acrylic

[michaelman25]

i've been looking at big apple herps acrylic cages and i have got to say that their prices are amazing(they have a 100L acrylic cage for $259.99)

so my question is simple is it to good to be true or have i found a very good cage

[boa_Jay]

it depends on what you want to put inside, acrylic sratch, so it wouldnt be good for anything with claws, plus you have to be carefull when you clean it.

[michaelman25]

Originally posted by boa_Jay
it depends on what you want to put inside

i'm gonna but a bci in it

plus you have to be carefull when you clean it

what do you mean?

[hbwright]

I think he means that it will scratch easy when cleaning depending on what you clean it with.

The problems I think you'll face with these is the screen top which will make it hard for you in the long run adjusting it just like you would with a regular glass/acrylic tank.

Also the size I think you're talking about is the 72x18x17 which IMO might not be wide enough with an adult BCI, especially a female.

It would also leave you always having to reach in from the top which you may not like very much reaching in to grab a relitively large snake and especially having to put them back in.

If you increased the size to at least the 72x24x13 which is 399 this may be a little better if you could find a way to compensate for the other problems.

You may be better off following some of the suggestions and go with a DIY enclosure or a Boaphile 5322D which is 60x24x17.5 for $387. There are lots of them out there that would work better for you and your BCI.

[latazyo]

www.boaphileplastics.com

vision cages

both legitimate snake enclosures big enough for a boa, with similar prices (48x18x12 boaphile for 199 shipped, definitely big enough for male bci)


although your snake wouldn't scratch it, any cleaning you do would, not to mention that if you use glass cleaner on acrylic it clouds over