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I was looking around for a baby/juvenile snake rack for under 300. I was wondering if anybody knows of a site with a good price like that if anybody has any good experiences with a site where they purchased a rack that is close in price to 300.
Thanks
Edited on January 25, 2012 at 10:00:01 by PHFaust.
I have several Animal Plastics "economy" racks and love them. Just make sure you get the right tubs for the racks or you will have some escapees. The 6 Quart racks require the newer tubs from sterile, not the older ones. The old ones leave a gap that is a little too big at the top. They are great people to deal with. Ali will take care of you!
Joe
I too have a Animal Plastics Economy Rack and am very pleased with it.
I have the 1753(06)EP which will hold 12 1753(15qt) or 6 1755(32qt) tubs.
Comes complte with tubs , heat and fully assembled. just plug in.
www.reptilebasics.com/interdesign-32-or-68-tub-rack
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theyr'e discontinuing that 
They've quit taking orders for it (which I found out last week...because I need to buy a baby rack)
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
Sorry about that. I just noticed he is selling his business.
Anyway, they were grat rack. I doubt anyone will ship them though because finding a box with the exact same demensions with styrofoam posts is unlikely.
Have you checked Craigslist in your area? Sometimes you will find racks there and it is for local pickup.
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>>Sorry about that. I just noticed he is selling his business.
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Amarillo craigslist sucks. I check anyway but man...I just hope someone takes it over and does well with his business. That seemed like an AWESOME baby rack.
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
It's not too difficult, and you can pick the size tubs you want.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1771208,1771208
Check this link to the Kingsnake Housing and Enclosure forum. I made a smaller "trial" version of this and it is working great so far.
JOSH
Link
I've seen those before. They look pretty easy to build, and you can adjust the shelves to any height. It looks like it might be a little shifty, is it? If it is, you can add some wood strips on the back and side for stability.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
I made this juvenile rack for under 100 bucks. It has worked awesome and I used standard melamine shelving to make it. (17 inch wide) I built two ten tub racks that screw together to make one twenty tub rack and used dimmers for heat control. 11 inch wide flexwatt on the back with peg board to disperse heat. Very simple and took about two hours to build including wiring the heat and dimmers. I used very thin cardboard as spacers so the tubs are pretty tight----no snake can get out of these.
I like that Joe, looks easy and very sturdy!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
Very easy and very study for sure. Take the screws out and easy to move as well. Thank you sir!!!
Joe
>>I've seen those before. They look pretty easy to build, and you can adjust the shelves to any height. It looks like it might be a little shifty, is it? If it is, you can add some wood strips on the back and side for stability.
Nope...they are rigid as hell...There is a nut on the bottom and top of each shelf......I've had mine for over 2 years now....
Craig used some of my directions for that post......They are great shelves.....
That picture with the heat cable is mine.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
It's a great design, thanks for sharing your plans. I used shorter pieces of all-thread so my version is short but I still used 5/8" diameter and it is super sturdy. The best part is that it can be fine tuned to fit any size box and can be changed any time.
Josh
>>It's a great design, thanks for sharing your plans. I used shorter pieces of all-thread so my version is short but I still used 5/8" diameter and it is super sturdy. The best part is that it can be fine tuned to fit any size box and can be changed any time.
>>Josh
Yep........it will grow with a small collection from hatchling to adult........
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
I got the idea for these from a guy on the BP forum, made them for a CB 70, 28 quart, this is a 15 quart, and you can see that the top level is 4 6 quarts. INSANELY cheap to make and I have a few local guys knocking my door down to buy some!
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Jeremy Thompson
Captive Born Investments Inc.
www.captiveborninvestments.net
Jeremy@captiveborninvestments.net
941-323-4850
Darn, those are nice Jeremy!
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Looks good! Do you keep the lids on eash tub?
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
No I don't, and no escapees! The bars on the front and the cord around the back and sides keep that from happening. Also I can hose it all down with no issues, love it!
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Jeremy Thompson
Captive Born Investments Inc.
www.captiveborninvestments.net
Jeremy@captiveborninvestments.net
941-323-4850
There's something I'm missing? The shelves have large slits, what did you do to cover them?
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
The bottom of each shelf, or the "roof" has white board (dry erase) glued to it so that no bugs or eggs can be caught in any cracks, easy to wipe off and good with humidity. And the snakes can get out or rub their noses.
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Jeremy Thompson
Captive Born Investments Inc.
www.captiveborninvestments.net
Jeremy@captiveborninvestments.net
941-323-4850
The bottom of each shelf, or the "roof" has white board (dry erase) glued to it so that no bugs or eggs can be caught in any cracks, easy to wipe off and good with humidity. And the snakes can get out or rub their noses.
You know most of us don't want our snakes to get out or rub their noses! Sorry, had to say it. HA HA.
--Dennis
HAHA!!,...I caught that as well!...
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
Very good! I figured it had to be something like that, thanks! I like the whole ideah. I may have to go price some of those shelves. I am having less time to custom build racks these days, and that looks pretty easy, and quick to assemble.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
So what company makes the shelving that was used and where are they sold?. Those do look like they have good practical and inexpensive possibilities.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
They look like ones I've seen at Walmart, and Target? Maybe Jeremey can tell us where he got his.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
cool,...thanks!
Yeah, maybe he can elaborate more on that.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
Try Animal Plastics. They make a rack holding 27 shoe boxes for just over that price.
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Randy Whittington
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