Does anyone else prefer tanks to tubs?

[Craiga 01453]

Being older than most folks here, I was old school. I never even thought that there were of any other possibilities than tanks or wood cages.

Tanks worked for me and I didn’t have issues. When I came to this forum and heard about tubs I thought it was major ghetto. Plus what’s the point of of a pet that you don’t see?

My attitude changed when I saw how simple and successful tubs are, especially for BPs. But for ME personally, I could not put a semi arboreal snake like a Boa, Retic, or Carpet in a tub PERManenty. Needless to say, I feel the same for arboreal snakes as well.

Then when I heard about the PVC cages here on the forum I was immediately sold and slowly switched over.

If I was starting all over I would definitely consider tubs, probably as temporary measures. If I was going to have multiple BPs I would look hard at racks as well.

The bottom line, it’s whatever works for you and the proper husbandry of your snakes.

I agree with pretty much all of this^^^^...

When I started out in 1999-2000 all I knew about was tanks or homemade wood enclosures. I thought racks were just temporary and for breeders only.

Fast forward to a few years ago when I got back into the hobby and I went with what I knew...GLASS TANKS.
...and guess what?!?!?....THEY WORK!!

For all the glass bashers out there, my animals are well taken care of, their husbandry is where it needs to be. My snakes eat, have perfect sheds and none show any signs of stress inside the enclosure or out.

That being said, I would love to switch some of my snakes to PVC at some point. My hognose will be in glass forever and my King will be last to switch, if ever. They simply don't require the temps and humidity the others do and their husbandry is already easy. However, my money tree doesn't produce as much "fruit" as some people's does. Therefor, I'll switch when I can. And the main reason would be to make more room for more snakes and have a stackable wall unit of enclosures rather than a bunch of glass all over the place.
My animals are a priority in my life and I have money stashed away for vet bills I hope I never need to use, but I won't touch it for anything that isn't a vet bill.
After this winter's power outage, moving the snakes and losing 3 fish I'm saving for a generator. PVC will be next.

I've never used tubs and doubt I ever will. I would consider a rack system, but only for more BPs or STPs.

Anyway, it really comes down to the species, the keeper and the keepers willingness to do a little extra work if needed. Glass can and DOES work perfectly fine if you just put in the effort. And not all species require any extra effort...