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Kingofspades
at Fri Apr 21 00:08:24 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Kingofspades ]
To be honest, Sterilite boxes (available at walmart) are GREAT!
They maintain humidity and temps really well.
I just put my snakes in Sterilites, and Eve shed in a solid piece for the first time since I have had her.
You can use standard heating pads with them, or get some heat tape and a thermostat.
Look around...prices vary.
From what I have read, Ranco and Helix are some of the best. It's worth it to spend the extra too, to insure your snakes don't cook.
I built a rack out of a plastic rack at Home Depot. It was on sale for $30. All you need is the rack and a hack saw to cut down the tubs to the tubs height. The rack is like a grate, so you need to leave the tops on.
I've included a pic of the rack.
How you wire the heat is up to you, but that rack can hold all kinds of different sized sterilites.
Go to Walmart, into the gardening section, and get some of those little round frisbee-like trays that are used for under plant pots. Cut or drill a big hole in the top and you have a perfect hide box. Low to the ground, snug, AND the snakes can drag it with them as they decide where they want to be in the cage. They're only like $1.00 each.
The beauty of these snakes is that their setups can be anything from a huge plant filled vivarium to a plastic sweater box with newspaper substrate and a water dish.
The sku for the rack on Homedepot.com is 129632.
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RE: Ball python set-up breakdown - Kingofspades, Fri Apr 21 00:08:24 2006 