My Snakeroom (Updated!)

Everyone seemed to love my set up last time I made a thread showing all my racks and supplies, so, update time!

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New supply rack.
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Two essential books for me.
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"The Big Book" is my collection of important documents and lists relating to my ball pythons, and also old record cards and pictures go in there too. The vet book is something I ordered online and it’s got information on veterinary care about every animal commonly kept in the pet trade that is NOT a cat or a dog, aka an exotic.

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Here’s a shoebox full of extra aspen if I happen to take a large amount out of any given enclosure when spot cleaning. Also a box of vinyl gloves for said spot cleaning, and that little black box is obviously my snakeroom flight data recorder…what? Don’t you have one of those? Ok, ok, it’s full of blank record cards…

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Here are a few nice pictures and some lovely thermostats.

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Here’s my rack building tool bag! It’s got every conceivable tool I’ve ever needed since I started this hobby, and trust me; it’s a butt load of tools!

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A record card shot.

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The last remaining tank dweller (The temp is a little low because I just opened the window right above the tank to get some fresh air in there).

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Spare tank on the other side of the room for any emergency new snakes, rescues and what not (yes I see how high the temp is! Don’t worry nobody’s home!)

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My bedroom wall, gotta love those reptile magazine centrefolds! (Disclaimer: Reptiles Magazine does not share the views and opinions of Peter Williams. Reptiles Magazine is in no way affiliated with Peter Williams. LOL!)

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This is just something I made for fun the other day to fool some friends whenever they come to see the collection. In a situation were this was questioned, I would never attempt to pass this off as a legitimate document, it is for entertainment purposes only. Now I just need two people to fake sign it!)

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Same old same old goin’ on with the rats.

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However, something new is this big 75 gal tank which I empty weaners from the tubs into every week when I’m cleaning.

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Close up of my giant food hopper in there.

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Some cute little hairless rats I’m raising up.

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Gosh darn it! The big bowl is supposed to prevent them from climbing up top!

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My freezer’s getting fuuuuull!

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And that’s everything new I’ve got to show you guys! I just hope I don’t get flamed for that fake document!

Nice setup. Very clean. I wish mine looked like that. :weirdface

I also like the hairless rats. Their cute, well for rats. :rofl:

So wheres the pics of all the snakes?

sweet calander...I mean...:8:...collection and setup ;):D

that was awesome!!! I LOVE YOUR SETUP!!! talk about green with envy, well done!! awesome.. as for that fake document tisk tisk! :colbert:

Very organized! I would have liked to see what was inside some of those tubs though... ;)

alrighty, you guys asked for it!

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Yeah yeah I know, nothing impressive, but for now the bulk of my collection is normal females. A few of those pics are hets for various things as well. The last 6 or so pictures are some 08 CH females I'm raising up.

But you guys just wait, come september, I'm getting a bumblebee from Mark Mandic. My first BIG purchase. Your computers will pretty much explode from all the pictures I'll be putting up.

very clean! Excellent job!

Wow, if you lived closer, I would hire you to help out with my stuff. Looks great!

That is a BEAUTIFUL snake room. WELL done!!!! this gives me an idea.

very nice, clean and organized.:gj::gj::gj:

GTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:banana::banana::banana:

very nice i like the way you lock the racks

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Originally Posted by nootcakes

very nice i like the way you lock the racks

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Straight from the best, Ralph Davis.

Are the rack locks difficult to remove to get into the tubs?

I seriously am taking this setup to heart and hoping that one day I can have something as nice as that!

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Are the rack locks difficult to remove to get into the tubs?

I seriously am taking this setup to heart and hoping that one day I can have something as nice as that!

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It's not a lock per say, just prevents them from pushing the tubs out, I don't remember the video were Ralph explains it but I'll find out were it shows him removing one, and its the exact same way I remove them.

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Right at the end of the video, 9:41. Not the greatest example but it should give you an idea.

What a great set up!

set up keeps getting better and better. really liking how it looks. thanx for sharing. question.. did you make those racks or are they purchased from....?

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Originally Posted by Ladydragon

set up keeps getting better and better. really liking how it looks. thanx for sharing. question.. did you make those racks or are they purchased from....?

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All home build except for the little one on the far right, that one was build by Chris (Uncle Festae). You should have guessed from my massive rack building toolbag.:P

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

You should have guessed from my massive rack building toolbag.:P

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lol you would think so :rolleye2: actually I was just double checking because they do look very professionally built.

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lol you would think so :rolleye2: actually I was just double checking because they do look very professionally built.

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Thank you!!!!

WOW what a great set up there has been some time and dedication gone into that.

Even your rats look happy and all lovely and clean.

Sweeet stuff! :D I really like your cylinder feeder idea... I've been debating on setting up a 55 as a "grow up" tank... again, excellent set up! :gj:

Seriously can you get organized and do something about all that clutter already! ;)

Very Nice set-up :gj:

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sweet calander...I mean...:8:...collection and setup ;):D

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:Di agree with every thing:D

Thats a amazing setup!!! Could you post some pics on how you built the bigger racks,, please please :gj::please::please:

That's really impressive. especially since they're all home made.
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You've got mad skills

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Thats a amazing setup!!! Could you post some pics on how you built the bigger racks,, please please :gj::please::please:

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I don't have any really on my computer anymore, but sometime before 2009, I'll be building about 5 more of those babies, so I'll make a thread chronicling the building process just for you buddy!

I really appreciate what all you guys said! Just makes me wanna keep going with this hobby that much more! But I can't take all the credit for this. Basically my whole set up wouldn't be at what it is today without my good friend Chris, or as some of you know him "Uncle Festae". Way back when all I had was one little pet ball python, Chris took me under his wing so to speak, and now I've gotten to this over 2 years. Everything I do it wouldn't have been the same without him, Thanks Chris!

I love the rack building bag... that is a really great idea.

I need to build a few of those tall racks for the adults, very nice.

Great thread Peter.

Bruce

Sweet setups! Hey, you can never have too many normal girls IMO. I like your locking bars on your snake racks. And that rat food hopper.. I am going to have to steal your design! ;)

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I don't have any really on my computer anymore, but sometime before 2009, I'll be building about 5 more of those babies, so I'll make a thread chronicling the building process just for you buddy!

I really appreciate what all you guys said! Just makes me wanna keep going with this hobby that much more! But I can't take all the credit for this. Basically my whole set up wouldn't be at what it is today without my good friend Chris, or as some of you know him "Uncle Festae". Way back when all I had was one little pet ball python, Chris took me under his wing so to speak, and now I've gotten to this over 2 years. Everything I do it wouldn't have been the same without him, Thanks Chris!

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Thankx man that would be great. I have 3 racks but they are all purchased and i want to build my own around the size that you have. thankx again :gj::gj::banana::banana:

Hi, I was planning on building myself a snake rack, but after seeing yours, I modified my plans. Hope you don't mind. It maximized the tubs that I could fit in. And minimized the waste cuttoffs that I would have had. It's a great design. This was my first attempt at working with melamine/chipboard.

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And here is one with my one friend who helped build it

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I went a bit overboard with putting screws in the side.:D
But it made it really sturdy.

looks great. nice job :gj:

This is how I cut it if anyone is interested.
I got 4 melamine boards and cut them as follows.
Didn't stick exactly to the plan...
But that's the same measurements...Everything is in mm.

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Oh, I cut the cross pieces at 360mm instead of 350mm, so there was only a tiny bit of wastage from those two boards. But still cut the long piece at 1300.