Quote Originally Posted by Caspian View Post
I've got my rack from them now. A different one thank you are looking at - but same manufacturer. It seems to be solidly built and well put together. The only thing I don't care for about it is that when sliding the tub in, just before it's all the way in the back catches on the groove that holds the heat tape, and getting it over that point frequently sloshes the water in the bowls. Everything fits together well - it came pre-assembled, of course, so it should - and it was very well packaged. I will need to add ventilation holes to the tubs, however, since they hold humidity a little too well, particularly with the water getting sloshed a bit. I got dividers for my tubs until the snakes grow into them, and the dividers fit very securely, though each divider being three separate pieces makes it a bit awkward to get it together after cleaning without things coming apart. Part of the reason for that is that I use un-printed newsprint for substrate, and I have it beneath the divider. Unless you get dividers, that's no concern.

Another small issue is that there's not enough room between the bottom of the tub and the heat tape to put the thermostat probe there without the tub catching and yanking at it constantly, so I ended up putting it to the side of the tub. However, when I DID have it there, I had about a twenty degree disparity between thermostat temperature and tub temperature, and now that I've moved it, I have about a two degree disparity. It's holding heat well, holding humidity well as previously noted, and the tubs are easy to clean other than wrestling with the dividers to put them back together.
Thanks for the review. Did you ever drill the holes? Did it help with the humidity?

Thanks for the update. I just went ahead and ordered an Iris CB-70 rack with a Ranco thermostat. I've had a Ranco on my other cages for some time and really like them. At one point I had all my snakes in racks, but found that I prefer keeping the Colubrids in cages where I can see them when they are out and about (and mine often are). With the BP's, even in cages, they hide in their caves and rarely leave, so I don't feel badly having them in racks.

Since we will now have three rack slots, we also went ahead and picked up another BP. Got a male mojave coming next week.

There's always room for one more!