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Reptile Basics Caging

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I tried to post this question in an older thread, but got no responses, so I making a fresh one:

Has anyone purchased a cage from ReptileBasics (or RBI Plastics) ? I hear great things about their products and I know people are pleased with their racks, but I am curious about the cages. Can the expanded PVC really withstand the heat and humidity? I think its a great material for building racks, but I am hesitant to buy a cage made of the same.

I keep yellow anacondas, so the humidity and strength factors are critical. It is only a $25 difference between this company and AP for the size I need, so should I save my pennies, or will I be ok with the RBI cages?

Thanks in advance.
 
I haven't used RBI cages, but I have used 1/4" XPVC cages for adult yellow anacondas (and bloods, and a bunch of other things, lol), and I was happy with them. My adult yellows were door pushers, so I was expecting to break the (what I thought was thin) XPVC...but it never happened. I've dealt with Rich (Reptile Basics, RBI Plastics) a few times, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.
 
We have 5 racks and 7 cages from RBI and they are all perfect. The cages work perfect for our adult Columbian boas, and bigger carpet pythons. As for humidity we are keeping a rainbow boa breeding group in one of the cages and it stays very humid with no problems.

The racks hold humidity very well, we keep rainbow boas in them and they work perfect. They hold up well, and are very easy to clean, not to mention built solid, the locking pins they make for stacking cages are a big plus too.

Every time we have ordered a cage we have gotten it within 2 weeks max. A lot of them arrive within 3-4 days!!

Over all out of any of the plastic caging on the market I would go with RBI.
 
Thanks for the info. I had emailed Rich a couple times to ask questions about the cages, and he certainly was quick to get back to me. I'm going to be ordering a couple for sure.
 
I have one Reptile Basics cage and I feel that is of fine quality. I happened to read last night that they will be increasing their cage prices soon. They claim to have been selling them just above cost to stay in the market.I guess it would be best to order yours before the price increase. They will also start making a line of cages very soon that will require assembly that will cost less.
 
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