Rack v. Vivarium?

[adamanteus]

I agree...... that is an incredibly long post!
I also agree totally with the content.

[gregmonsta]

Great post shannon ... ... you might want a nightcam for the BPs ... a friend of mine would always catch his out when he went for a midnight snack ... he'd get to his living room, flip the light on and his 'boring' snake would be climbing about apparently on a mission .... I think all snakes need and deserve space ... yes you might give a large python a room and it may not seem to move >>> but does that mean we should keep it in a snake + water bowl sized plastic tray? ... I say nay ... in fact in my opinion it's just as bad as battery farming in context.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Great post shannon ... ... you might want a nightcam for the BPs ... a friend of mine would always catch his out when he went for a midnight snack ... he'd get to his living room, flip the light on and his 'boring' snake would be climbing about apparently on a mission .... I think all snakes need and deserve space ... yes you might give a large python a room and it may not seem to move >>> but does that mean we should keep it in a snake + water bowl sized plastic tray? ... I say nay ... in fact in my opinion it's just as bad as battery farming in context.

well actually, I should have mentioned in my earlier post that i want to sell that rack system and replace it with a viv stack. i just thought I had already said enough

I don't really like the rack, except its convenient for rearing babies and isolating individuals.

[GarterNovice]

I would have to say in my very limited experience that I prefer vivariums. I just can't think they would be as happy in a rack system as a really well done viv with lots of room to roam. Granted my two snakes prefer to remain fairly sedentary. Except for feeding time of course when they go wild after each bite. But that's just my humble opinion. And James, I love your viv wall. That's a very impressive and very well done construction!

[Snake lover 3-25]

that won't even fit on my screen!!! i have to scroll down!!! wow!!!!!

[Snake lover 3-25]

GREAT POST!!!!!!!

[Jeff B]

Shannon
It is a lot of carefresh sorta, I only put about an inch down thou, since i am changing regular, I also use newpaper for my other snakes, and shedded paper for males, both free from work. Not that the males are less desirving of carefresh, its just that they don't poop as much as the big girls do
Jeff

[Snake lover 3-25]

but care fresh is so colorful!!!! lol i think i'm gonna get my baby some lol i've been keeping her on a combo of paper towel and construction paper to make it pretty lol

[infernalis]

I have a great supplier, and I like to mix things up.

Recently I ran out of aspen, a few bags of generic carefresh helped me through that.

The corncob pellets work OK too, but only in dire emergencies for me, the stuff gets moldy quick. (I then re-use it along with used coconut fiber for the roaches)

Repti bark looks good, I like that for may larger animals, the Corn, Pueblan and BP have that.

The garters seem to prefer aspen shavings, easy to burrow in, But they also seem to be getting good use out of the carefresh stuff.

I guess the real answer is whatever is on sale.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I guess the real answer is whatever is on sale.

that my friend, is exactly my philosophy. So long as it's a safe substrate, it's good enough for me!!!