Display rack idea... Feasibility? Suggestions?

I like about 5 inch tall tubs ... 7 inches can work, but IME 5 is better ... better feeding, better breeding, etc ... They just seem overall to physically do much better in low ceiling boxes.

At 10 inches tall you won't see much anyway ... and it sounds like tubs that you can remove from the rack and carry to the sink if you need to would be easier to clean.

-adam

That's what I use right now, Sterilite 1960 tubs. They just seem like they're not big enough for 2-3 of my adults??? When Java is laying in a pile, he takes up half the tub. :O

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

That's what I use right now, Sterilite 1960 tubs. They just seem like they're not big enough for 2-3 of my adults??? When Java is laying in a pile, he takes up half the tub. :O

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I'm not sure what a 1960 is, but I've got 4000+ gram girls in CB-70s and they do very well in them.

-adam

1960 tubs measure 34.5" long x 16" wide x 6" high. Most of mine are comfortable in there, but I feel bad because the big guys are scrunched and can't stretch out...or does that not matter?

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

1960 tubs measure 34.5" long x 16" wide x 6" high. Most of mine are comfortable in there, but I feel bad because the big guys are scrunched and can't stretch out...or does that not matter?

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I don't think that it matters if they can stretch out. I'm pretty sure there's not a lot of "leg room" in the termite mounds and burrows that they spend the bulk of their time in, in the wild. :)

I read that they live in rodent burrows and termite mounds (like you mentioned) and rarely ever leave or move unless they have to do one of 3 things: eat, shed, or mate...true? If so, then I'm not as worried about the space. If they're more comfortable laying around in a little area, then I'll leave them be and just build a regular rack.

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

I read that they live in rodent burrows and termite mounds (like you mentioned) and rarely ever leave or move unless they have to do one of 3 things: eat, shed, or mate...true? If so, then I'm not as worried about the space. If they're more comfortable laying around in a little area, then I'll leave them be and just build a regular rack.

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You have to ask yourself at some point ... are the tens of thousands of ball pythons that are living in regular racks inside of breeding facilities all over the world, eating and reproducing because they aren't content living like that? Do what the pros do ... they feed their families with money made from breeding ball pythons ... if there was a way to house them that made the snakes more content and more productive, they would use it. ;) :sweeet:

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

You have to ask yourself at some point ... are the tens of thousands of ball pythons that are living in regular racks inside of breeding facilities all over the world, eating and reproducing because they aren't content living like that? Do what the pros do ... they feed their families with money made from breeding ball pythons ... if there was a way to house them that made the snakes more content and more productive, they would use it. ;) :sweeet:

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Well said! Instead of just 'house' at the end, you could probably use a number of husbandry factors that would ring true. I think I'll just copy that and paste it to all of the noobs that rant about live vs. F/T, glass aquariums vs. "plastic boxes", multiple snakes, substrate, feeding in seperate enlcosures, etc. :rockon: :D