ReptiBreeze?

[Menolly07]

I'm going to be driving to Michigan, something that I usually do yearly. I stay for two weeks, and the hubby goes home after one. Usually we leave a pet sitter the house key to watch the cats, she comes twice a day because two kitties take medication. No big deal.

This is the first year we've had a reptile. I'm loathe to leave her behind because 1) she's still young, and I like to feed her the buggies three times a day 2) the pet sitter isn't reptile experienced and is willing to learn but without experience I don't trust her to do it (she's very sweet, but I would do NOTHING but worry) 3) (a little selfishly) I'd kind of like to bring somebody with me, and Odahviing would be an ideal travel mate since we're driving.

My thought is that these ReptiBreezes seem nearly ideal. They're aluminum frame enclosures basically and come flat. You build them, with screws, and it seems they should disassembles as easily as they assemble. My thought is that if I take them and lay them on their BACK rather then on their square bottom they're pretty comparable in size to a full sized home viv but can be made flat and boxed for ease of transport. Additionally they seem ideal in that they are lighter then a smaller glass viv.

My question is, has anybody had one of these/has anybody got one of these? Do you think they would stand to laying on their backs? Do they seem well made enough to stand up to being taken apart and put back together?

 

[BotanicalStig]

Consider these instead, they're much cheaper (and easier to assemble) : http://www.bigappleherp.com/Reptarium-Cages?sc=2&category=31078

Might be hard to maintain temps, but it's a good travel option.

 

[Menolly07]

It mentions concern over tearing, I'm not worried about her tearing out, though she does dig at things, but what about a cat? What about lights? Not sure how I'd rig to hang her UVB bulb and I think I'd definitely need a stronger basking bulb. Like you said, hard to maintain temperatures, so I'd probably need something stronger then her current 100 watt. Any clue how I'd mount that inside? It does look lighter weight, which is really nice, but the size I'd need to be comparable to the ReptiBreeze size I'd want is actually priced identically. Plus, I'd have to order thirty extra dollars of stuff to be charged that price or else see a 10% increase, per that site. SO it's more light weight, but I may be trading that for convenience of a stable lighting attachment aluminum frame and security of a tear proof exterior.