Charles,



as you know we had a fiasco several months ago with our cooling system and a mistake in this area can have dire repercussions. So be careful. I have stayed away from heat tape as I have too many friends that have had problems with malfunction. Currently I use a heating/cooling system for the entire room and then suplement with heating pads that were designed for swine farmers. They are a little more costly than the ones for people with heavier heating elements and thermostats, but stand up really well and I have never had one malfuntion in 10 years of use.. They are also usually for sale at your local feed store.



As far as a rack system, buy your boxes ( a double set if possible ) and then building the rack to fit. I suggest lidless as it will save you a lot of time and effort when cleaning. Our routine is pretty simple, we have double boxes that are clean and have aspen in them, we pull out the dirty box lift the snake out and into the clean box, put in a new water, replace the hide box and move to the next one. The dirty boxes are then washed out and disinfected with a light solution of rocal for the next cleaning cycle.



John Cherry

Cherryville Farms

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