What type of enclosures do you use?

I thought this might be an interesting poll.

Have as in own and not in use, or what I'm actually using?

-adam

What you are actually keeping your snakes in :) I could have been a little more specific so...i changed it to "What type of enclosures do you use?"

3 sterilite tubs of different sizes for those who are too small for the rack tubs and in quarantine. 1 rack system that was made by dragons4you out of florida--i counted this as homemade since he makes them in his shop. 1 rack system made by barrs.

good thing you specified what is actually in use, otherwise i'd have voted for all of them except the wood enclosure. :P

I moved this to general herp...since so many of us keep more than bps and the question is kinda general :)

Gawd love the Sterlite folks and dear old Wally World!!!!!


~~Jo~~

I had to vote for three.. plastic tubs, glass tanks, and manufactured single enclosure.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Gawd love the Sterlite folks and dear old Wally World!!!!!


~~Jo~~

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You betcha. If only I could keep our 3 boys in Sterelites our lives would be so much easier to maintain!

I had to vote for all of them..lol
Rusty

tubs/homemad rack

BIG OL' home made custom wooden enclosures. me and my dad made 'em

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Originally Posted by daniel1983

I moved this to general herp...since so many of us keep more than bps and the question is kinda general :)

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oooooh well in that case i AM using all but the wood enclosure. :)

• plastic tubs for bps and leachie
• homemade rack for bps and cresteds
• glass enclosure for anoles and red eyed tree frogs
• manufactured rack for bps
• manufactured single enclosure (screen/acrylic/pvc cages) for cresteds and chahoua
• other (kritter keepers) for cresteds and gargoyes

:D

how do you make a RACK:hmm: . i really want to but i cant for the life of me . advice is wanted :headbang:

I've got one glass tank...with one bp in it. (This is the tank I raised my first snake in). I have one ball room boaphile rack full of balls. The rest of the pythons all live in plastic tubs...and in the case of the black blood, it's one really BIG tub :D

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Originally Posted by snunior

how do you make a RACK:hmm: . i really want to but i cant for the life of me . advice is wanted :headbang:

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Maybe someone with rack making experience*cough*Daniel*cough* might be kind enough to publish their plans so everyone can download :D

whats an "other"? i noticed someone voted for it

Well, I voted for Glass Aquarium, AND, even though I don't have it yet, but have paid for it and owned it for a little over a month now, I voted Manufactured Rack..... someday, I hope to SEE it too!

Homemade racks and tanks do it for me.

~Jim

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Originally Posted by alexrls

whats an "other"? i noticed someone voted for it

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I voted for "Other" as I think I have used every possible creation under the sun to house an animal, even temporarily.
Rusty

As a side-note to this post, I just talked to Jeff @ Boaphile, and it's on the truck on the way here right now, should get it tomorrow according to the FedEx site. Ok, now I'm getting giddy. :)

making a homemade rack is not hard...just think of it as building a shelfing unit or book case even. You need 2 sides, a back, and some shelves. You'll need to space out the shelves according to your tub preference and support the shelves inbetween the two sides...doesn't have to be fancey :P

I've got my BP housed in a really well made wooden enclosure. I'll post some pics somewhere, but I want to get some with Olaf walking (I taught him how to walk so he wouldn't need to slither as often) around in his palace.

Yes daniel please post your rack set up plans. i really like your rack

ha ha....i dont really have any plans....i just kinda bought some wood, tubs, and heating equipment and put it together.....it is not a complicated design....right now, i can upload some more pictures so that you can see how it is put together a little better...this week is finals week so that is all i can do for now...i have an exam tomorrow morning at 8 am ;)

I just uploaded two pics to the photos/enclosure section of my site.....it gives the idea of what i did...if you can wait until this weekend...i can take some measurements...

here is a link: http://www.danielhillreptiles.com/picenclosures.htm

Looks quite easy. I may make something similar but with the heat tape on the back...i must think

snunior, not to get off topic but you may want to reconsider using flexwatt from the back. In another topic I talked about setting up my first homemade rack with "back heat". It just didn't do it for ambient tub temps...I have since changed to belly heat for each shelf in the rack and its MUCH better for stable temps without having to crank the tstat on the flexwatt.

Currently I have Mr. Bojangles housed in a screen-topped glass aquarium, but will transfer him over to a Sterilite enclosure later on this week thanks to some helpful advice and input from various users here. It should be much easier to control the climate this way, and on the bright side, I can use the aquarium to get some frogs or geckos that I've been wanting for a while :D

I'm sure that my room will be full of tanks within the next few months - raising these little buggers is quite addicting and fun! I'd really like to get into breeding eventually.

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Currently I have Mr. Bojangles housed in a screen-topped glass aquarium, but will transfer him over to a Sterilite enclosure later on this week thanks to some helpful advice and input from various users here. It should be much easier to control the climate this way, and on the bright side, I can use the aquarium to get some frogs or geckos that I've been wanting for a while

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Good choice.

I house six boas in a rack setup that I just finished and I house two beards in their own 29g tall and I also house three cresties in a 55g octagon. I also keep two balls in their own 20g longs.

~Jim

Hey daniel i am wondering what king of tubs you use....
I have someone that i asm making the rack with and i need the size tub.
-Jesse

i have one kreature keeper rack,and one jason jungle rack and one i built as a copy to jasons rack.

I have a massive plastic tub for Kozma, a 35 gallon aquarium for Hades, a plastic tub for Icelos, a 30 gallon aquarium for Kota, and another plastic tub for Chimera but I have to buy him the size Kozma is using because he's getting too fat :)

I have an Animal Plastics T-3. I love it!

i just switched to an AP something or other

can i change my vote?

Ophelia's in a 40-breeder, the new guy is in a 20 gallon long and Ody is in a 15 gallon.

And...when I save up the money for a rack system, they'll all be moved into a rack.

oppppppppps

I have a 3 x 2 x 1 wood and plexi-glass cage custom built by my uncle.

Animal Plastics T-11 Before that 20gal L glass

I save the plastic tubs for Christmas decorations and storage.

Moved to the caging forum..this is about caging.

all mine are in glass.
ball python. 40 gallon long
7ft female boa 100 gallon 4x2x1.5
5ft female boa 4x1.5x1.5 60 gallon
10 fr male boa 4ftx2x2. 120 gallon

I've upgraded everyone to sterilite 1986's 40q's.Except my Dumeral boa she's in a 75 gallon aquarium , she might stay there cause of potential size.

I use both tubs and a custom 4' by 2' corian cage

Glass.

All of my animals are kept in glass enclosures, but I would much rather have a rack, which I plan on investing in ASAP.

i house my ackie in a 20gal aquarium, soon to be a huge 5 foot long x 1.5 foot wide x 2 foot high aquarium that i got as a freebie, and i keep my ball pythons in a homemade rack with CB-70 tubs.

glass tanks. anywhere from 20L - 75 gallons. and a homemade wooden enclosure

I use 10g and 20g castoff aquariums. I like the fact that babies can't fall out and adults can't chew out.

EDIT: LOL; when I posted, I thought this was in the feeders section; I guess this is regarding snakes, not rats! (you know how those baby BPs can chew outta the bars of cages, riight?)

For my snakes, it's all glass aquariums; my BCI has a custom made glass cage w/ doors infront.

Custom rack -
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1985/dsc00871wc7.jpg

Rubbermaid tub with newspaper. Sooo much easier to maintain and clean than the tank I had previously.

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Custom rack -
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1985/dsc00871wc7.jpg

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Wow, thats pretty tight. I like the vine...

As for me, I have 1 tub I use for quarantine, and a 4-high herpenclosure.