Vivs in my reptile room

[pythonman]

Originally Posted by presspirate

Do you heat the room to the desired ambient temp then and use the heat sources mainly for basking? How big is the room? And also, do you have pics of your room prior to your current setup? Sorry for all of the questions, I like the pictures, but I also like details. I'd really like to see how your practices evolved over time. I think it helps those of us with less experience, and perhaps more than a little impatience to learn how to grow. Cheers Mate!

The room has an ambiant room temp of about 56-60 at night in winter, 68-72 during the day, in summer about 66-70 at night,74-80 depending on how much sunshine we recieve, no sunlight come directly through the window only daylight. The animals themselves are provided with heat via mats or reptile radiators so; the BHPS and Womas,=84-88 with a 10 degree drop at night or to whatever the ambiant room temp is, down to 68-72 at night when cooling 84-88 daytime BREDLI= about the same maybe a 12-14 degree drop at night. and the Diamonds which are cooling now get a basking spot of 82-85 for 4 hours 7am - 12 then their light and heaters are unplugged so the temps drop from hot spot of 85 down to a night time low of 58-60 degrees, this happens slowly. The rest of the time 85 degree hotspot(areas in their vivs only 70 degrees) , but the rest of the viv down to 66. I have found heating not to be an exact science. observation of the animals is paramount and adjustments can be made, sometimes i put lights on sometimes i dont, odd days they just stay at the ambiant room temp.They generally know whats best for them if givern space and a good thermal gradiant, as even within the same species they will exhibit some variation.

[pythonman]

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

Sweet reptile room. I have cages by Boaphile they're plastic about like yours, but white. Yours are nicer looking than mine, but i am not complaining. I love the plastic vivs easy to clean and easy to move. Plan on get more next year.

Yes i agree plastic vivs are certainly easier to clean,i think as a collection grows they become the vivs of choice

[pythonman]

Originally Posted by Ch^4

Amazing reptile room! I can only dream of the day I have a facility like yours! Great work and great collection!

you dont know what the future has in store for you mate. i am lucky i have had time to evolve with my hobby, as time goes on my room will be outdated, new ideas new products will continue to make life a little easier for the herpetologist and you may be part of that.

[red ink]

Mate that is one mighty impressive reptile room.

[percey39]

Very nice set up!!! Im just starting to finish my plans for something similar, then off to built them. I love how these set ups are so easy and efficient for space.

[pythonman]

Originally Posted by red ink

Mate that is one mighty impressive reptile room.

Originally Posted by percey39

Very nice set up!!! Im just starting to finish my plans for something similar, then off to built them. I love how these set ups are so easy and efficient for space.

Thanks to you both,due to the collection the room had to be givern some thought. Buying animals has always been the fun bit, throwing money at enclosures not so appealing, but to be honest has proved just as rewarding, i spend as much time as i can in there... but we all start somewhere,its just where we end up, and this is my progress so far

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by pythonman

Enjoy what you,ve got Lankyrob, its nice to dream, but not at the expense of thinking what someone else has is better.. everything comes in time

thats the one thing snakes have learned me " patience "

cheers shaun

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

thats the one thing snakes have learned me " patience "

cheers shaun

Must admit patience isnt my strongest point, going from zero to nine reptiles in a few months shows that! happy with what we have now tho and no more additions predicted for some time.

We are in a similar positiion to you now shaun, no more space til little one leaves home, tho she is only four!! Then her room may become a snake haven and the collection may expand, but for now more than happy and find nine enough work with cleaning and feeding because of my back. Would hate to get into a situation where i was pushing myself too hard with just maintaining a collection as it would be unfair on the animals.

[pythonman]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

thats the one thing snakes have learned me " patience "

cheers shaun

Snakes have learned you a lot more than patience my knowledgable friend

[Reptile_Reptile]

i like your style

[pythonman]

Originally Posted by Reptile_Reptile

i like your style

Dont really have any style reptile reptile but Thanks

[Freebody]

very nice room!! very nice indead mallemine is a good wood to use to build cages, its cleans like plastic/because its coated in it lol, but if i were not to build everything myself, i would certainly buy those cages in a heart beat

[pythonman]

Originally Posted by Freebody

very nice room!! very nice indead mallemine is a good wood to use to build cages, its cleans like plastic/because its coated in it lol, but if i were not to build everything myself, i would certainly buy those cages in a heart beat

Hi Freebody, your sure right about mallemine, its a great construction material for vivs. And one of the things i love about our hobby is designing and constructing new enclosures suitable for the requirement of the species to occupy it. I over the many years of keeping/breeding various species, ended up with various vivs in various conditions, some had chipped, warped, the glass fronts were jamming, they became well worn and boy were they heavy to move or stack. These vivs are light, easy to clean,stackable, and very strong, over the years, the animals i had bred financed the purchase of the set up i have now.... and as many breeding years lie ahead no doubt my reptile room will be subject to improvement

[presspirate]

Much like Freebody, I am a do it your selfer. Lately I have been looking into fiberglass construction.

I think you can serve as an inspiration to us all Pythonman. How you can get the most out of the love for this hobby in general an the animals specifically.

[pythonman]

Originally Posted by presspirate

Much like Freebody, I am a do it your selfer. Lately I have been looking into fiberglass construction.

I think you can serve as an inspiration to us all Pythonman. How you can get the most out of the love for this hobby in general an the animals specifically.

Hey thanks for the kind words presspirate, it must be remembered that i have been very lucky in our chosen hobby, i have enjoyed and learned from time i have had with so called experts and novices alike, people starting out or relativly new to the hobby are a great way to increase ones knowledge. they are not frightened to try something new, to evolve with new ideas and methods, it is often they who develop the hobby, if we can pool together the knowledge of the new and the old,the old and young,the experienced and the not so experenced the hobby simply becomes better, the keepers more knowledgable and the animals we keep(the thing of most paramount importance to us all)thrive under optimum conditions,and in good health.... the vast majority of us are heading the right way..Together.