Finally...

[ECechoHO]

SORRY to all the people i "argued" with on this site, I'm FINALLY pointing in the correct direction because i want at least 1 Pied out this clutch i wanna start in the mating season this year FINALLY got the right equip to help me in my task...

[BCS]

What is the heat bulb for? I know people use heat bulbs when having heating issues but I am not sure how related that is to breeding? Anyway, just remember heating bulbs tend to suck the humidity right out of an enclosure. Are you using a glass enclosure?

[ECechoHO]

didn't know that about the heating bulb, THANKS, it's an enclosure i remade into a nice enclosure.....

don't worry i have it fastened so no escape occurs ANYMORE..!! LOL

[frostysBP]

Yuppie more snake to add to the worst enclosure in the world. I really thank you need to actually Listen to What people have told you.... You can't afford proper housing for one snake and you keep getting more. Racks can be made very cheap and work way better.how exactly do you plan to keep any babies. Do you have an incubator... How about backup money for when one of the snakes get sick......what are you going to do then...... Breeding is not a 123 and done thing my first season was a complet fail with the best of everything not some tv stand that looks like it should be in the trash into a snake tank.. Conditions to breed need to be simulated correctly in order for things to gö right....and ıf it can it will go wrong.......do you have a study supply of live feeders for feeding baby's every 5 days...I'm just trying to inform you on mistakes that I as well as others have made in the past to help you in the future.... Think think think

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[lunasjy]

Yuppie more snake to add to the worst enclosure in the world. I really thank you need to actually Listen to What people have told you.... You can't afford proper housing for one snake and you keep getting more. Racks can be made very cheap and work way better.how exactly do you plan to keep any babies. Do you have an incubator... How about backup money for when one of the snakes get sick......what are you going to do then...... Breeding is not a 123 and done thing my first season was a complet fail with the best of everything not some tv stand that looks like it should be in the trash into a snake tank.. Conditions to breed need to be simulated correctly in order for things to gö right....and ıf it can it will go wrong.......do you have a study supply of live feeders for feeding baby's every 5 days...I'm just trying to inform you on mistakes that I as well as others have made in the past to help you in the future.... Think think think

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Woah, WTH. What does a snake rack have to do with breeding? I know people who breed snakes that are in fish tanks. FISH TANKS! You know, the ones meant for fish. But people seem quite okay with that. If there is a piece of furniture that can be reused for some other purpose instead of thrown into a dump drowning the Earth in unnecessary garbage then by all means. I have known so many people that changed pieces of furniture into enclosures and I once saw an ad on kijiji for an enclosure made out of an old TV! There is nothing wrong with it in my opinion and I too almost did it myself. I have a HUGE TV stand/cabinet that we no longer needed as we ended up getting a large flat screen. I didn't want to do it to save money but for the purpose of using a no longer used piece of furniture. And I planned on breeding before I got an incubator. I got enclosures (starting out with FISH TANKS, until I ended up getting more so built my own rack) then I got the snakes, made plans of who to breed to who and as the breeding season grew closer and saved up some money for a really good one, I finally got the incubator. Plus many people prefer to let the mother incubate the eggs. I think your reply to the OP is a little harsh and he/she (sorry not sure what you are) seems to be trying to make the correct choices here. Just because it isn't your way doesn't mean it wont work.

As for the OP... wood is actually better then complete glass in my opinion. I used to use melamine before I got snake racks and it did an awesome job keeping humidity (even with a heat bulb that I use for my boa who is still currently in a melamine cage which btw, most cabinets are made of).I will let you know that tubs are the best option for keeping heat and humidity and are relatively cheap. Just don't stick then together until you are ready to breed okay? I have personally seen canablism in ball pythons. Plus the risk of spreading RIs. One of my BP did get an RI and it cost me $180 at the vet. Sticking two together would cost you $360 and the bill rises with any other BP you place together. Plus, you know what it is like when your sick, not fun. Trying to avoid sickness in your snakes is probably a good idea.

Your set up seems to be just fine as long as you have heating sources. With my melamine I put the heat tape inside on the bottom and covered it with a thin piece of glass. This is mow my boa is housed and he is just fine. You can also use tile for this purpose. Good luck.

[jclaiborne]

didn't know that about the heating bulb, THANKS, it's an enclosure i remade into a nice enclosure.....

don't worry i have it fastened so no escape occurs ANYMORE..!! LOL

Is the back of the stand open? It looks like wall paper on that top area.

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[Lizardlicks]

Also, how do you plan on getting ANY pieds this season? You said you just picked up a snake that's het for pied. Your other two original snakes are normals that you think are special, but have no reason to know conclusively are het for anything, let alone pied. Everyone has tried to explain both your mistakes in husbandry, and your errors in understanding basic 7th grade level genetic science, and you've failed to grasp either. Not sure why you keep coming back expecting a back pat every time when you ignore every thing anyone on here has told you.

[chaples84]

Is the back of the stand open? It looks like wall paper on that top area.

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Lol I was scratching my head saying the same thing. Lol.

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[chaples84]

As far as using old peices of furniture to turn into a habitat I really see nothing wrong with it IF its done "properly".. I have a big old console t.v from the 80's in my basement I was thinking of turning into a cool looking viv for one of my guys...if you gut it and seal it so it doesn't mold and holds humidity and temps the right way who's to say it's a crap idea...not everyone can afford a 5 gene ball python and a " boaphile" cage...doesn't mean that there passion for the reptile community isn't as big as the persons who can afford all the top quality gadgets... I say if the snake is safe,happy,healthy..then don't listen to what others say..I think specially this day in age its a pretty green thing to do also..alot of cool things you can turn into vivs...heck you keep it up animal planet might give you a show of your own.. Kinda like tanked for the fishes... Lol.

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[SKO]

Are there even hides in there?