New Cage being built for my Argentine Boa

[Dubhead23]

Here's the old cage with her in it...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/477000-477999/477010_69_full.jpg

Here's the new one just starting to take shape...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/477000-477999/477010_75_full.jpg

[thunder]

what a beautiful girl! i have a male argentine, and i just adore him. arent they the greatest?!

[Dubhead23]

She's great... I take her out of her cage almost every day so she's always used to being handled. She almost waits for me to take her out in the evening. I take her with me to meet with the car club and to car shows once in a while.

Here's a better picture of her close up:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/477000-477999/477010_67_full.jpg

[thunder]

she's very nice. do u know who produced her?

[Jeff_Favelle]

Awesome!

But you'd do better (the snake would do better) with more floorspace than height. Lots of unusable space by looking at those pieces of wood.

[Dubhead23]

I got her from a military family here last year because they had orders to England and they couldn't take her with them. I have no idea who produced her but hopefully after I get this cage done I will find a male so I can start breeding her.

My Boa is a climber so I want lots of climbing space rather than just a huge floor and no climbing room.

I'll post more as I get more done this weekend!!!

[CARLiTO_]

what size of enclosure is that? 50 gallon?

[hooter]

Originally posted by CARLiTO_
what size of enclosure is that? 50 gallon?

The glass aquarium looks to be a 75gal to me

[Dubhead23]

The glass aquarium is 36" x 18" x 18". I think it's a 55 gallon. I don't remember what it is... I bought it last year when I got her.

It's way too small for her...

The new enclosure is 6' wide x 2' deep x 4' tall... that should be plenty of room for her. The floor is going to be tile with underfloor heat pads and 2 ceramic heat lampsfrom above should be ebough to keep her warm. My apartment stays at 80F all the time so I just need to warm it up a little bit durring the day.

[Dubhead23]

Here's what I did today...



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http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/477000-477999/477010_78_full.jpg

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[wizbit13]

Hey looking good. Hurry up and finish it so we can see it in all its glory!!!

Adam

[munchy]

thats a real nice snake. the enclosure looks like its gonna be nice too. what did you seal the wood with?

[munchy]

Originally posted by Dubhead23
I take her with me to meet with the car club and to car shows once in a while.


what are you rolling? and what club?

[Dubhead23]

I roll in a 95 Fazda Probe... well it's supposed to be a Ford but with the Japanese Mazda engine and tranny with an LSD it's not just a Ford Probe anymore... I took her with me to Dallas last night to meet up with the car club there and she was great... everybody thought it was awesome to get a chance to hold her.


Oh... I sealed the wood with an oil based Polyurethane!!! So far it's turning out great!!!

the reason why it's taking me so long is because I had to work 12 hour shifts 5 days last week and then 12 hours again this week... hopefully we'll be don't with them so I can finish this cage.

[Dubhead23]

I'm building the cave and waterfall/pond and I've run out of Quickcrete Water Stop Cement so I need to run to the store here in a few.

Here's the beginning...
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_img_a/477010_98_full.jpg

Here's the cement drying...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_img_a/477010_97_full.jpg

And here's what the whole cage looks like right now...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_img_a/477010_99_full.jpg

[ssscales]

Nice set up, I personally would not go as high up as 4ft. It seems like a lot of wasted space. She'll get more use of floorspace than hight in a year or two when she gets heavier. I would rather go 4X2X18 for starters and when the time comes, move her into a 6X2X18" or 24". I would also keep it simple with the decorations and water features.

Keep it simple and easy to maintain and monitor a clean enclosure. I would just provide a hid box, water bowl, hotspot and floorspace.

PS
Nice snake!

[Dubhead23]

Well the Waterfal and cave are both removable really easily so it's not hard to clean. I know everybody says they are better with more floorspace but mine never stays on the floor. She's always coiled up on the branch and when I have her out she always goes for the highest point possible.

Thanks for the input!!!