The facination with Tubs???

[hype1108]

There are many different ways to house your snake. Some people like stackable front entrance enclosures and others like the racks. If you have enough room i would say stacks bc there is more room and you can just look through the front and see everything thats going on in a glance. Racks are a better way to go if you have a ton of snakes and as well not a lot of room. You can go from constructing your own to purchasing online. Its just a matter of time you want to put into a project and what your price range is. Racks can range from 200 on up depending what the size it. With stacks you can use some and then always just keep buying stackable as you purchase or produce more reptiles. I like racks or my hatchlings and then I keep all my breeders in 3*2*2, 4*2*2, on up to 8*2*2. That is what I have found works the best. Its just all in the eye of the beholder. Im with you i like keeping my adults in enclosures rather then tubs.

[Morph Addict]

CB-70 tub is PERFECT! for BPs. Fyi, they like less space, so they feel "sheltered" so I prefer to house my BPs especially in racks. Sometimes people have grand ideas about making a palace for a ball python, but they would rather something much smaller I promise.

[cassandra]

Glass or plastic baby!

I'll take glass, thanks...=D

(Note: photo is from our apartment and before we had Lourdes in situ, but it gives you an idea of how our display cages are organized.)

[Argentra]

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WOW! Those are beautiful display cages! What color stain is that? I want some for the cages I'm building...

Amen to glass! Just takes a bit more work and looks a lot nicer!

[Cam]

FOr all you tub folks...what UTH pad do you use?
I think the Cobra is the only one that says it can be used with plastic...but it gets way too hot.
I suppose that is where a rheoastat comes into play, but then i worry if the rheo fails...
Thanks.

[Gloryhound]

FOr all you tub folks...what UTH pad do you use?
I think the Cobra is the only one that says it can be used with plastic...but it gets way too hot.
I suppose that is where a rheoastat comes into play, but then i worry if the rheo fails...
Thanks.

Flex Watt is what we use as I build racks to keep the tubs in. With Flex Watt I can built a 12" X 11" heat mat for around $5. In our display type enclosure we use Zoo Med type UTH's since they are in the cage and thus are required to be water proof.

Get a Thermostat as the rheostat will require daily tweaking if not more! I have rheostats in a drawer that I can use as an emergency back up.

[Cam]

Flex Watt is what we use as I build racks to keep the tubs in. With Flex Watt I can built a 12" X 11" heat mat for around $5. In our display type enclosure we use Zoo Med type UTH's since they are in the cage and thus are required to be water proof.

Get a Thermostat as the rheostat will require daily tweaking if not more! I have rheostats in a drawer that I can use as an emergency back up.

Great information. Thank you. I was not happy with the rheostat when I tried it, esp here on MN where the temps are fluctuating so much lately...even within the house.
I am going to try to find an IRIS distributor around here....
Thanks.