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Posted by: rainbowsrus at Thu Aug 17 09:51:17 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rainbowsrus ]

Just put this together last weekend for pic monday on the BRB forum:

First off is a layout drawing of my snake room. Typical story, I have a limited space and want to put a whole lot in there. So I turned the closet into a nursery for hatchlings and other neonates.
I also worked out a maximum layout of cage stacks and designed/built racks to also maximize use of the room as well.

Don't have a nice wide angle lens so pics aren't the greatest but here goes:

Looking in from the doorway, You can see Boaphile stack #1 to the right, Boaphile stack #2 by (in front of) the window, And my combination workbench and hatchling rack in the middle of the room.

This pic is looking back the other way, from left to right, my two Iris CB110 racks, the side of Boaphile stack 1 and my first oak BRB breeding cage. Also in the foreground is my combination workbench/hatchling rack.

A close-up of the room centerpiece. Has room for 96 hatchlings. Each level individually heated. The rack is made of two sections that are held together with pins and draw catches. Heating is controlled by two Helix DBX 1000's, six levels on each side can be disconnected when not in use. I also made a nice laminated top with a leftover scrap of formica from BRB cage #2.

I'm quite happy with how all my rack projects racks came out but this one is stunning.

The rack shown split apart. Both halves are wired seperately. Had to make it this way so it could be rolled through the door. Overall joined size is 32" x 52" but breaks down into two 16" x 52" sections.

I built these two racks around Iris CB 110 tubs. 10 slots each and each slot individually wired and can be unplugged from the thermostat when not in use.

The CB110's are heated with 11" flexwatt. Each panel is recessed and the thermostat probed panel has a different color cord so I can't mistake which one has to always be connected.

My hatchling closet. On the sides are two racks I built around Sterilite 1754 tubs and in the middle are three, 30 slot each, Boaphile Rhino Raxx.

and the other side of the closet

My two homemade oak BRB breeding cages. So far all the breeding magic has been in number 1 on the left. This fall I have 2.5 BRB's that will be of breeding age in cage #2, more breeding magic to happen there soon.

A close-up of BRB breeder #2

A closeup of one individual cage section, this one is Petunia's cage, you can see her chillin in the moist hide box.

Three pics of my Boaphile stacks, this is where most of my BCI morphs are.

And of course some obligatory pics of Daisey and Savannah, don't have any new ones so you'll have to make do with ones I've already posted

Daisey:

Savannah:

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
10.22 BRB
10.15 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats