Third Eye - Moving 2006  
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Tim Spuckler
8213 Wyatt Road
Broadview Heights, OH 44147
tim@thirdeyeherp.com

 

The following photos show the moving of fifty-something adult snakes in December of 2006, from Cleveland to their new home.

Empty Spaces
Empty Spaces
The snakes are out and ready to go!
Packed Up
Packed Up
One of the excellent things about a rack system that uses sweaterboxes, is that all you need to do is remove the box and pop on a lid - then you're ready to "go mobile." Not all my snakes live in a sweaterbox rack system, but for those who do, it made the move much easier.
Truck Parental Guidance
My dad came over in his Buick Rendezvous, but all the snakes wouldn't fit. I loaded the remaining serpents into my car.
Instructions Home Sweet Home
Fortunately the weather was sunny and in the high 40s. All my snakes were brumating and the road trip was only about 20 minutes. All the snakes made it safe and sound.
Rack System Rack System
Melamine rack systems are bulky and very heavy. I had to get a box truck to move these on a different day. Rigging up the heat tape can be a time-consumng process as well - but eventually everything got set up.
Cage Masters Big Boxes
I had some four-foot cages from my boa breeding days that I've added dividers to. The rack system on the right is custom-made and uses salad bar trays with a floor space of 10 x 20 (the same as a 10-gallon tank). I like the clear boxes better that the translucent sweaterboxes - unfortunately they are rather expensive.
Nortern Pine Behind The Bar
My male northern pine lives in this 55 gallon enclosure, it had to be brought over separately in a minivan.
Nortern Pine Back In Black
My black pines live in a custom cage as well. Now that all the snakes are relocated, all I gotta do is move my 19 turtles, 6 salamanders and ferret!
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