Which vivs for venomous?

[andy2086]

A question for the license holders - what sort of vivs do you keep your hots in?

Talking to a vet who does the house checks for DWA licensing recently, he said he didn't really like the normal wooden vivs with sliding glass doors as he said they're not secure enough, even with a viv lock.

So what sort of vivs were your licensing people & vets happy with?

[slippery42]

Originally Posted by andy2086

A question for the license holders - what sort of vivs do you keep your hots in?

Talking to a vet who does the house checks for DWA licensing recently, he said he didn't really like the normal wooden vivs with sliding glass doors as he said they're not secure enough, even with a viv lock.

So what sort of vivs were your licensing people & vets happy with?

What the F***s wrong with wooden vivs?

The critters aint going to chomp through the wood, tell him he is a dick!

I've got RUBs, Wooden vivs , fibre glass etc. they are all secure so no problems.

The main criteria is whether or not the room is secure and I dont mean double doors which many seem to think are obligatory, but arnt.

[Azemiops]

Originally Posted by andy2086

Talking to a vet who does the house checks for DWA licensing recently, he said he didn't really like the normal wooden vivs with sliding glass doors as he said they're not secure enough, even with a viv lock.

Oh dear! After all this time, ive been keeping my snakes in unsecure cages!

I cant think of a single venomous keeper i know that doesnt use wooden vivariums for at least some of their species. Many of them use wooden vivs for ALL of the snakes they own, myself included.

Originally Posted by slippery42

The critters aint going to chomp through the wood, tell him he is a dick!

Typical Yorkshireman, no beating around the bush

[wildlifewarrior]

Originally Posted by Azemiops

Oh dear! After all this time, ive been keeping my snakes in unsecure cages!

I cant think of a single venomous keeper i know that doesnt use wooden vivariums for at least some of their species. Many of them use wooden vivs for ALL of the snakes they own, myself included.

Plus wasnt there some negative feed back about higher priced/ apprently more professional enclosures such as herptek vivs where some smaller speices of hots managed to escape through a design fault in them.

generally with wooden vivs if the glass is shut and locked then nothing is getting out of it provided it has correctly fitted vents

[Meko]

Originally Posted by andy2086

he said he didn't really like the normal wooden vivs with sliding glass doors as he said they're not secure enough, even with a viv lock.

for the ones who missed it..
'he said. That's called the vets opinion.

[slippery42]

Originally Posted by Azemiops

Oh dear! After all this time, ive been keeping my snakes in unsecure cages!

I cant think of a single venomous keeper i know that doesnt use wooden vivariums for at least some of their species. Many of them use wooden vivs for ALL of the snakes they own, myself included.



Typical Yorkshireman, no beating around the bush

Ahhhhh you sussed me out!!!

[leecb0]

St anyone got herpteck or visions number?????? ive been keeping my stuff in wooden vivs for years.....i must have a go at the very well respected zoo vet for passing me on my inspection.............

And before anybody starts having a go i am being sarcastic and having a joke...if people hadnt noticed people who keep venomous generally have a warped sence of humour

[andy2086]

Originally Posted by slippery42

What the F***s wrong with wooden vivs?

The critters aint going to chomp through the wood, tell him he is a dick!

I've got RUBs, Wooden vivs , fibre glass etc. they are all secure so no problems.

The main criteria is whether or not the room is secure and I dont mean double doors which many seem to think are obligatory, but arnt.

That was my thought exactly Graeme! The way he was talking he made out that the snakes main aim was to get out of the viv to bite someone.
All my vivs are home made with these doors & nothing has ever got out, from milk snakes to pythons & boas.

I wont go so far as to tell him he's a dick though, I'm wanting my license soon!

[paulrimmer69]

i wonder how he comes to that conclusion? the only way i can think is if the vivs have been poorly built but made properly they are as if not more secure than plastic vivs imo

[Owzy]

Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior

Plus wasnt there some negative feed back about higher priced/ apprently more professional enclosures such as herptek vivs where some smaller speices of hots managed to escape through a design fault in them.

generally with wooden vivs if the glass is shut and locked then nothing is getting out of it provided it has correctly fitted vents

Some have said that they can get through a gap in the runners, they will have to be small though.

Also I have found they can hide in the overhang above & below the glass doors. However a quick look around and swipe with a hook solves that problem.