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RE: Help with rack system for redtails.

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Posted by: rainbowsrus at Wed Jan 4 10:59:50 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rainbowsrus ]  
   

IMO, rack systems for larger snakes are over crowded. They work great for the hatchlings/yearlings even sub adults but a 8' snake in a tub...??? Using a basic ruloe of thunmb of 1 square foot of floor per foot of snake equals a 4' x 2' minimum for a 8' snake. That's some pretty large tubs. I've seen pics of freedom breeder racks that have quite large tubs that should be large enough for adult boas.

For my collection I prefer having various sized cages for the various sized adults. Last year I bought a couple of stacks of Boaphile cages. Seem to work pretty good. I have the 4' x 2' x 11.5" ones now and am planning on getting one more stack of 6' x 2' x 17.5" ones for breeding cages.

Bottom line is all caging and/or racks have advantages and disadvantages. Do what you're doing, look into the possible solutions and decide what will work best for you.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"


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