've never been able to wrap my head around it. Why can't a grow tent be a "proper" enclosure? You've voiced your opinion against the idea without saying anything specific on why. I have my girl in an enclosure I built myself right now and I am prepared to spend more money on a larger / more expensive enclosure if need be, but there's other issues besides price that I mentioned. A proper 6 foot long wooden enclosure needs multiple people to move around and I'm not certain it would fit through a doorway, I have both these issues with my current 2 foot wide box.

It's the sentiment you're going to continue to hear from experienced keepers. Many of us were in this hobby LONG before these forums even existed. So we did play around with things and through trial and error we learned.

It seems to me you just want people to be echo chambers for what you want to hear. Not gonna happen, not from experienced keepers who put the animals first. There are enclosures on the market, readily available, designed SPECIFICALLY for snakes, some even built with arboreal or semi arboreal needs already accounted for.

The doorway excuse sounds pretty flimsy too. We all have doorways. I'm guessing yours aren't a whole lot smaller than everyone else's, if not standard size.
Some enclosures come modular so that eliminates that problem.

As for grow tents, the walls aren't sturdy, the zipper isn't secure, I don't know specifics about heating, so I won't touch there, and saving money isn't a good excuse.
When you buy an animal you take on the responsibility of caring for it for life. That means planning ahead. That means taking proper equipment and enclosures into consideration before bringing the animal home. Since you already have the animal it's up to you which way you go.

Your snake, do what you want. You can choose to do it right, or not.