Home Made Snake Cages

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Due to the massively different lifestyles and sizes of snakes, together with the costs and difficulties involved with trying to find a suitable cage, many hobbyists opt to use home made snake cages.

This is by no means a bad thing.

When you consider the difference in cage requirements of a terrestrial snake measuring a metre or two in length (such as the corn snake) and an arboreal or semiarboreal species or one of the larger pythons it's clear that "one size fits all" doesn't apply to snake cages.

Also, snake cages tend not to be a cheap commodity. That's not too much of a worry for the hobbyist who wants just one pet snake.

Fut for those of us with a sizeable (and growing) collection, reasonably-priced yet practical caging becomes essential.

Lastly, using home made snake cages allows you to tailor the cage to fit a particular part of your home, and exhibit some of your personality in the design.

I highly encourage new snake keepers to buy one of the "off the shelf" snake cages available because for most common snakes they'll do a brilliant job. The design is tried and tested and there's no messing around with tools.

For the rest of us, even those of us (like me) who hate diy, building your own home made snake cages becomes a necessary evil.

I am currently working on a guide on how to build home made snake cages based on my own experiences - both good and bad - with plans included for simple projects.

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