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Old 09-12-11, 10:03 AM   #1
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Best Enclosure Sites - sticky needed

From what I have observed the enclosures with the most every day availability are the generic, built to be fish tanks (for the most part) glass tanks. Many of us (including myself) would agree that these enclosures aren't the best option for any situation as they do a poor job in holding temp and humidity as well as leave visibility from all angles which gives the snake less security. I think it would be helpful if we had a sticky listing the best, most reliable sites that sell enclosures that are actually built for snakes.

Myself, I have had a good experience purchasing from herpcages.com. I found them because I'm a fan of viperkeeper vids.

I was wondering what sites the community here uses when purchasing enclosures.
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Old 09-12-11, 10:18 AM   #2
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Re: Best Enclosure Sites - sticky needed

Sentec, animal plastics, boaphile are the ones I use.
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Old 09-12-11, 11:34 AM   #3
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I build my own...
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Re: Best Enclosure Sites - sticky needed

Wooden, melamine vivs are really common in the uk so were lucky.Theres No exscuse for using a fish tank in the uk... but to each their own
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homemade all the way...
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I have boaphiles and love them if I had the money I would get sentec for my big guys but we are going to make our own for now.
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sentec's site appears to be down.
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Old 09-12-11, 08:17 PM   #8
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They'll be back

In canada, Greg West from cornels does nice work.
Sentec will also ship to canada.

You pay for sentec but its the best.
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Greg is pretty decent, just wish his PVC was hollow core.
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Old 09-12-11, 10:23 PM   #10
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I build my own as well to suit the specific needs of each species.
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I like Acadian Enclosures out of Louisiana. Just ordered 2 cages from him and will post pics when he finishes them. Very reasonable prices too!!
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I build my own as well if were going there

And for all those intersted, check out pondarmor.com
Pretty much the cats meow for finishing cages off!
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