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I'm converting

Carinata

Carinata

Ever Evolving Exotics
I have a large collection for a child my age so in order to save space I will be convert to a tubbing system. Every snake has their own tub.
SM snakes and frogs get: 6-12qt boxes
MD snakes get: 27-36qt boxes
LG snakes get: 50-60qt boxes
The only snakes that will be moved out of tubs will be teh Boa and the Beauty Snake.
Is this a good idea? What do you guys think?
Are the space requirements met? If this is a bad Idea I will throw it out.
Thanks,
David D.
Snakemaster24
 
9. I am getting 2 more i the next few months and boa and a kingsnake or corn snake. And another heralds snake in june
 
snakemaster24 said:
I have a large collection for a child my age so in order to save space I will be convert to a tubbing system. Every snake has their own tub.
SM snakes and frogs get: 6-12qt boxes
MD snakes get: 27-36qt boxes
LG snakes get: 50-60qt boxes
The only snakes that will be moved out of tubs will be teh Boa and the Beauty Snake.
Is this a good idea? What do you guys think?
Are the space requirements met? If this is a bad Idea I will throw it out.
Thanks,
David D.
Snakemaster24
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Sounds like a plan David. Just make sure, of course, that all heating requirements are met when converting to the tubs (in addition to hides, etc. that you already seem to take care of pretty well in your tanks). How are you going to house the tubs? Will you be using a rack type system?

Also, there is no way to really tell if space requirements are met unless the species of snakes are known, and the actual dimensions of the tubs are known. Ex: an adult corn can live in a 20L (this would be the minimum space required), so the tub you choose needs to have at least as much floor area as a 20L aquarium (this could be helpful for you in determining the size tubs you will need). Some snakes of similar size to an adult corn may in fact need more space, so you can see how species may come in to play here, not just size of the snake alone.
 
I have started building on one side of my bed room a sheling system that will leave the lids on the tubs but will allow for more area for other things. My WS black rat is my experiment snake and he seems to like it
 
As long as you consider heating and such, sounds like you are well on your way. I also just use shelving (Might I suggest going to Walmart or Target and just purchasing some of the wire shelving instead of building? This is what I use, and I know a few other members do as well. Works very well for larger tubs like you would use for your adult corns and others that use similarly sized tubs.), although I do have plans to build a rack (or 2) for hatchlings and at least one for juveniles here in the next few weeks.
 
I love the tub idea in general. I've only got one tub going (minus a snake for now) but I have two glass tanks also that have a snake in each. Once I move and have more space, I can't wait to start building my collection and having a nice tub n rack system going on ;)

Good luck with your project!
 
No problem David. And getting a hatchling rack is a good idea, much easier in the case of the tiny tubs to use a rack than to use shelving.
 
I have 9 snake 1 frog and 2 snakes planned before june mabye 3 during the summer so a rack is good for me. I am gonna leave some in their cages watching them makes me sleep at night LOL
 
Well I like the colubrids I'm gettin a pair of Vietnamese blue beautys and a king rat in the summer
 
snakemaster24 said:
Well I like the colubrids I'm gettin a pair of Vietnamese blue beautys and a king rat in the summer
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ahh see, im into Jugle carpets, and boa morphs... so the smallest cages i have laying around are 4x2x2, with a few 6x2x2 for my biiiig females.
 
Those tub dimensions sound pretty good. My adult colubrids are housed in 32 qt tubs, my yearling/med snakes/young larger snakes in 15 qt tubs, and my smaller babies in 6 qt tubs. Hatchlings stay in Ziploc sandwich-sized tupperware containers until they are large enough to move to 6qt tubs.

I don't use a separate heating system for most of my racks, as I live in Arizona and have enough problems keeping ambient temps down for the most part. Any young larger snakes (ie boas, BPs, Burms, Retics, etc) that are housed in the 15qt bins have their own rack that does have heat. Other than that, I let my ambient temps do the work. During the winter, I use a small space heater to help keep the temps maintained and in the summer I often have to open my vent to allow cooling. Ambient temps in my reptile room range between 76-84, which are perfect for most of my colubrids. I have a few that take up refuge in a certain "cool" corner of the reptile room, as their temp requirements are a bit cooler than that.

Since you live in VA, I would suggest looking for a rack system with heat. Temps are easy for me... I live in a desert, and my animals thrive at my temps. With how cold it can get there, I would look into a pre-wired rack. Animal Plastics has the least expensive "Economy" rack that I believe is only about $175 with heat. These racks accommodate the 32qt bins (1 per level) or the 15qt bins (2 side-by-side). They can be made with as many levels as you need. You could possibly get away with stacking them, but one can find many faults in the security of just a plain bin and lid combo, especially with a snake as small as your Herald's. For security reasons, a rack would be the best choice as well.
 
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