My husband may kill me! Lol

I've had both. When it came to work it was tubs all the way. It's cheaper, easier and more efficient.

However whenever it came to the home. Ive always loved tanks. When set up well they can offer most of the security of a tub, at the expense of a lot of extra work. Funnily enough though. I've always loved the work associated with the tanks haha.

if I was breeding, I'd be silly not to go with a tub and rack system. But for pets.... Hard to go past a nicely displayed tank (that's been done well with the animal in mind of course)

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Originally Posted by CptJack

t well. The one in a tub is probably the better eater, but the girl in a tank is more active. Not in a stressy way, but if I walk into the room he comes out to see what's going on

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I am STILL calling my younger male snake 'she' and 'her' - they're both boys, but apparently that one's just going to always going to get some mixed up pronouns.

ANYWAY, my ultimate plan for when Atlas outgrows the tank, is to toss the 10 gallon the baby CalKing is in, and move him over into the bigger tank and turn it into a display tank of some sort. I really would love more tanks, but I don't have enough surfaces in the house for them to be safe on with the dogs, and the weight is hard for me to handle for cleaning. I know I couldn't manage a bigger one.

But they're still *danged* pretty.

(And if the CalKing outgrows the bigger tank, um. He can get a tub and I'll look into getting a puget sound garter that I KNOW won't outgrow that tank :P)

The thing that keeps my husband from killing me is that then who would take care of the snakes? :D

But comparing my little collection of 9 balls to our two senior dogs......well, neither dog cost any money up front, but now with their food, supplements, meds, vet bills, poop bags, sitter every time we go away, treats, toys, beds, stairs to OUR bed, etc. etc......holy moly. It offsets the purchase price of the snakes pretty quick, and racks/rats/t-stats/UTHs.

Plus, my fave rationalization: once I'm heating the spare bedroom 24/7 for one snake, the energy cost per snake goes down each time I add one! I'm practically making money! (that'll be the day)

OP, enjoy your snakes. Bet your hubby has an expensive hobby too.

Yeah he does.....just bought himself a nice set of golf clubs! Lol. And I LOVE your rationale!