Lees Kritter Keeper, X-Large Rectangle w/Lid(Assorted colors)

this is the 5th if not more of this product i have bought as a night cage for my parrot. but the amount of work i had to put in before she could go near it was ridiculous. I had to go out and buy an iron to melt the sides down and soften the sharp edges that were cutting me. as well as trim off tons of extra plastic. i love your product for what i need it for but this one was REALLY MESSED UP!

When they said XL they meant XL for sure! I thought itd be half its size however im very satisfied because my crab has tons of room now! Besides the hard to open lid, this is great!

Nice large plastic light weight cage.

Is what it says it is just wish it was more durable

Huge! Bigger than expected. Perfect for endlers!

Ordered 2 XL Kritter Keepers. I imagined both would be blue - as in the picture. One was blue, the other hot pink. This is fine, I just wasnt expecting it. Also one of them came cracked in the bottom corner. My tiny crested gecko could easily escape with the hole that was in the back corner of this container. I had to patch it up with tape as I have no time to return and wait for another. Really disappointing.

IT was the perfect habitat for the Monarch caterpillars I raised - watching them gobble up milkweed each day was a treat. Then the caterpillars turned into Chrysalis - another treat to be seen very well in Lees Kritter Keeper - finally - chrysalis turning into Monarch Butterflies! and watching them fly South for the winter. I will store the KK until Spring when the drama begins once again.

Ive used these for a good many years to house a wide assortment of arthropods, small juvenile herps, etc. They also make very satisfactory nursery tanks for baby fishes if you dont overstock them, and use them in an area where the temperature doesnt fluctuate too much (their limited capacity offers limited protection against temp swings even if you use a low wattage heater with a thermostat.) In a fishroom with appropriate ambient temperatures, they make fine tanks for many tropical killifishes (the annual killies that inhabit temporary rain pools), and Betta breeding and female community tanks. These are made of clear hard polystyrene plastic (except the colored polystyrene lid). This material scratches easily, and readily cracks or breaks on sufficient impact. It degrades when exposed to UV light, and (much more slowly) to sunlight or bright natural light, thus these are unsuitable for long term use with UVB or full spectrum lighting. Several people have posted questions about using these to house garden snails. Both land and aquatic snails will eventually cover the sides with scratches from their tongues (radulas) as they lick at the sides when in feeding mode. Land snails will slowly scratch the sides by dragging their shells against the plastic. I use these to house kingsnakes past the hatchling stage; they are excellent for this purpose if properly furnished. The reptile heat mats sold for use with glass bottom aquaria may get hot enough to melt or warp the plastic. I use (and recommend) the seed/cutting starter heat mats that Amazon and many others sell, to heat these. If you cover these mats with 2 layers of household aluminum foil, position a single foil layer below the mat, and keep the mat slightly raised from the supporting surface (e.g. by putting the foil covered mat, with the Kritter Keepers on top of it, inside an appropriately sized plastic storage container, with the latter raised an inch or so off the supporting table), you can safely use these within a wide range of ambient temperatures without the use of a thermostat. Just make sure the snakes have an unheated floor area to cool off in. I unplug the heat mats when daytime ambient temperatures start reaching 80 degrees F. These mats use less than 40 watts and can heat 2 to 4 X-Large Kritter Keepers (depending on average ambient temperatures) when housing kingsnakes. The extra height is also a plus for keeping snakes, as it reduces the chances that an overeager snake will bite and attempt to constrict your hand when you try to drop a thawed out feeder animal into its cage. I would consider the X-Large Kritter Keeper unsuitable for keeping the following (some of which are pictured on the products printed enclosure!) It is really too small to adequately house pet rodents, such as the Phodopus Hamsters pictured, even if they are given an exercise wheel. As many reviewers have pointed out, any rodent that can reach the lid will quickly chew through the thin grid and escape. Laboratories use clear polycarbonate plastic cages to house mice and rats, but these have sturdy metal bar tops that are designed to prevent the occupants from reaching and chewing on the edges of the plastic. This product is also unsuitable as a long term enclosure for Green Anoles and other active, skittish, basking lizards; it is too small for these nervous, very active animals, and the UVB lighting they require will make the plastic brittle. Land hermit crabs will quickly scratch the plastic. Small feeder/pet roaches, small crickets, etc. will quickly escape if they crawl/jump to the lid. If you need a secure top (as when keeping snakes) but find the difficult to remove lid to be a nuisance, try releasing and slightly raising the lid from one corner first (all of my Kritter Keepers have one corner where the lid is easier to release), then releasing the lid from the remaining corners in succession. For use as a baby fish nursery or Betta tank, position the lid in an inverted position atop the clear plastic; this will prevent small fishes from jumping out, and spare you the hassle of working the lid off each time you feed the fishes, change their water, clean their filter, etc. Would NOT recommend using the small clear plastic panel door in the colored top; the small extensions that secure it when snapped fully shut are tiny and fragile, and will quickly snap/wear off after repeated closure. Thanks to Amazon for sending these to me in Lees original individual boxes within a larger shipping box; this gives these fragile items much better protection than they would have if they were stacked together in the same box. The extra cardboard is easily recycled.

I purchased this in the fall of 17. I keep guppies, and one of them gave birth. I have been using the xlarge kritter keeper as a nano tank to rear some of the fry in. Would probably also be good as a bredding tank for a pair or trio of adults. Potentially also a good tank for a betta.

Awesome..great price..and the exact color my daughter wanted..