Welcome back!Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Many here that keep BPs prefer the "professionally made" plastic/PVC "enclosures because they "keep in the humidity" (that's because there's hardly any airflow), and they're lighter weight, for sure, and stackable. Personally, I tried a couple of Prolines years ago & hated them with a passion- I didn't like having such a limited view of what's inside, nor the awkward (smaller) access (I kept scraping my arm while reaching in to clean all the way to the back), but who knows, you might love them?I'm firmly in the glass camp, lol. I like snakes too much to want to store them like sweaters in "tubs" or "racks", even if they do seem to survive okay.
I kept my BP in a glass 40 breeder his whole first year, and only swapped to a PVC enclosure from Animal Plastics to make maintaining humidity a little easier. I have to say I have enjoyed using a RHP a lot as well and appreciate everyone here taking the time to explain how they work to me. I'm kind of in the same camp as Boger though, I do like to see my animals when they're out. BPs obviously aren't as active as some colubrids so I don't mind him being in the PVC, but if I had something that was out and moving around during the day, I would prefer glass. Both my hognoses are in glass enclosures and I'd hate to miss out on some of their antics they get into during the day. Guess really it's just a preference deal.
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