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Those that keep a variety of species for either display, pet or just interest(not breeders).How do you house them?
Do you have them scattered about in tanks or cages throughout the house? Do you keep them in one area in homemade or reptile specific cages?
How do you heat all the different cages/tanks?
Do you handle them on a regular basis or for just display only?

I would consider mine pets,display and for interest.
I dont handle all of them regularly.
I keep them right now through winter all in one heated room. But normally have them scattered about in various reptile specific cages and glass tanks and even a few bins.I am currently in a dilemma as to caging and wish I could just get one nice area and use stacked cages.
I use flexwatt, CHEs and those red lightbulbs for heat.

I am just a collector. I dont breed. I Started with a few snakes in glass aquariums with undertank heaters and basking lights. Once those filled up a room i attempted to build a rack and failed miserably (my carpentry skills are terrible). The animals went back to glass aquariums Which occupy the walls of one room. i made shelves with cinder blocks and shelving. It is not exactly space efficient but it is cost efficient. I am in the process of buying proper enclosures for my collection (ABS and plastic cages). i bought a few used visions which are stackable and i use UTH with a rheostat. Eventually i will switch completely to stackable cages which will free up alot of room (so i can buy more snakes!). I make it a point to handle the snakes i dont want to be bitten by (a skittish dumeril boa for example) at least every other day to keep them calm. I let the sweethearts like the corns go longer but i do enjoy handling all of my snakes.

I think it is an evolution of the hobbyist in some ways.

I have some on display upstairs. I have a dungeon with others. I have some display set ups, some tubs and a rack or two. All I consider pets though not all have names. I have 8 or ten varietys. Some species I have a single pet, some a pair or a trio. Some I breed and some I never will.

I also have fish-marine and fresh, birds parakeets to a CAG and dogs cats ferrets....pretty eclectic.
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I have 10 snakes at the moment an house them all seperately. Cept for my 8 foot JCP that is house in a custom enclosure all my others are in glass aquariums. Couple have UTH an the rest have lights. I keep them all in my bed room cause my room mate doesnt like the idea of them all over the house. But thats ok. I'm always thinking of ways to re-arange to fit in more. They all have hides of some kind an fake plants, water.

I have corns, 1 king, 2 milks, JCP an handle all of them regularly. If I have a new arrival...such as "Snowflake"...then they get more handling to get them used to it.

Mine all have names, their pets. I did breed 2 of my corns last spring. "Zee" had 2 clutches of eggs. For whatever reason it only resulted in 1 surviving baby..."Sunday".

I've had comments from people "are you sure your not a pet horder?" I don't think so. I just LOVE snakes. Its a hobby. I enjoy watching them, handling them, just having them around. (Course I'm not a fan of cleaning cages but it has to be done).

I am always looking at magazines with snakes in them an love to look around here on kingsnake.com.

Also have 3 cats, 2 dogs, 3 dart frogs an 3 walking toads.

I may be in denial but i never associated snake keeping as animal hoarding. I openly refer to my pets as 'a collection'. I had the argument when i was young living with my mother. She would constantly say 'why do you want more snakes? dont you have enough?'. Considering my corn snakes take about a 2'x2' space each, Cost about $0.20 a week to feed, Only require bedding once a month (which i buy in bulk dirt cheap),require fresh water everyday, defecate once every 10 days, dont smell, dont make noise and are absolutely fascinating to watch and interact with i would say no. I dont have enough snakes. Of course when people hoard animals who dont have adequate space or funds it is a sad thing.