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Trying to decide what would be a good option for breeder size females and males. Right now I have ARS Racks that are made more for adult ball pythons and are 33" deep. I'm thinking this might be a bit large.

Our largest adult albino is 400g and 24" long.. she seems to enjoy the space and room.

What do you guys think? Let's see some photos!
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I don't have any pics but I use the Animal Plastics racks that accept 2 15qt. boxes per shelf or 1 32qt. box turned sideways.
The racks are 11 shelves tall and have been modified to use flexwatt and provide belly heat. These units are a few years old and originally came with cable heat that was in a slot right at the very rear edge of each box. Earlier this year two of the cables failed and so I replaced the cable with flexwatt. The cables lasted 5-6 years which isn't bad for cable. I also use an AP hatchling rack. That unit is 9 shelves high and accepts 3 shoeboxes per shelf.

Thanks! Have you had in humidity issues with those racks.
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I have some spare ARS ball racks, the 33" ones, and i thought about using them for my westerns, but its way overkill in size. I'm using the Vision v35 double rack, but i modified it by cutting it down to 9 levels tall and i shortened the spacer pipes for a tighter fit to the tubs, male hognose can get out of the rack if you dont do this. The tubs are visions 16X20 and they are completely smooth on the inside with no groves, so easy to clean. I dont care much for the heat rope, would prefer if scott would make them moulded for heat tape, but i talked to him at a show once about it and he said heat tape has been prone to fire mishaps. I live in the south now, so its hot enough here for the heat ropes to work well enough, but i wouldnt house ball pythons in those racks unless you have a room heater. Perfect size for westerns though.
Erik Spisak