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Hello Experts,

I just got home with my racks so I was wondering if you guys drill holes in your tubs or if you rely on the space between each tub and the top of the rack. Thanks for any replies.

Miller
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1.1 Florida King
1.1 Eastern Kings
1.1 Black Milksnake
1.2 Kankakee Bull Snakes
2.2 Still Water Hypos
2.2 N. Pinesnake
0.1 Tangerine Honduran
0.0.1 Black Ratsnake
1.0 Chow Chow (2003 Papi)
0.1 Cats (Shug)

i put a few holes in my tubs,,,i did not drill them,,i used a soldering iron,,,,
also,,,i see you have n,pines,,how you loike them?

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Ball Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Eastern King
Mexican Black King
Sonoran Gopher
Aberrent Cal King
Anduran Milk
Hypo Brooks
Amel Motley Corn
White Sided Bull
Striped Pacific Gopher
Axanthic Brooksi
Goini King

I love the smell of aspen shavings in the morning...lol

"To serve man..it's...it's a cookbook!"

Thanks for reply. I love my Northerns they are the reason I got into Pits. Very seldom do they hiss and when they do it is only for a few seconds. I would defintely recommed getting a few. I started with one and now I have four.

Miller

>>i put a few holes in my tubs,,,i did not drill them,,i used a soldering iron,,,,
>>also,,,i see you have n,pines,,how you loike them?
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>>Ball Python
>>Jungle Carpet Python
>>Eastern King
>>Mexican Black King
>>Sonoran Gopher
>>Aberrent Cal King
>>Anduran Milk
>>Hypo Brooks
>>Amel Motley Corn
>>White Sided Bull
>>Striped Pacific Gopher
>>Axanthic Brooksi
>>Goini King
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>>I love the smell of aspen shavings in the morning...lol
>>
>>"To serve man..it's...it's a cookbook!"
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1.1 Florida King
1.1 Eastern Kings
1.1 Black Milksnake
1.2 Kankakee Bull Snakes
2.2 Still Water Hypos
2.2 N. Pinesnake
0.1 Tangerine Honduran
0.0.1 Black Ratsnake
1.0 Chow Chow (2003 Papi)
0.1 Cats (Shug)

If your racks are not ventilated by design, then definitely drill LOTS of holes-still, stagnant air is an invitation to disease. Since we switched to Vision racks, this chore (and it IS a chore-try drilling a hundred or so holes in each of 50 plastic tubs!) has become a thing of the past....
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

Yea I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning drilling holes. Definitely a CHORE!

>>If your racks are not ventilated by design, then definitely drill LOTS of holes-still, stagnant air is an invitation to disease. Since we switched to Vision racks, this chore (and it IS a chore-try drilling a hundred or so holes in each of 50 plastic tubs!) has become a thing of the past....
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>>Brad Chambers
>>WWW.HCU-TX.ORG
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>>The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....
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1.1 Florida King
1.1 Eastern Kings
1.1 Black Milksnake
1.2 Kankakee Bull Snakes
2.2 Still Water Hypos
2.2 N. Pinesnake
0.1 Tangerine Honduran
0.0.1 Black Ratsnake
1.0 Chow Chow (2003 Papi)
0.1 Cats (Shug)

I build my own racks and shoot for 1/8" gap between the top of the box and the shelf above.

The typical sweaterbox is 16 x 23 or therabouts. At 1/8" gap that's about 10 square inches of ventilation space, which is equal to about 800 1/8" holes. At least based on my quick math

In other words, it takes a lot of drilling to equal the space you have at the top of each tub.

I still drill holes but mostly to allow heavier than air gasses to escape.
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Currently keeping:

6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Javan, mixed colors)

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum multistriata

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback

Ok,then mine should be fine. There is definitely at least a 1/8 inch gap between the tub and the covering shelf. My tubs are 35x18x6 (actually bigger but I just listed the whole numbers). I still drilled holes so the ventilation should be more than sufficient. Thanks for the math lesson.

Miller

>>I build my own racks and shoot for 1/8" gap between the top of the box and the shelf above.
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>>The typical sweaterbox is 16 x 23 or therabouts. At 1/8" gap that's about 10 square inches of ventilation space, which is equal to about 800 1/8" holes. At least based on my quick math
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>>In other words, it takes a lot of drilling to equal the space you have at the top of each tub.
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>>I still drill holes but mostly to allow heavier than air gasses to escape.
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>>Currently keeping:
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>>6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Javan, mixed colors)
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>>1.1 Philodryas baroni
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>>1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum multistriata
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>>1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback
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1.1 Florida King
1.1 Eastern Kings
1.1 Black Milksnake
1.2 Kankakee Bull Snakes
2.2 Still Water Hypos
2.2 N. Pinesnake
0.1 Tangerine Honduran
0.0.1 Black Ratsnake
1.0 Chow Chow (2003 Papi)
0.1 Cats (Shug)

>>I still drill holes but mostly to allow heavier than air gasses to escape.

Good point Chris.
Bob
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R.Bichlers Colubrids
http://www.webspawner.com/users/rbichler/index.html

Thanks Chris. Started doing that a bit since I saw you post about it on The Cage Forum. Good to see you over here!

BobS