Hello!

I am entertaining the idea of either building or buying a rack system since I am planning on grabbing a few more ball pythons in the relatively near future (hopefully one more in the very near future :p). I'm currently only planning on having around 4-6 snakes within the next couple of years to start breeding. I would like to build or buy a rack that can house 4-6 juveniles into adulthood and then have a separate rack for hatchlings/juveniles. Can anyone recommend any brand or specific models? Is there a downside to building my own melamine racks? I will have some extra time during the summer and was thinking of building a couple of "nightstand like" racks for the snakes to grow into and then a "tall dresser like" rack for the hatchlines/juveniles. I am trying to keep everything as compact as possible since I will be moving into an apartment in less than half a year and am still in college (so apartments are what I'll be in for the next three years). Does anyone have any tips/tricks or threads concerning building melamine racks to last? Another benefit to keeping them small was to counter the weight imposed by the melamine. I am mainly worried about them bowing over time and was hoping to find out of a simple solution to this issue. If anyone has any blueprints or designs online that would be greatly appreciated as well. If not I will have fun designing it myself .

So in essence...thoughts/feedback to what I am planning for either building my own racks or buying some? Your help is much appreciated. Thanks!