I am Building a ball python rack for my female ball pythons,any advice?

Im building a rack soon out of melamine. I am going to use 34x16x6 #1860 tubs from sterilite. The rack is going to be 6 tubs high and 2 across.





Any tips on building it.I am Building a ball python rack for my female ball pythons,any advice?
I'd personally use CB-70 tubs rather than the sterilites.


CB-70s have smooth bottoms, no exposed ribs, round corners, and are pretty much non-stick.


Sterilite and rubbermaid also have this annoying habit of changing their tub design every few years ever so slightly, seemingly just to irritate the people who need them to make a product with consistent measurements.





The main problems of first time builders are as follows:


They use back heat, when they really should have belly heat.


They build the rack too tight, so the tubs are a pain to get in and out, and the snake gets jostled when the tubs are slid in and out. (you can always shim it up, but you can't make it looser.)


They tend to build sideways racks without bracing in the middle, and the melamine will sag, making the tubs too tight in the middle, and too loose on the edges.


They build the racks with open corners, and the snake has an avenue of escape if the tub is pushed flat against the back.


They make it 'solid' and once they need to move it, they find that's it's almost impossible to move without completely disassembling it. If you make it in a take apart design, you won't have to spend a week taking advil when it comes time to move it down 2 sets of stairs.I am Building a ball python rack for my female ball pythons,any advice?
wow that sounds pretty cool. i just hope you will learn how to spell in the near future.
well make sure the tubes are big enogh for him to slide throgh.make sure theres mice and rats in there too.