show me your set up!

[Trackstrong83]

Ohhhhh Kay Aaron so what I threw in some greenery and a branch Lol

[BPnewguy]

I am working on this setup. It is made out of wood, but sealed very good. I have had a lot of help from The Serphant Merchant or I would have made it this far! There is lighting in the top, and the bottom has tempered glass for the UTH. I have sealed the wood underneath the glass (just in case pee gets past the glass and the door sealer I set the glass on.) I just put the doors on tonight, which have tempered glass on them also. I will be using two locks on the sides of each of the doors. Which work well on my other setup.

[satomi325]

I have to respectfully disagree with Mike.
I would think for classroom animals, people would prefer to display them.
I know when I was in high school, I appreciated looking at a nice classroom display enclosure. Tubs don't really allow that.

I use a rack. And while it is very practical and easy to maintain, it's not as visually pleasing as an animal plastic's cage and what not.

However, balls don't really display well anyway. They like to stay hidden.

To the OP, if you plan on a nice display animal, I suggest a Green Tree Python. They are gorgeous and will sit out proudly for all to gaze upon.



This is my rack:
(The door stays open unless I have guests over or my ferrets are out and about)

[mattchibi]

I think ultimately it really depends what your end goal is. If you are using the classroom to keep the snakes because you cant keep them at home, and if you think of the snakes as your own pets and want to give them the best possible quality of life, then I would go for the rack setup definitely. The reptiles basics PVC rack that someone posted earlier is a great option. The reason I say rack is better is because its much easier to keep the temps and humidity consistent, and it will allow for you to check on them less times in a day, especially because they are at school (not at home where you could check on them more frequently) and because they are in a room in which you cannot control the temps. The rack system will still allow you to use the snakes in your lessons and is probably more economical in the long run. Also, tubs are 100x easier to clean than anything else.

If your end goal is to have the snakes available mainly for the students' learning purposes, then having an enclosure with a nice display would be great. I find the big PVC cages to be a little too expensive for my taste and too big as well. But if money and space isnt an issue, then those are probably your best bet.

Edit: heres my setup by the way. Hatchling rack on the left, and 20 gal glass tank on the right. Eventually they will all be in tubs/racks as soon as I save up enough.

[ReptilesK2]

My reptile room, it has changed a bit.. they all have name tags now also lol.

[satomi325]

The reason I say rack is better is because its much easier to keep the temps and humidity consistent, and it will allow for you to check on them less times in a day, especially because they are at school and because they are in a room in which you cannot control the temps.

While racks are great for humidity, they're only easy to maintain rack temps if the classroom temp is consistent. I find that classrooms fluctuate a lot. Especially at night and throughout different times of the year. You would have to change the thermostat settings constantly to regulate the correct temps. And that's only for the hot spot too. It doesn't really affect air temp unless the tubs are small. So a pvc cage or something similar would work much better for maintaining the temperature of a classroom.

[The Serpent Merchant]

While racks are great for humidity, they're only easy to maintain rack temps if the classroom temp is consistent. I find that classrooms fluctuate a lot. Especially at night and throughout different times of the year. You would have to change the thermostat settings constantly to regulate the correct temps. And that's only for the hot spot too. It doesn't really affect air temp unless the tubs are small. So a pvc cage or something similar would work much better for maintaining the temperature of a classroom.

x2 at least down here in Florida at my high school they didn't run the AC On the weekends (me being in marching band found that out the hard way 95+ degrees outside for 6-9 hours a day in the sun then coming inside to a super heated band room really sucks!) But during the week the school was kept in the mid 70's. This temperature swing would cause issues with a rack, even a super insulated PVC cage like what I use with a good thermostat would be pushings its limits.

[Natassja]

I am working on this setup. It is made out of wood, but sealed very good. I have had a lot of help from The Serphant Merchant or I would have made it this far! There is lighting in the top, and the bottom has tempered glass for the UTH. I have sealed the wood underneath the glass (just in case pee gets past the glass and the door sealer I set the glass on.) I just put the doors on tonight, which have tempered glass on them also. I will be using two locks on the sides of each of the doors. Which work well on my other setup.

This is great! Is this "Granite-effect"Spray or something? Looks good

[BPnewguy]

Yes it is. It is a textured spray.

[Cameron Lamb Exotics]

I think it depends on how much room you have in the classroom. Racks are easily more space efficient however cages are more asthetically pleasing. So if you have the room I would go with cages, if not racks. Only because it is a classroom and they will be seen.