Good Starter Rack?

I'm wondering what a good starter rack would be? How many bins and of what size should I go with? I'm planning on getting a breeding age female this year, as well as getting 3 hatchling females to the female I've already got. I'll then get one or two males, possibly a breeder this year. So with that in mind what would be a good rack to go with? I like the way the boaphile ones look, but some people seem to not like them. I also like the Animal Plastics ones but there are so many configurations. What should I should for as far as #adult size bins vs #hatchling size? Any information would be appreciated.

I would go with the Animal plastics CB-70 7 shelf rack

Do those racks allow you to switch between the show box size to the blanket box size?


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There are racks that have the ability to switch from hatchling to juvi by switching tubs. Boaphile makes one like that. Adult size racks are usually their own thing.

No, if you want that option go with the AP IRIS 375 rack

I would go with the animal plastic rack that holds sterilite 32 and 15 quarts tubs for now, it will allow you to keep hatchlings and adults.

Than when you really have large females over 2000 grams a rack with 41 quarts tubs will work great for those and the males will be able to be kept in 32 quarts tubs.

I kept and bred my animals in 32 quarts tubs for several years before transitioning my really large females to something bigger.

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I would go with the animal plastic rack that holds sterilite 32 and 15 quarts tubs for now, it will allow you to keep hatchlings and adults.

Than when you really have large females over 2000 grams a rack with 41 quarts tubs will work great for those and the males will be able to be kept in 32 quarts tubs.

I kept and bred my animals in 32 quarts tubs for several years before transitioning my really large females to something bigger.

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Do you know which rack that is?


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Do you know which rack that is?


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It's the IRIS 375 or the sterilite 1753 either will work

Id go with vision racks. The vision is so versatile. Plus the v18 tubs are so awesome. They are good for hatchlings up to like 500 grams. I have some visuons and love em. One of my vision racks has v18 tubs and cb70 in it. Uou can change em around and switch things up. Great product

I have two animal plastics racks and like them a lot. Affordable price and work well. I have one economy rack and one CB70 with dual side radiant heat. Before you get your rack, consider the ambient temps in your snake room. Don't get an open rack if you have cooler room temps. I made that mistake by getting the open rack. My husband had to insulate it for me, and I had to invest in a heater for the room. My CB70 with the dual radiant heat could maintain it's temps no problem.

No such thing as a starter rack. It really depends on the size of your collection, the size of the tubs you want to house in and how much $ you want to drop.

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Sterilite 1753 in both the economy and the regular line.

While sterilite changes their tubs every so often they are still easier to find locally compare to iris tubs.

those racks are sturdy, and keep heat very well.

If your room is heated and stays around 76 degrees you can use the economy line if not I recommend the regular line.

I have had several racks home-made, vision and Animal Plastics and animal plastics are hands down my favorite, so much so that I am in the process of replacing all my racks with AP racks.

I'll go with RBI 32 qt rack with dividers... my both Adults BP are comfy there (1250 and 1275g)
And for smaller Python s u use dividers and You double Your space in rack without dealing with different size of tubs...
For how dividers look and works check ooy this tread:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...light=dividers

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I'll go with RBI 32 qt rack with dividers

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The only problem Reptile Basics is no longer manufacturing racks as of last month ;)

I use to think this was such a great forum!!!
The guy asks a question and none of you can truthfully answer the question!?!?!?!?!

I will be honest and blunt with you:
IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT RACK YOU GET...................................
You will need to buy more than one because you cannot own just one rack worth of snakes.;)
You will need 41q for big females, 28/32q for male, sub adults and 15q for the little ones, and a spare rack for any unplanned buys too. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Doesnt matter how much you plan, you will always need "just one more rack".

Love you guy but its the truth.:D

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

I use to think this was such a great forum!!!
The guy asks a question and none of you can truthfully answer the question!?!?!?!?!

I will be honest and blunt with you:
IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT RACK YOU GET...................................
You will need to buy more than one because you cannot own just one rack worth of snakes.;)
You will need 41q for big females, 28/32q for male, sub adults and 15q for the little ones, and a spare rack for any unplanned buys too. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Doesnt matter how much you plan, you will always need "just one more rack".

Love you guy but its the truth.:D

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But his question was what is a good STARTER rack... as in what rack is good to get now and I'll get more later as needed.

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The only problem Reptile Basics is no longer manufacturing racks as of last month ;)

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They are actually back in the rack business but I'm not a big fan of their racks anyway

What is the break down for Hatchling, Juvi, adult, LG female as far as weight? I think someone said a Lg Female is a 2000g+ female. At what point to you switch a hatchling out of the 15qt to the 32qt? Also, I haven't seen any options for heating the AP racks except belly heat. I'm assuming this is the 3" flexwatt at the back/bottom of the racks. Is that sufficient heat if the room is in 68°-72° range or will I have to put it in a heated room?

I keep in a 5.5q till about 300g, then they move to 28q till they are around 1200g. After 1200g the females get moved to 41q, I only have one male that is in the 2000g range that is in the 41q too.

This is just the way I am doing things, there is no set in stone and everyone does it a little different.

Hatchlings do alright in a 15qt though right?

AP has dual side radiant heat available on some of their models. This is what I have in my CB70 and it is great. The economy rack I have from AP has belly heat, and it was much more difficult to get the temps I needed. (snakes are in the basement and it is cooler down there). But once it was insulated by hubby and I added a oil filled space heater it is fine, my temps are perfect.

Alright just ordered the AP sterilite 1753, with 7 racks. I decided against the dual side heating and instead went with back heat and belly heat. Hoping the back heat will help keep up ambient and the belly heat will create an optimal hot spot.


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I have boaphile and I love it.

RBI racks are great. My new one arrived this morning and took me about 20 mins to set up since it comes pre- assembled. Plus, Rich is a great guy.

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