hognoseman
Member
Hey Quick Poll every body. If Neodesha cages came back would you purchase them? And if so what models and or Changes would you like to see come of them? Hope to get alot of imput!
-
In case most of you have not noticed, I made changes to the donation amounts as well as the durations for all of the paid membership levels. Things are winding down here, and this seems to be the most prudent way to deal with the "end of life" period of this site.
Contributor level members - $10 per 30 days
Sponsors - Eliminated
Benefactor level members - $25 per 30 days
Endowment level members - $50 per 30 days
Account Upgrades Page -
Responding to email notices you receive.
**************************************************
In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.
Neodesha?
- Thread starter hognoseman
- Start date
SPJ
Well-known member
Been down this road already TWICE.
I have always liked the neodeshas.
My sugestions would be:
1. Do not go cheap on the plastic. Trying to save a buck making them thinner is a waste of time.
2. Make the doors slide smoothly like the Bush Herp ones did and not stick and need mineral oil like the recent replicas.
3. Offer the light vent, normal vents, dome vents, and any combination of them on the cages.
4. Drill the glass/plexi and the cage to accept screw pins or locks at the ends like the Bush Herp ones did for slant fronts.
5. Offer a plastic material instead of steel for the shelving to hold the cages (less weight to ship) when stacking them but make sure it can support the weight of loaded cages.
5. Make them in black and offer slant front/flat front/arboreal caging.
6. Have similiar latching systems for flat front/arboreal cages like the older ones did.
7. Recess the bottom to accomodate heat tape to allow air flow under the cage so it doesn't sit right on any surface when set down.
8. Do not price them too high. Neos were good but there are cheaper more stackable/versatile cages out there that are inexpensive.
9. Offer different vent options.
10. Most important. Have INCEDIBLE customer service.
I have always liked the neodeshas.
My sugestions would be:
1. Do not go cheap on the plastic. Trying to save a buck making them thinner is a waste of time.
2. Make the doors slide smoothly like the Bush Herp ones did and not stick and need mineral oil like the recent replicas.
3. Offer the light vent, normal vents, dome vents, and any combination of them on the cages.
4. Drill the glass/plexi and the cage to accept screw pins or locks at the ends like the Bush Herp ones did for slant fronts.
5. Offer a plastic material instead of steel for the shelving to hold the cages (less weight to ship) when stacking them but make sure it can support the weight of loaded cages.
5. Make them in black and offer slant front/flat front/arboreal caging.
6. Have similiar latching systems for flat front/arboreal cages like the older ones did.
7. Recess the bottom to accomodate heat tape to allow air flow under the cage so it doesn't sit right on any surface when set down.
8. Do not price them too high. Neos were good but there are cheaper more stackable/versatile cages out there that are inexpensive.
9. Offer different vent options.
10. Most important. Have INCEDIBLE customer service.
kmurphy
New member
Good post Steve. I have 15 of the slant front cages and agree with everyone of your points.
Excellent points. I think that a modern version that was not up to the standards of the originals and cost more than other cages available wouldn't sell. The weak points of the originals are the stacking and not having air space for heat tape.If the original quality standards were met, improvements made in the areas mentioned and the price wasn't way over the price of competing cages I think that they would sell like hotcakes.
Tim Cole
CLOSED ACCOUNT
I have close to 50
of them. Arboreals, slant fronts, and customs. I have flexwatt heat tape and heatwave undertank heaters in use with no problems. Other than that, I agree with Steve. I still prefer them over all other cages. I like to use adjustable bakers racks metal shelving for my 3' and 4' slant fronts. No wasted space and easy to move with available wheel kits.
of them. Arboreals, slant fronts, and customs. I have flexwatt heat tape and heatwave undertank heaters in use with no problems. Other than that, I agree with Steve. I still prefer them over all other cages. I like to use adjustable bakers racks metal shelving for my 3' and 4' slant fronts. No wasted space and easy to move with available wheel kits.
Attachments
kmurphy
New member
Anyone got any ideas of how the replace the plastic guides for the glass. Many of mine have some, or most, of the plastic broken. I've checked out Home Depot for metal guides but they're wider than the original ones and I'm not sure how to get the original ones off.
SlitheringHerps
New member
- Joined
- May 3, 2006
- Messages
- 33
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 0
- Age
- 44
A local pet shop here has those to display their animals. When I first saw them I thought they looked pretty awesome. I would pick some up if they were affordable.