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Rack or animal plastics cage?
My bp is growing, and I have been looking for options as far as caging. I did my research, and for almost the same price as an ap t8 cage with all options, I can get the reptile basics adult rack. I would like another bp possibly, but I also want to exPand the types of herps I keep. Does it make sense to go for the rack, and is it possible to keep other species in the same rack as bps. If so, what species?
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If you're going to keep adding ball pythons, a rack makes perfect sense! The first rule of racks is, "No empty tubs!"
I'm not sure what other herps would thrive in a BP temp and humidity environment.
Thomas "Slim" Whitman
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Racks are more economical, AP cages are stackable... but will cost more in the long run for sure (even still it's what I use/prefer)
If you are planning on housing different types of snakes, I would say that the cages are the better option seeing as each cage (or even each side of a divided cage can be kept at different temperatures/humidity levels. For example right now I have a Carpet python and a Dumeril's boa both in the same AP T8 (using the divider to separate them of course) each side has it's own heat tape/thermostat channel, and I can keep each side at its own humidity level...
but if you are planning on keeping large numbers of the same thing, a rack for each type would probably be your best bet.
~Aaron
0.1 Pastel 100% Het Clown Ball Python (Hestia)
1.0 Coastal/Jungle Carpet Python (Shagrath)
0.1 Dumeril's Boa (Nergal)
0.1 Bearded Dragon (Gaius)
1.0 Siberian Husky (Picard)
0.1 German Shepherd/Lab Mix (Jadzia)
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Go with a rack for the BP unless you want to make a display case out of it. But, being that you were already discussing the possibility of adding on, like others said, you may want to just stick with a rack. My BP rack is far greater in my thoughts than my PVC Cage Wall that displays my carpet pythons. The rack takes up a fraction of the space and houses 6 animals, where as my cage wall which essentially 4 ft x 6ft x 2ft houses 5 carpets and a Boa! Then again, these are larger animals with different requirements. Get the cage that suites your needs the best, but I can not reccommend the RBI BP rack enough! Cb-70 IRIS Adult Ball Rack, 299 shipped, heated with tubs, mine was shipped the morning after I ordered 2!
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