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I am considering ordering the boaphile ball python rack, has anyone used it before for their ball pythons? I have another rack design by them and I really love it. Does anyone house their ball pythons in racks. I am concerned though that with a rack they may grow out of it or that my ball pythons will be too big for it by the time they are fully grown.

thanks,
jc

i breed so all my animals are in rack systems. i have heard good things about boaphile but i personally use snake shacks - from natures spirit out of MI. if you are just wanting to show off a nice snake i would use a glass cage. if you are going to breed and need to maintain humidity and temps and looking to get more than 5 animals i would get a rack system. boaphile has many diff. sizes and the sweater size will be large enough to house an adult ball. once again, it all depends on what you are doing with your animal.

I have two boaphile racks housing ball pythons. They are built quite well and are stronger than an ox. I have one of their ball room racks as well as a six drawer sideways blanket rhinorack seen here. I love the ball room rack and would order another if needed. I think it is definitely large enough to house any adult female ball python with enough room to stretch her "legs." I have a 2500 gram female in a ball python rack and I feel she has plenty of room. It is also always a pleasure doing business with Jeff Ronne, he has great customer service. On the other hand, I'm not a huge fan of the six drawer blanket rack. It twists and bends much to easily, it is quite difficult to pull out the drawers without them falling out, and since the heat tape is on the back "half" of the rack, not on one end like I believe would be best, it is impossible for the snakes to thermoregulate properly. Boaphile racks are also quite expensive when compared to other brands like animal plastics. I think that if Animal plastic used heat tape and not heat cable, they would be the best value to go with.

Overall, Boaphile racks have their pluses and minuses just like any rack system, but in my opinion, they are a good choice. Finally, I said previously that Jeff has great customer service and I stand by that, BUT, they can be difficult to get ahold of and you MUST plan ahead. If you need a rack in a week, you won't get it from boaphile as they are usually back ordered for 3 weeks or so. Good luck.

Matt

I have a boaphile, not sure what model exactly but it is 24" X 16" X 6" I believe. It holds the rubbermaids #2221. I like it but personally prefer to go with rubbermaid # 2119 that are 30" long instead for an animal that can possibly reach 6 ft in length. The boaphile I have though is great and I plan to use it for my juvenile ball pythons until they hit the 2000g mark then I move them up to the larger rack wich currently is being made by a friend. Many breeders though use #2221 for their adult balls with no problem, I just personally prefer something a bit bigger, enough for 2 hides anyway.
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Nita Hamilton
4.13 Normal BP's, 1.0 Het Orange Ghost BP, 1.0 Het Pied 1.0 50% poss Het Orange Ghost BP's

I received my Boaphile ballroom rack about a month ago and I love it. Like the other post stated, be sure to plan ahead. There was a 5 week back-order. It was definitely worth the wait though.

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1.0 Albino ball python
0.1 100% het Albino ball
0.1 Normal ball
1.0 Sunglow cornsnake
0.0.1 Snow cornsnake

Thanks to everyone who replied. Thats a really nice looking albino ball python in the picture. Where did you get it from?
I have a six drawer rhino rhaxx by boaphile that uses sterlite #1756 that I use for california kingsnakes. I also want to get an arboreal rack too from baophile for some baby carpet pythons.
I plan on my baby normal ball pythons when they get old enough. I got them from Don Hamper.

laterz,
john