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Originally Posted by Surfcop24 I may be wrong..... But 2 metres(wide) by 1 metre(high) by 850mm(deep) is pretty big for a BHP isnt it??? They dont grow to be a huge snake....
My opinion only.....
I am building a 4ftwide x 3fthigh x 600mm(deep) for my Coastals..... I have two of them.... and I have been told that is big enough....??????? |
The formula of cage length plus cage depth being equal to overall snake length is suggested in a lot of books. I personally feel that this should be a minimum requirement. I have no doubt that a snake will thrive in a smaller environment and would go further to suggest that most quoted stats on caging are given by breeders whose space is at a premium. I think if the animal is a "pet" then why not go bigger.
I would suggest that your cage is too small for a coastal, particularily if they are bigguns. I kept coastals in caging that big only up to 2-3 years in age, but that is just my opinion. Thermal gradients are so much harder to achieve in small cages, while a 2metre long cage can easily have 10 deg. varience.
