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Wire rack again

markg Aug 06, 2014 02:00 PM

3ft wire rack from Target holds a 3ft Neodesha Plastics standard cage perfectly (I used a piece of MDF over the wire shelf, and I painted the MDF to match the cage color). Below (and hard to see because it is clear) is a National Geographic 30x12x12 cage I found at Petsmart, great cage!

I have been using infrared heaters of late to see how my cornsnakes do. I moved these snakes out of racks and into cages to give them more room and hopefully more temperature options to see what they do. The temperature gradients are nice and gradual. I do like seeing the snakes come out of their hides at times to bask for a time, then retreat back under cover.

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Bighurt Feb 21, 2015 01:12 PM

I use the Baker style wire racks in the feeder/quarantine room. They definitely have their place in the hobby.

Although the Kmart/Target/Walmart stocked varieties have very little shelf capacity, 300lbs is typical.

However Sam's club sells a variety that has a 1250 lb per shelf capacity. Largest I've found over those at Uline that are 800lb per shelf.

Weight can be a big deal with vivarium's and soil bearing enclosures.

Cheers
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Jeremy Payne

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