Breeding without a rack.

So, I know all "breeders" use racks simply for ease. They take up less room, easier to heat, clean, and keep consistent temps as well as easy security for the BPs. But has anyone ever bred without a rack? I'm sure I'm not the only python junky on here that has a nice, extensive collection simply as that, a collection. All of my snakes are kept in various custom furniture display cases that I have built. I do not plan on becoming a "breeder" per say but I do have a few snakes I would like to breed simply to produce a few combos for my own collection. Two of which I have never seen on the market, and one that I have but is waaaaay over priced ($6500) for what would be a display animal.

I have been debating on weather to try to pair in the enclosures and have a makeshift cover so they can have their sexy time behind closed doors. Or building a small rack to pair and let mom camp out til the eggs are on the ground. All of my snakes are so established in the displays, they are not shy nor nervous when people walk by or stand and look.

I would invest in a hatchling rack if she becomes gravid, but you can breed in anything as long as the female is comfortable with her enclosure.

i guess an incubator and a hatchling rack to later get the hatchlings started will be most important.

but ive seen breeders with modular or custom terrarium designs. in Germany, because we have minimum husbandry requirements that make modular terrariums / stacked terrariums useful, and in the USA ive seen it with breeders that deal with bigger snakes, like retics.

so that may vary. just breed them in the enclosure of the female. But incubator + hatchling rack are pretty much universal everywhere.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

I would invest in a hatchling rack if she becomes gravid, but you can breed in anything as long as the female is comfortable with her enclosure.

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x2 on this. Just having that much space without having racks would take up a significant amount of space, not to mention heating.