Re: best affordable racks
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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704
Who, in your opinion, makes the best affordable racks? A friend of mine and I are going to try our hand at breeding boas next year and want to use a rack system. I looked at animal plastics and liked those racks, any experience with them as far as customer service goes?
It really all depends what you are looking for in a rack. Do you want quality, do you want best price, do you want customer service. In my opinion, no company gives you everything. I think its important to prioritize your needs. I am not sure how many rack manufacturers make racks for full grown boas (I was guess only a couple). Most Boa breeders use cages for adults and then racks for hatchlings, juvies and yearlings. As far as cages go, AP makes great cages and their customer service is second to none. I found their racks to be a little lesser quality than what I look for. Boaphile makes awesome quality cages and racks but his customer service is total crap. Herp Enclosures makes some nice looking racks but nothing for full size boas. They have some good pricing. Reptile Basics has a new line of racks that look really nice (nothing for full size Boas) and Rich is an awesome guy to deal with. Then you get into the top quality steel racks. Freedom Breeder is the top name out there (with excellent racks also made by ARS and Kreature Keeper). The downside here is that they are expensive. However one of these racks will last you a LONG time. Hope this helped out a little bit!
Jamie
Re: best affordable racks
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Originally Posted by jglass38
It really all depends what you are looking for in a rack. Do you want quality, do you want best price, do you want customer service. In my opinion, no company gives you everything. I think its important to prioritize your needs. I am not sure how many rack manufacturers make racks for full grown boas (I was guess only a couple). Most Boa breeders use cages for adults and then racks for hatchlings, juvies and yearlings. As far as cages go, AP makes great cages and their customer service is second to none. I found their racks to be a little lesser quality than what I look for. Boaphile makes awesome quality cages and racks but his customer service is total crap. Herp Enclosures makes some nice looking racks but nothing for full size boas. They have some good pricing. Reptile Basics has a new line of racks that look really nice (nothing for full size Boas) and Rich is an awesome guy to deal with. Then you get into the top quality steel racks. Freedom Breeder is the top name out there (with excellent racks also made by ARS and Kreature Keeper). The downside here is that they are expensive. However one of these racks will last you a LONG time. Hope this helped out a little bit!
Jamie
We plan on using the racks for the babies, not the adults.
Re: best affordable racks
I have one in the mail right now from HerpEnclosures.com. I spoke with Richard, the owner, and he is a very nice guy to talk with. He has a huge reptile farm and knows exactly what needs to be done for these enclosures. His prices are good and if you talk to him over the phone he'll fill you in on some specials he's got goin.
Re: best affordable racks
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Originally Posted by nathanledet
He has a huge reptile farm ...
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