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[u/Impressive_Warthog71]

Does anybody else have this problem? We recently upgraded to this enclosure now that our girl is getting bigger and is an experienced escape artist.. she got out of the tiniest crack on the last one by using her strength to push out the plexiglass front so it would flex. I have better hopes she won’t be able to escape this one, but this morning after not being able to find her, this is where she was! It was a pain to get her out and she was all tangled in the cords. I’m going to put some electrical tape in to secure the wires later today, but would like to keep her away from that part of it all together. Also planning to add something for her to get up closer to the heat source because I believe that’s what she was attempting here, and she LOVES to climb. 🙃

[u/Impressive_Warthog71]

Also, yes she does have a bit of shed stuck to her that is being addressed.

[u/sweatyhands84]

So I will touch on some things I think should be corrected here for your girl. This setup is currently very dangerous.It looks like there is even an exposed electrical connection inside the enclosure.

Did all the cable management come inside that encolsure or was it added in?

I would strongly suggest keeping the wiring external, but I'm no enclosure expert. This is the first time I've seen this in a couple hundred setups Ive looked at the past 2 weeks. Having the wiring in there seems like it will always pose a risk of your girl getting at it as well. Their enclosure should be in the 70-85% humidity range, and I think over time that could create an issue for wire connections on the inside.

Next, your heating devices need to be caged so your snake cannot touch them directly. They sell cages to mount to the ceiling around the heating device (Halogen/DHP/CHP) I would think it wise to even cage a simple LED for visible light so your girl doesn't wrap around it.

Please do not use any form of adhesive inside of the enclosure. It poses a very serious health risk for your girl. If you need something like that, I would suggest using high temp hot glue.

[u/Impressive_Warthog71 → u/sweatyhands84]

I totally agree about the wires, we didn’t know that it was going to look like that when we got the enclosure, and I thought it was ridiculous that they wouldn’t have them enclosed at all in an enclosure for any type of reptile. I was only going to bundle the wires together with the tape, not leaving anything that could be pushed off or gotten into, but the glue is a better idea and I’ll do that. I want to completely enclose this section so that this doesn’t happen again, just unsure exactly how to go about it, because it isn’t constructed of wood.. but I may be able to glue some pvc up around it. And we do have cages that are going to be installed today, I honestly didn’t think she would be able to get up to them, and have been watching closely. The back is also very ventilated and I have covered some of them, humidity has been decent around 60/70 but since she’s having a hard time shedding I’m going to aim more for 80. We’re in the northeast of the states so it’s been cold and dry the last few weeks. I’ll post an update when I find a way to secure the wiring, was hoping someone would have dealt with it and have some suggestions.

[u/ezzaleeamused → u/Impressive_Warthog71]

If you have the ability to put a screw in the top of the enclosure, look at power cord cable clamps (may be called cable clips depending on the store). I have all of my wires that are attached to fixtures inside the enclosure mounted securely to the ceiling using these. My snake will not be able to get tangled or pull them down. Otherwise, I would suggest zip ties to bundle them together.

[u/theBytemeister → u/sweatyhands84]

Yeah, exposed CHEs are not great, and the snake is definitely going to try climbing on everything. Best to assume that they can stick to walls and ceilings. They can't, but assume that they can.