How to make your Boaphile cage really ugly

[surfimp]

Hehe...well, the enclosure experimentations continue. In an effort to make my SOHO (Snake Optimized Home Office) a bit more comfortable for mammalian cohabitation, I've tried wrapping my beautiful black Boaphile Plastics cage in ugly white Styrofoam--with the added elegance of hastily wrapped Duct Tape to hold the whole ensemble together. Feast your eyes on the decadence...

http://www.stevelange.net/boa/images/ugly01.jpg

Mmmm, Styrofoam...

http://www.stevelange.net/boa/images/ugly02.jpg

Trust me, it looks even worse in person than it does in these pictures!!! LOL

http://www.stevelange.net/boa/images/ugly03.jpg

Of course, if this wacky idea of mine actually works out, I'll definitely be sheathing the Styrofoam with a thin wood veneer...maybe some of that dark Masonite, or a thin plywood painted black.

Results of the experiment to follow!

[Erich_Gaertner]

Hey Doc,
Just remember that the End justifies the Means! Besides, your Boas won't know the difference!  ;) I rather like the Duct Tape, it has saved my back end more than I would care to admit! ;D I'm looking forward to your results!
Erich Gaertner
www.strictlyboas.com

[surfimp]

Heheh...this Doc thing is catching on and for some perverse reason I really dig it...LOL!!!

As I type this at 9:22pm PST, my ambient room temp is 75 F and I have lowered my DBS-1000's set temperature to 90 F. Also, I've set the two human heat pads that I have serving as UTH's on "Low" to see how that works out.

Currently I've got a pretty nice gradient going, with a 90 F surface temp on the hot side of the shelf (underneath the Helix radiant heat panel), 83 F on the cold side of the shelf, and then down below 83 F on the hot side and 80 F on the cold side. Ideally I want to keep the whole thing at no lower than 78 F on the coldest side (the lower floor, unheated side). We'll see if the Styrofoam does the trick... :)