Ok so racks are REALLY expensive.

If I wanted to build my own, how would I go about it????

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2.2 Corn Snakes
1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa

firstly youve got to decide what boxes you are going to use, that will limit what material you use, ive always built racks with contiboard to match my vivs, but 50litre rub are too deep for contiboard(without going to really expensive specialists) so i moved to mdf and painted it

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MY SNAKES AND INVERTSLAVENDER 1.1BUTTER 1.0ABBOTTS OKEETEE 2.1BLOODRED 1.1STRAWBERRY SNOW 0.1ULTRAMEL HET CARAMEL 0.1STRIPED HOUSE SNAKE 0.1CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 0.1.1AMEL CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 1.1ROYAL PYTHON 0.1MEXICAN RED KNEE 0.0.3BRAZILLIAN WHITE KNEE 0.0.2GIANT SPINEY STICK INSECTS 2.3

this was my first attempt(my carpentry skills aint the best), i used small and medium conticos(not idal for a good size clutch) but mine was purely to house my babys i keep to grow on, i got small contico, then medium, then straight into 50litre really useful



heres my first layer of the adult rack



and then to the ceiling, which is 16 50litre rub

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MY SNAKES AND INVERTSLAVENDER 1.1BUTTER 1.0ABBOTTS OKEETEE 2.1BLOODRED 1.1STRAWBERRY SNOW 0.1ULTRAMEL HET CARAMEL 0.1STRIPED HOUSE SNAKE 0.1CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 0.1.1AMEL CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 1.1ROYAL PYTHON 0.1MEXICAN RED KNEE 0.0.3BRAZILLIAN WHITE KNEE 0.0.2GIANT SPINEY STICK INSECTS 2.3

Pretty good diy jobs there. Nice star war book collection too.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqTzgNP2BK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZX9Dv0AI4

thats only a fraction

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MY SNAKES AND INVERTSLAVENDER 1.1BUTTER 1.0ABBOTTS OKEETEE 2.1BLOODRED 1.1STRAWBERRY SNOW 0.1ULTRAMEL HET CARAMEL 0.1STRIPED HOUSE SNAKE 0.1CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 0.1.1AMEL CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 1.1ROYAL PYTHON 0.1MEXICAN RED KNEE 0.0.3BRAZILLIAN WHITE KNEE 0.0.2GIANT SPINEY STICK INSECTS 2.3

I want to use RUBs, I was just a little worried that 50l would be a little small for an adult corn so I was gonna go for 64l, but if 50l work for a fully grown adult I would use them.

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2.2 Corn Snakes
1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa

well 64 litre only means a slight increase in the height, the floor area isn't any different, just to give you an indication on a smaller adult corn, heres a 4year old abbotts female(just shy of 4ft) in one of the boxes

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MY SNAKES AND INVERTSLAVENDER 1.1BUTTER 1.0ABBOTTS OKEETEE 2.1BLOODRED 1.1STRAWBERRY SNOW 0.1ULTRAMEL HET CARAMEL 0.1STRIPED HOUSE SNAKE 0.1CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 0.1.1AMEL CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 1.1ROYAL PYTHON 0.1MEXICAN RED KNEE 0.0.3BRAZILLIAN WHITE KNEE 0.0.2GIANT SPINEY STICK INSECTS 2.3

this was made buy a friend of mine did i great job i think

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1Royal Python murphy
1 cali king
1 corn snake
1 jungle corn
1 cats...suki
2 mice...maggie and dusty
2 fancy rats snowy and spike

Oh well, then I think 50l should be fine, those are all wonderful racks you guys have made.

So how the hell do I go about building one, I really have no clue, I can kinda follow instructions from IKEA/Argos, but I seriously need pointing in the right direction.

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2.2 Corn Snakes
1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa

Basic Shoebox Rack

this looks good