Best stand/cabinet for Animal Plastics T10

I'm going to be ordering a T10 for my male BCI in the next few months and I was wondering if I should order the AP stand that comes with it or if there is a different stand that would work better. Something with cabinets would be good to store snake supplies. I feel like the stand that AP offers wouldn't be tall enough. I only have one snake so I won't be stacking enclosures or anything. Does anyone have pics of their T10's on the AP stand or a different stand?

This is what I'm using. 4x2 melamine on file cabinets.
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Originally Posted by svtvenom

I'm going to be ordering a T10 for my male BCI in the next few months and I was wondering if I should order the AP stand that comes with it or if there is a different stand that would work better. Something with cabinets would be good to store snake supplies. I feel like the stand that AP offers wouldn't be tall enough. I only have one snake so I won't be stacking enclosures or anything. Does anyone have pics of their T10's on the AP stand or a different stand?

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AP stand is a waste as far as I'm concerned. Its 8" high with no storage. I built one with smooth oak Plywood and about five 2x4's, black Spray paint and a handle for about $60. It's 22"H X 24"D X 48"W and I can store tons of my cleaning supplies, scales, hooks etc...

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Originally Posted by svtvenom

I'm going to be ordering a T10 for my male BCI in the next few months and I was wondering if I should order the AP stand that comes with it or if there is a different stand that would work better. Something with cabinets would be good to store snake supplies. I feel like the stand that AP offers wouldn't be tall enough. I only have one snake so I won't be stacking enclosures or anything. Does anyone have pics of their T10's on the AP stand or a different stand?

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Won't be stacking enclosures!

Ha!

We all said that!

Now I have 5 tanks high!

This is a great post! I am wondering the same thing. I need a stand for my T10 as well.

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Won't be stacking enclosures!

Ha!

We all said that!

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This man is not wrong

LMAO - I remember saying I'll only need 1 enclosure....just 4 months ago.....here's what I have now and I'm picking up a T8 next week and a T25 in 2 weeks....I got lucky on Craigslist with this cabinet....the rolling stand I made with 1" black pipe, some 2" x 6" and casters I bought online.

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If you have some mild carpentry skills you can make your own stand, it's what I would recommend. :cool:

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Check your local Craigslist for TV Stands / Entertainment Centers... I found plenty, cheap, but needed to paint the one I decided on. It's nice to have a shelf for a Herpstat and some storage cabinets.

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I bought this table from Walmart for I believe $70 bucks. Looks good and works great for what I need; Then I bought the wicker storage thingy for supplies.


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These are all great ideas! I would love to see more pics of what people are using for stands. Keep em coming! :D

I definitely decided against the AP stand after seeing these pics. I feel like I would get it if I was stacking multiple enclosures.

I content with my one snake at the moment but that may change when I visit my next reptile expo haha!

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I use the AP stand but i also have pretty tall stacks. I just use one of those plastic folding tables for my extra T8 and T10. If you are only using 1 cage, then skip the AP stand but if you are stacking lors of cages, a taller stand will limit how high you cans stack cages. Also, if you are stacking 6 foot cages, your options get smaller unless you build. The 6 foot cages get kind of heavy.
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Should I put anything between the cage and the cabinet/stand that I'll get? I ordered their bellyheat and I'll be using a RHP.

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Should I put anything between the cage and the cabinet/stand that I'll get? I ordered their bellyheat and I'll be using a RHP.

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Take it for what it's worth but here's some advice I received when ordering my RHP....

You may want to consider adding a piece of foil faced insulation under the cage to reduce your electricity costs. Even if the cage is not directly on the floor, due to the physics of heat loss, you will still have appreciable losses from the cage bottom to your floor. "The greater the difference between the temperatures of the surfaces, the greater the rate of heat transfer from the warmer surface to the cooler one, even if not touching." Concrete has very little "R" value, so you are losing quite a bit of energy through it, even when covered with a finished floor. If you place a piece of high density insulation that has aluminum foil installed on the surface directly under the cage, it will significantly reduce this loss, resulting in warmer cage floors and less electricity required to heat the cage. This type of insulation can be found at almost all home centers or insulation suppliers. I recommend at least a thickness of 1". This is an inexpensive investment that will pay for itself many times over.

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I use the AP stand but i also have pretty tall stacks. I just use one of those plastic folding tables for my extra T8 and T10. If you are only using 1 cage, then skip the AP stand but if you are stacking lors of cages, a taller stand will limit how high you cans stack cages. Also, if you are stacking 6 foot cages, your options get smaller unless you build. The 6 foot cages get kind of heavy.
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Those look real nice ..


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Wow, pat yourself on the back for the nice work! That's just awesome looking. I'm just curious how difficult that might be to clean and keep up with?

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Wow, pat yourself on the back for the nice work! That's just awesome looking. I'm just curious how difficult that might be to clean and keep up with?

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Shouldn't be too bad. It will be fully bioactive. Hopefully the bugs will help out a bit.

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That's a beautiful cage! I could never manage to put something like that together lol.

We’re using a desk from Ikea that fits the T-10 perfectly. Plus since their stuff is so modular, you can add on additional storage, drawers and stuff as needed. I believe it’s from their STUVA collection. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...526708f064.jpg


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Originally Posted by svtvenom

That's a beautiful cage! I could never manage to put something like that together lol.

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Sure you could. It just takes a bit of time.

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