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Sterilite 50 Gallon

danthebugman

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I have an enclosure I built out of a 50 gallon Rubbermaid that I use when I'm rehabbing Box Turtles. I like the size, but you can't really see in them. I saw the Sterilite version at Wal-Mart a while back and knew immediately what I was going to do. Well I spent this week hashing out the details and working on them. The finished (well mostly, few cosmetic tweaks to make)...

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What do you think? It was pretty cheap and easy to do. From start to finish only takes a few hours (at most, I kept getting interrupted) to build with a minimum of tools/materials. Going to start switching my ball pythons, adult corns, and some smaller boas to these.
 
those came out awesome man! just did that with out the front part for my baby gator, until i can get a 125g tank
 
What did that cost you start to finish?
I'm needing to build two 50+ gallon enclosures for my new boa breeders.
 
I'm eager to find out how much this costs start to finish.
I really like how it looks.
I'm thinking about stealing your idea!
It's perfect.
 
suzuki4life said:
Poor boas!!!!!
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Care to explain your statement a bit more? I honestly don't see anything wrong with this setup for the boas. Plenty of space, climbing substrate, nice and bright... certainly more vertical space than most boas get in standard reptile racks. It's fine if you don't like the setup, but at least explain your position instead of making unsubstantiated negative comments like that.

I'm assuming that's plexiglass in the front? I just used a couple of these tubs to start a small rat colony and I like the look.
 
snowgyre said:
Care to explain your statement a bit more? I honestly don't see anything wrong with this setup for the boas. Plenty of space, climbing substrate, nice and bright... certainly more vertical space than most boas get in standard reptile racks. It's fine if you don't like the setup, but at least explain your position instead of making unsubstantiated negative comments like that.

I'm assuming that's plexiglass in the front? I just used a couple of these tubs to start a small rat colony and I like the look.
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Agreed. Some sort of explanation would be great other than such a general statement.
Also, I love the look too.
I like this better than my rack to be honest.
It would give my animals more room to move around and it just looks great to the eye.

If I were to use these my snakes could be on display more as well.
I'm excited to find out how much this costs.
 
snowgyre said:
Care to explain your statement a bit more? I honestly don't see anything wrong with this setup for the boas. Plenty of space, climbing substrate, nice and bright... certainly more vertical space than most boas get in standard reptile racks. It's fine if you don't like the setup, but at least explain your position instead of making unsubstantiated negative comments like that.

I'm assuming that's plexiglass in the front? I just used a couple of these tubs to start a small rat colony and I like the look.
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a 50 gallon tub is too small for a single bci boa adult. 100 gallon tub would work for one boa.
 
Then I'll go with this design on 4 100 gallon containers.
All I need to know is his material list and I'll be set.
 
Maybe I could build it to where all 4 stacked and went up the wall.
Hmm. Idk.

Could use some input on building them though.
 
Eh, they are doing great. I clean them every other day.
I actually have grown attached to some of them and those now live in a cage in my room.
Who would have thought a snake guy would have pet rats :p
 
Boa Delights said:
Eh, they are doing great. I clean them every other day.
I actually have grown attached to some of them and those now live in a cage in my room.
Who would have thought a snake guy would have pet rats :p
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cleaning every other day sounds nuts and expensive to me.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102800


follow the link to directions on how to build very nice boa cages and a good rrat rack.

I recommend seeking out a tractor supply store to source the rat tubs over home depot or lowes.
 
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