up sizeing. how do you do it...

[peterm15]

for thoes of you that dont have the choice to upsize your room but are constantly upsizeing your collection, how do you do it.. what do you get rid of... specificaly to thoes that still have to sleep in there room..

ive found myself getting rid of dressers to build a cham cage and shelf for my other lizards.. now ive found myself moving things aound to add a table and adding a shelf to the shelf/ cham cage, blocking off 1/2 my closet.. NOW im even contimplating getting a smaller bed to make more room for more in the future... and i dont have the luxury of putting one in the living room... i also dont hve the luxury of a large rack... the only bonus that i have is i do have room for a small shelving unit.. maybe fit 3 10 gal one on top of another.. maybe a unit like thoes rubbermaid drawers at walmart.. about that size..

my moms even giving me suggestions on putting things ( dvd's) out into the living room to make more room and emptying out my closet for some lizards ( she even hates them).. she might even give me my sises room to put my lizards in... lol

so what does everyone do.. what sacrifices have you made... sorry for the long post..

[Asian Jon]

LOL! Well since I have to keep all my herps in my room.....I have had to move my dresser into my closet. I removed the sliding doors for my closet and added some racks in there for snakes and a couple cresties :D

[Lindze]

Well i got rid of everything but the bed and a dresser (it has a tank on top of it). I had to get a shelving unit to put more enclosures on. Ive contiplated making my bedroom my herp room and moving into one of the living rooms (we have two) cuz i dont want to move my snakes out there cuz other then my room, the whole house is smoking. lol but the bf isnt to pleased about that....maybe ill jsut kick my brother out of his room and make him sleep in the living room.

[beanersmysav]

Haha you all remind me much of myself. Hell I even had moved my bed out into the hallway to make room. Added tables to set tanks on, put on in the closet on top of a radio, added shelving units from Home Depot. (Those are the way to go they're like big enough to put 3 ten gallons on width wise, or one 20 gallon the long way, and there's up to 5 shelves I only used 4 because of the height of my room and took the 5th else where for another tank lol.

You guys think we're addicted???

[peterm15]

more like enthusiastic.... ya thats it enthusiastic.....

























who am i kidding.. were addicted :D

[BoidKeeper]

Like you my room stays the same but the collection doesn't. I've learned to stack cages and build racks. You have to get creative. The single best thing I did to help me make the most of my space was start stacking cages.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/504/289three_cages_stacked.jpg
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/504/289Baby_rack_finished_26_06_04_2-med.jpg
This is a pic of one corner of my snake room taken in April 2002,
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/504/289Snake_Room_4-med.jpg
This is the same corner in April of 2004,
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/504/289Snake_Room_4_29_04_04-med.jpg
Cheers,
Trevor

[HeatherRose]

Geez, all I've had to do is get new shelves :D Rubbermaids are great because they're so stackable... All I need is someone to build me a hatchling rack now. (*poke poke* ... Matt :p) I've still got some space, but I think my sister's being selfish, hogging her bedroom and all...

[adamofsound]

hey heather,
I have the same problem!!

i am a university student, I breed cresties (as you and your sister already know) and hopefully more in the future.
last week I spent 3 days organizing my room so that I could fit the new adult sized cham cage. filing cabinet is in the closet, INSIDE a 60 gallon tank to save space!!!
I got one of those $30 shelf units from canadian tire that are adjustable. I had 8 tanks on it at one point, stacked up and down and side by side. problem is my cat discovered she could climb the rack and tends to sit on the top cage with her back wedged against the ceiling!!!
good fun, sounds like there are a lot of us with the space issue.
as soon as I graduate (1 more year of post grad) I will be able to afford a house and then.....a herp room!
Adam

[clint545]

Geez Trevor! I had to wipe the drool after seeing that 2nd pic! Keep the pics coming folks, we just bought our 1st home(won't be ready for 8 months) and I need some ideas for the reptile room!!:)

[peterm15]

id love to stack... but before i do that ill be building a rack system... and putting them in there.. se my room still has to look orginised and seeing as i dont have acess to heat tape i cant really stack unless i use $40 heat pad per tank... so its not to easy..

but hearing some of these things from you guys are making me think... i mught clean out my closet put my dresser in there and add a large rack system....

but have one more question too add on.. what about plugs... what do you do.. i use 4 cords just for my cham cage, then 2 for my leos, 1 for my banded, soon to be 1 for cresties, and 2 for beardie.. not including my space heater, humidifer, clock, tv, and soon to be 2 incubators.. so what do you do..

[HeatherRose]

hey heather,
I have the same problem!!


I hear you Adam... I think it's time for more shelves :p

but have one more question too add on.. what about plugs... what do you do.. i use 4 cords just for my cham cage, then 2 for my leos, 1 for my banded, soon to be 1 for cresties, and 2 for beardie.. not including my space heater, humidifer, clock, tv, and soon to be 2 incubators.. so what do you do..

I get those 6-plug outlet plugs that go into the regular 2-plug outlets. You can get 'em anywhere. PetSmart also has 3-plug ones shaped like little lizards wearing sunglasses, and their eyes light up when you plug it in :D Powerbars are another option. I have one of those at another corner of my room, and it's great because all of my lights can turn off and on with the flip of a switch.

[peterm15]

heres my setup as it stands
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/peterm15/gecko050.jpg

the tank above this is being moved to this area and the crestie tank on top... under may be my incubators and the rubbermaids are goin into the closet...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/peterm15/gecko053.jpg

cham, leos and banded tank.... in order
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/peterm15/gecko058.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/peterm15/gecko056.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/peterm15/gecko055.jpg

and this is where the table (45"x20") for the beardie is going.. then under may be something else...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/peterm15/gecko052.jpg


sorry for all the pics.. but soon it will be a herp room with a bed.. lol...:D :D

[peterm15]

ya i use powerbars... but im just worried about an overload...

[rwg]

Depends on what you'r running. heat pads (exoterra anyway) are low wattage. You could run a bunch off one outlet, especially if you have them dimmed. Basking bulbs would be another story. I wouldn't run 6 150watt basking lights off a single outlet.

rg

[chas*e]

HaHaHa......I am the worst when it comes to "up sizing"....I started with my basement ..then 1/4 of my garage ..now 1/2 a doublecar garage...and I am trying to delicately build a Alligator enclosure10x6ft(1/2 the laundry room) so that my wife does'nt notice too much..lol

[Lioness]

wow..im happy u posted this peter..
im redecorating my room..and i have one 29 gal tank now...but i expect to have 4 in the next 6mos.
im thinking about building a rack system..OR building shelves on the wall so each tank can have its own space.
but the thing is..i need it to look nice, orderly, and go along with my whole theme for my room.lol
i guess i gotta start the brainstorming..

btw..i love the black paint peter

[ChokeOnSmoke]

Yeah my dresser has long been removed and a shelving unit and all animal and my supplies are in my closet.
I just recently moved most of my collection to rubbermaids so now I have 4, 10 gallons a 20 gallon and 55 gallon empty.... I have no idea where I'm going to put all those but I do kind of like that moving your bed out of the room idea.

[The Snakeman]

Originally posted by peterm15
for thoes of you that dont have the choice to upsize your room but are constantly upsizeing your collection, how do you do it.. what do you get rid of... specificaly to thoes that still have to sleep in there room..

ive found myself getting rid of dressers to build a cham cage and shelf for my other lizards.. now ive found myself moving things aound to add a table and adding a shelf to the shelf/ cham cage, blocking off 1/2 my closet.. NOW im even contimplating getting a smaller bed to make more room for more in the future... and i dont have the luxury of putting one in the living room... i also dont hve the luxury of a large rack... the only bonus that i have is i do have room for a small shelving unit.. maybe fit 3 10 gal one on top of another.. maybe a unit like thoes rubbermaid drawers at walmart.. about that size..

my moms even giving me suggestions on putting things ( dvd's) out into the living room to make more room and emptying out my closet for some lizards ( she even hates them).. she might even give me my sises room to put my lizards in... lol

so what does everyone do.. what sacrifices have you made... sorry for the long post..

Have you ever thought of building an elevated platform for your bed? By raising your bed say 4' up you can free up quite a bit of storage or herp space under the bed.

I recently elevated our King size bed about 30" lots of starage under the thing.

Bill

[peterm15]

Originally posted by The Snakeman
Have you ever thought of building an elevated platform for your bed? By raising your bed say 4' up you can free up quite a bit of storage or herp space under the bed.

I recently elevated our King size bed about 30" lots of starage under the thing.

Bill

yes... yes i have but my dads not too keen on giving me 2 lngths of scaffold.. but maybe when all thye snow melts ill steal a coupple... lol... more herps..... AAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

( sorry for the sudden burst of evilness... )

and lioness my rents wont let me do it black so its actually dark grey... lol.. i havent had any other colour since i was like 8... and ive had it in 2 bedrooms...

[silent_truth]

Since I'm also in the group that has to house reptiles in the bedroom, I thought what the heck, I'll take some pics, so.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/adam2383/Pets/P1010030.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/adam2383/Pets/incubator.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/adam2383/Pets/bookshelf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/adam2383/Pets/P1010033.jpg

The only reptiles that are outside the bedroom are my phantasticus, housed downstairs in the family room.


-Adam

[Linds]

Not that hard, just involves a bit of sacrafice and careful planning... and you can't forget the ability to shimmy up and down narrow aisles :D Here's a few pics of my bedroom, a bunch of snakes are missing, as they are currently in brumation.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Lindsay_Garneau/myroom.jpg">

[chappy]

LMAO aisles, that's INSANE!!! Linds do you have to climb over your bed to get to the next aisle? LOL

Peter, you could just do what I did. I started off by kicking my mom out of the master bedroom, and eventually ran out of space in there. I ended up having to keep some stuff in my moms now smaller bedroom, because I wasn't allowed to keep stuff in the living room (which I ended up having to do when I ran out of space in my moms room) Then my sis moved out and I took over her room, and then my mom moved out, so now I have lots of space. :p


Hmmmm, maybe that's why my mom doesn't have a boyfriend :D

Nick

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by chappy
Hmmmm, maybe that's why my mom doesn't have a boyfriend :D

Nick

Yes she does.. ;)

Now you just have to get rid of Melly and you're SET!!!

-Matt

[peterm15]

ya my sis actually just moved out and my mom wants to knock the wall down between our rooms.. so ill have doubble the size.. if all else fails im turning it into a herp room that will allow me more space...