I've finally hopped on the bandwagon. I'm typical human - I can have a tendancy resist change. In fact, I successfully resisted the designer ball python fad for over 10 years! And we can see how that went with my current collection of snakes being dominated by bp morphs.

Anyhow, I want to get a rack for the majority of my snakes. This was inspired by the challenges of keeping a glass terrarium at the right humidity and temperature levels here in California, the heavy weight of glass cages (I do not want to move with those things), the challenge of reaching into the larger cages to clean, and this is also inspired by the desire to no longer feel cluttered with cages.

The manufacturer I keep going back to is RBI, but I know there are others I should consider. I'm leaning towards this Iris Sweaterbox Rack 32 qt from RBI with dividers, and the Iris CB-70 Rack. And I'd like to use the Ranco pre-wired thermostat that RBI carries, and get a temp gun. Just not sure which temp gun I should get. I see the $25 ones out there and then RBI sells some $50-100. I'm not sure if I want to stick with my Fluker's thermo/hygrometer, so if you have a suggestion there too, that'd be cool.

Things I desire in a snake rack:
  • efficiency (heat/humidity)
  • low to moderate cost
  • manufacturer that'll be around for me to buy more stackable/compatible racks
  • light weight but durable (probably PVC?)


While I don't have an unlimited budget, I like doing things right the first time, I tend to buy high quality, but not always is the top of the line the best (i.e. an Arai helmet is not superior to a Shoei helmet, its preference... and a Scorpion helmet is tough to beat for quality and features for the price!).

Thanks in advance for sharing! Please post photos if you can!