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- From: ruska@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dave Ruska)
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:07:42 GMT
- Subject: Re: The Makeup of A Snake's Housing...
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- In rec.pets.herp, pholland@iastate.edu (Paul J Hollander) writes:
-
- > In article <1992Dec27.200038.26545@siemens.com> aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri) writes:
- > >>Tell he seems to like it. But most of the Snake-enthusaists that I have met
- > >>Seem to think that an Aquariums are poor and Cages are better... Is this
- > >> true?
- > >
- > >The usual concern is for ventilation.
-
- If you have vents above both the cold end and the warm end of the cage you
- can get decent air circulation from convection currents.
-
- >
- > And heat loss; all the warm air goes stright up through those terrible nose
- > abrading commercial screen wire tops.
-
- And heat loss OUT THE GLASS itself. I have a hard time keeping the air
- in a 55 gallon tank above 73F when the house air is 68F (at night) without
- turning the bottom of the tank into a frying pan. I even insulated the
- back and sides of the tank with 1/2 inch of cork, and have a wood top with
- about 15 sq. in. of vents.
-
- Another problem with glass is condensation, although glass is much better
- than plastic in that regard.
-
- > And snakes feel terribly exposed with all that glass putting them in plain
- > view. But with a pegboard top, newspaper on the floor, a hiding box, and
- > cardboard around the back and sides, aquariums aren't too bad for snakes up
- > to around four feet long.
-
- >
- > Aquariums larger than a 20 gallon long aquarium are getting too tall, too
- > narrow, and too breakable. I don't know how the prices compare. IMHO, if
- > you want a cage with more than 3 square feet of floor, you don't want an
- > aquarium. You want a wooden or fiberglass cage.
-
- The footprint of larger tanks are definately too narrow. The height is OK
- if you need to provide some sort of climbing facilities.
-
- I also would recommend wood cages, and line then with plastic bathroom panel.
- You will get a cage that is easy to heat, and easy to clean. If you design
- them with doors on the front they can become easily stackable.
-
- > Paul Hollander pholland@iastate.edu
- > Behold the tortoise: he makes no progress unless he sticks his neck out.
- >
-
- Dave Ruska daver@hpgrrd.gr.hp.com
- Behold the rabbit: ..... ah, never mind ....
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