Thoughts and ideas for "Snake Room"........

[monk90222]

I bought a light switch at home depot for $15 which I can digitally program light cycles and turn on and off anytime I want. Its a direct replacement of your normal light switch in the room.

I have one of those and it never worked correctly, so I just installed flourescents with their own timers.

[Ginevive]

I think that a utility sink/drain would be a great addition. I hate lugging my tubs into the laundry room for cleaning! A nice table/work space would be great too, for weighing snakes, thawing feeders.. that sort of thing. Besides the obvious things like racks for what you have and what you plan on having. I believe that you can never have enough racks!

[vinnimac]

Thank you for all the replies, and ideas, some of which I think are really good and will more than likely be used. I never heard of the timer light switch, but I love the idea. I had figured on putting a utility or some other deep sink with counter room in there for washings, bowl filling, etc... I will need some water supply for a room humidifier anyway, right? In my dream room I would use electric floor heat and one of those poured floors for even heat distibution, it's own heater with humidity control, lots of flourescent lights, outlets every 4 feet, and lots of racks. I will need to leave some room for the burm, and boa enclosures. Don't see any sense in putting them in any other room, what with the controlled environment and all, right?

[Adam_Wysocki]

Things that are important to me in a snake room ... good one! ... everyone has great suggestions so far, and some of these might be duplicates ...

1. Lots of power ... outlets every couple feet and a dedicated breaker or two.

2. Everything on wheels! ... This is one of my must haves ... I'm a nut about clean floors and wheels is the only way to go ... racks, trash can, work cart ... everything!

3. Double basin deep sink with as large of a drain board as possible ... absolute heaven in any snake room.

4. Storage cabinet for all of your cleaning products, green scrub pads, tongs, hooks, etc ... if at all possible, a hanging wall cabinet is best as it won't take up floor space that can used for snake racks.

5. Some type of exhaust system or way of allowing fresh air into the room ... it's nice to be able to ventilate "big stinks" out quickly.

6. Great lighting ... the best florescents that you can afford will make picture taking a whole lot easier.

That's all that I can think of off the top of my head, but if I come up with any more, I'll post them up.

Good luck!

-adam

[Colin Vestrand]

one additional thing is a timered light switch for the flourescents.. makes cycling so much easier!

*edit, okay now i see this was mentioned...

[FIREball]

Whats everyones preferences as far as flooring?

Laminated wood floor? Tile?

[MarkS]

Lots of outlets,

A nice size sink with a good quality sprayer hose. (like they have in restaurants, not like you have in your kitchen).

High gloss white enamel paint on the walls (easier to wash).

Ceramic tile floor (easier to wash).

I also like those wire drying racks on wheels too, think of anything that would make it easier to clean.

Lots of lighting.

I've also got an exhaust fan on a timer thats been nice to have, keeps the air smelling fresh.

Lots of storage.

[monk90222]

I have a carpet, easy to clean up with a vaccum....but terrible for water spills....I would go tile all the way...racks on wheels slide better...

[FIREball]

I have a carpet, easy to clean up with a vaccum....but terrible for water spills....I would go tile all the way...racks on wheels slide better...

Just thinking of the wheels when they hit the grout, a little bumpy. Thats why I was thinking the laminated wood floor.

[Colin Vestrand]

i have the really tough, thin indoor/outdoor carpet. mainly because it's somewhere in between the two. i havent regretted it yet.