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Almost every boa I know moved South over the weekend. OK, not far South, measured in feet, not miles or even fractions of miles. I finished my new Boa room and moved most of the boa cages and occupants over the weekend. Only ones to stay behind were a stack of boaphile cages with a mix of gravid and non-gravid females, I didn't want to disturb them so left them right where they were!!!
The new room, looking in from the door...

On the left are 6 Melamine cages from Sandmar Industries, used to belong to Barry Berg, I bought his cage collection when he retired from breeding. Straight ahead are the oil filled heater for cool days/nights and a portable AC unit for those hot summer days. Can't really see what's to the right with the door in the way so I'll come back to that later.

This is from in the room directly towards the 6 melamine cages. Also a small rack off to the side but no occupants at this time, just storing tubs. Will have to fix that

This is the area behind the door, two ten high racks designed around the Iris CB110 tubs. I had AP design and manufacture them for me, not listed on their website. Next to those is a stack of blanket box racks, 18 total, also unoccupied at this time.

Hmmmmmm, looks like an empty corner, maybe I could fit a stack of boaphiles there once all the gravid girls drop????

The BRB room underwent a bit of adding and re-arranging as well...

From the doorway, noticable change is the larger melamine cages that went well nto the room are gone, replaced with a two stacks of combo large tub racks with a single cage on top. This allowed me to bring back in the other half of my combo hatchling/workbench.

Thes next two pics show the new CB110 racks (black) and another hatchling rack.


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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Dave it looks like there's room for me to set up a cot in that corner. Awesome job. It looks like even those POS skins made the move and are haning on the new wall. Congrats, Nick

I already got some of your babies taking up cage space......

Have not moved the POS sheds yet, still in the old room with the BRB's.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Dave:

Your new room looks great!!!

I can't wait to see it in person.

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Dave beautiful new sanke room,great job.It'll be a pleasure
working with your Boas in there.
. . . . . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz

Dave,

That's a great lookin' boa room. It inspires me to "redo" my own boa room with desperately needed new caging.

I do have one question. How well does that portable AC unit work for you? I've been thinking about getting one of those myself for my boa room, but was concerned about possible condensation and potential mold development within the room where the snakes are. It gets unbearably hot here in So Cal, especially without any central air Would you mind giving a quick review of the model AC unit you're using?

Thanks in advance for any info you'd like to share.

How are the rest of your gravid gals looking?

All the best,

Jay

Well, I have not used it much for the boas, but while I was working in there I could keep the room fairly chilly

It's supposed to vent the humidity (condensation) out the exhaust hose. seems like a very nice unit, and should have no problem keeping the room from getting too hot. Remote controlled, built in timer, built in thermostat, all in all I am quite impressed with it. Came from Costco BTW!!

The season is not going as well as I hoped, one nice litter and two piles o' slugs. There are two very gravid looking ones that I have high hopes and several others that may give me something, will have to wait and see. Also, my BRB's are all done with their breeding season and settling in for their gestations. Should have dozens of BRB babies, dozens of dozens of babies, even with small litters and a few not taking at all. And if they all deliver big time, I'm back in trouble for space.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

You will have to stop spending all that money on boas and build you and your animals a actual snake building! Looks great though and no one could acuse you of skimping on the setup. Hope your season gets better for you.

Al Brown/Brown's Boas

Dave, that is a snake room I envy! Very nicely set up, thanks for sharing the pics!
Good luck on the rest of your season,
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow