Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
This is a good read on how to quarantine a new addition:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...antine-process

As I think you have discovered, adding a second ball python is just a stepping stone to adding six ball pythons. Tanks are really not the way to proceed from here, no matter how much you like looking at them.

Multiple tanks lead to multiple problems for space, cleaning, and husbandry. I really urge you to look at something like this:

http://www.reptilebasics.com/iris-sw...y-or-back-heat

Once you go rack, you'll never go back!

And, as an added bonus, a rack is not nearly so conspicuous as a bunch of 20 gallon longs in your living room. Your landlord will be none the wiser
Thanks for the links!

I know, I just...can I admit that I am extremely paranoid about racks and possible fire danger? I know people use them every day, but I'm a worrier and I just feel like I would be constantly on edge about it. Not that it's any more dangerous by itself than using heat lamps and such, I guess it's because I feel like something could go wrong with it and it might be hard to detect.

I don't know, is there any sort of fire suppression system or anything like that that would give me peace of mind? If it wasn't for this I'd probably already have more BPs...