Stacked

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, it won't be a problem to fix them and cleaning should be easy. But it bothers me that they weren't designed, much less manufactured to be "escape proof" for the size of snake that would inhabit an enclosure that size.

[Spankenstyne]

That's the engineer in you talking now

Apart from the problems mentioned they sure do look like they'll make great looking homes. I'm sure you'll have them fixed to your liking in no time.

[Stefan-A]

That's the engineer in you talking now

No, the engineer in me started looking up local plastics companies, studying the qualities of different plastics, drawing models and considering requesting offers approximately 3 years ago.

That's not even a joke. For a while, I was seriously considering making a test series.

[Snaky]

A pitty for the small flaws. But if you can optimize them with small effort, they look nice

[guidofatherof5]

Yeah, it won't be a problem to fix them and cleaning should be easy. But it bothers me that they weren't designed, much less manufactured to be "escape proof" for the size of snake that would inhabit an enclosure that size.

How did the company advertise them? Were they designed for larger snakes? Did they tell you they would work for garter snakes?
Just wondering.

[Stefan-A]

How did the company advertise them? Were they designed for larger snakes? Did they tell you they would work for garter snakes?
Just wondering.

Durable, ventilated, easy to stack, sizes may vary a few millimeters. That's the ad in a nutshell. I didn't tell them what I was going to house and that was my mistake. One of them anyway.

I know people that would jam a 2 meter boa into one this size, but reason tells me that most of the snake owners among the target demographic are looking to buy enclosures for snakes with a length equal or less than the width + depth of the enclosure. That's a rule of thumb that's commonly used for determining the minimum size of an enclosure.

[adamanteus]

They look really good, Stefan. The flaws are an annoyance, but you can sort it!

[Stefan-A]

Anyway, this is the lighting solution I'm implementing:





LEDs. Two 25 cm strips is plenty for enclosures this size. You could even cut it down to one per enclosure, if you want to leave some parts of the enclosures a bit darker. They produce no UV and virtually no heat. And at 0.96W per strip, they should be very energy efficient.

It's a pity they aren't IP67 rated, but I think it would be pretty easy to, for example, embed them in clear resin.

They also sell these in IKEA under a different name.

[mustang]

thats a good rack (if u fixed it)(no innuendo intended)

[Ameivaboy]

Wow, those are nearly identical to vision cages produced here in the US- I suppose that's where they got their "idea" from.