ok, so here's my sitchapation.

[Mindibun]

Situation. Dilema. "A conundrum, if you will..."

I already have the smaller of my two snakes in a tub. I'm switching the larger one over this weekend. I want to stack the tubs, but I don't have a rack. Well, I'm a chick, I have one, but y'know...

My question is: How can I separate the tubs so that the heat pannel for the upper tub isnt laying on the roof of the lower tub? Do I even need to, since heat rises?

Suggestions needed. Thanks,
Haylee

[xdeus]

It shouldn't be a problem, but it's always a good idea to get an environment ready before introducing your snakes. Just set it up as planned and take accurate temps of both tubs before placing your snakes in there. If you don't have a spare tub, place the current tub setup with the snake on the top and leave the bottom one empty while waiting for the temp data. Allow a full day for the temps to stabilize.

[dsirkle]

Somewhere online I have seen where a guy went to an Ikea store and bought a tub stacking unit similar to a rack. He installed flexwatt in it. The only real difference between this set up and a commercially made rack seemed to be that he had to keep the lid on his tubs which you are doing anyway. It seems to me that the price was only about $40 or so. Maybe this set up would be good for you.You can see this rack by doing a Google search of "Ikea rack". It is on the Redtail Boa Forum.

[Mindibun]

I dont know if the IKEA thing would work for me. I'll just set them on top of each other and see how they do tomorrow.

[Reediculous]

I dont know if the IKEA thing would work for me. I'll just set them on top of each other and see how they do tomorrow.

what about plywood or something to separate the tubs

[Reediculous]

www.reptilebasics.com

[dsirkle]

I dont know if the IKEA thing would work for me. I'll just set them on top of each other and see how they do tomorrow.

Well I just thought that I would throw the idea out there. I thought that the guy had a pretty good idea.

[rabernet]

You'll be fine. I have six tubs set up this way on two identical desks. Mine are stacked like this:



You still want to have it up and running for 24 to 48 hours so you can tweak it. The tub sitting on top will be a little warmer than the one on the bottom by a few degrees. So aim to keep the bottom one at the lower end of your temp range (90-94 being the range) so that the top one doesn't get much more than 94.

[Mindibun]

ok thanks Rabernet, that helped a lot. Also, I cant find anything that is big enough for the larger snake's hides. I've been trying to just find something around the house but so far no luck. What does everyone else use? Right now she likes to get under a big dog dish, but it's impractical and I hate it. She constantly knocks it around too.

[SatanicIntention]

Look at dollar stores. I got my last big hides at a Dollar Tree when the Halloween stuff was out. They had these huge party bowls(purple with spiders, EEE! Too cute) and the adult females easily fit under them. And they were only a $1, so might as well.