Boamaster opinions

[maximus30576]

Just ordered two new boamaster 4ft pvc cages for my BPs , wandering if anyone has any experience with them and the goods and bads .. Thanks in advance for any info .. They are on sale and look like really nice cages so i couldnt resist :)

[Hillsberry]

I have heard only good things about them. The only bad thing I heard was that they are really expensive. What a steal that you found them on sale. :)

[marvelfreak]

No personal experience with them, but all i have to say they been in business for years so they must be doing some right.

[Tekpc007]

I have the 48 x 24 x 14 boamster i got on CL for 200$ , it works very well and im pleased with it . It's well built , light enough for me to move myself but im a big guy. i added a pro heat panel pe 3 60 watt and it makes nice warm basking spot of 90 and keeps the rest of the cage at 80 . i also added a flukers UTH 11 x11 " underneath and raised the corners about an inch , and it makes nice belly heat spot under one of the hides. you really dont even need the pro heat if the room is warm enough , belly is enough really. i do run a herpstat 2 on these myself. I did also add a moss box to keep humidity up , and i spray it once every 2 days to keep it at 65% . I'll try to get a pic for you later tonite.

[maximus30576]

Thanks Tekpc007 that would be great i would love to see some pics . That is also the size i bought , they are on sale for 175 with free shipping , how could you go wrong . I am thinking uth heat until i can afford the panels ,glad to hear that uth works ok with them ..

[Tekpc007]

you will need a thermostat to control the UTH , i like the flukers as they stay under 100F anyway and ok'ed for plastics and just taped it to the underside in the corner.

[Tekpc007]

here are some pics of mine , boa is a 4 foot 2010 hog island so not filled out yet. You can see the heat panel on the inside and I use a small led bar light.

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[maximus30576]

Thats awesome setup , i actually plan on using one of mine for a hog island , i have decided thats my next snake ...also love the led bar light idea .. i will probly setup just like yours .. What substrate are you using .. Thanks again for the pics ..

[Tekpc007]

the black hides are 2$ tubs i found at walmart , the led bar is a 6 light model by GE that was at walmart for 30$ . it produces no heat , and is very low energy use and its on a 4$ timer that runs from 8am to 8pm .Hog islands like it cooler so the RHP is run by a herpstat2 for 88.5 in the day and 73 at night and UTH is 86 all the time if she wants heat at night , which is the same temps as the island they come from and i adjust the temp and length of day monthly to match the monthly avrgs so there is actually seasons.

i'm using aspen and cypress mixed , and a small moss box to help humidity but im still experimenting . I may switch to corragated cardboard roll and just add a full sized hide box filled with damp sphagnum moss that she can hide in and put it on the cool side. you could use a hydrofarm thermostat which is about 30$ with a UTH if you need to save $ for now but there will be no night drop of temp but thats not critical.

i always have 2 water bowls as you never know if one will get knocked over , one small and one large but i will soon just add 2 small ones and she hates to soak so far. she likes to lay on that fake log in the evening to get warm. I keep everything simple and easy to clean , and in a spare bedroom so there is no traffic. I plan to breed them and i have a male coming Monday so he will go in a tub for a while in quarentine in a different room until i order another cage for him . they have another 2 years before i will breed them , she not big enough or old enough yet.

[snake man12]

Looks like a nice setup. I very much like the holes in the front of the plexi.