Well this is a project I have been working on for a while. I probably will not make any more progress over the next couple of weeks as work has me working out of town.

My wife and I were having trouble finding room for racks in the house. I became a little creative and what started as a small rack system to house 10 ball pythons grew into a full blown breeding center in a very small and normally unused area.

Here is the area I had to work with when it began.




And this is where it sits now!


The incubator can be slid in and out if maintenance is needed and will end up wired to 3 rancos. The 6 tubs on the left are CB-70 type while the 4 on the left are the sweater box size. The frame above is for a table top and on the back of the table top will be 3 rows of 4 shoe box tubs for a total of 12. I ran all new electric and the incubator will be on a designated circuit while the rest is run on another designated circuit. Right above the little shelf designed to hold 2 Herpstat Pros will go a hidden shelf that will hold a humidifier to keep humidity up in the area. Under the base of the stairs an 80 Watt radiant heater and small fan slowly moving air hooked to another Ranco will be installed and all the large openings will be closed off with some kind of nice wood finish. This should help maintain a nice 80 degree air temp in the area of all the larger tubs, but enough gaps should exist to keep the air fresh. The CB-70 type tubs have 2 strips of 4" flex watt along the bottom rear of each surrounded in thin Aluminum. The sweater boxes will have one strip of 11" flex watt under the rear of each. The shoe boxes will get a strip of 4" under the rear of them. The incubator itself can hold 9 shoe boxes also for incubating.

I know it is a long way from complete and a few other changes may take place before it is done, but what do people think?