I have a decision to make, what am I going to keep these snakes in? I have 8 snakes, 7 bps and a Dumerils, and they've been in racks for the last few years. I have 5 empty BoaMaster Micros, equipped with ProPanels.

I love being able to see the snakes, and when I purchased the pro-panels, I spent about an hour on the phone talking with Bob Pound (super guy, in my experience). He mentioned that somehow the panels have health benefits that the other heat sources don't.

Anyway, the micros measure 30x16x12 while the tubs they are in measure 36x16x6. So they're not losing much floor space or length. I'd only put my 4 that I'd breed, the spider, pied, het pied and cinnamon, plus one other, in the micros, and would still need one rack for the others.

I am finding the racks rather convenient, especially for the two snakes that need handfeeding (of course one of those is the spider I'd put in the boamaster). But managing temps seems easier in the boas, as well as the benefit of being able to SEE the snakes, and not having to slide their whole world out everytime I wanted to check on them, that has to be a bit disturbing!

Thanks in advance for your input!