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On Thursday I received my shipment of 16 AP cages!! Two of my buddies came over to help unload the cages and set them up. They got there about 2ish and we started bagging snakes up and taking the old cages outside. We also had to unscrew a few of the ceramic light fixtures of the old cages to install in the new ones.






Even Zebo (short for Gazebo) wanted to help so we told him to keep an eye on the snakes.


A quick sweep and moving of another rack of cages and the room was emptied.


At 3:00 the freight truck pulled up outside the house and we unloaded the cages into the back yard. It took us about 20 minutes to unload the cages and check to make sure nothing was damaged. My main concern was the glass would be cracked or broken, but it was wrapped up really well.







Over the next 8 hours we started putting the cages together, screwing in the light figures on the 18" high cages, taping flexwatt to the 12" high four foots, and stacking the cages up on the bases.





(That's me in the Led Zep shirt)

The 6 foots were definitely a two person job, but the 4 foots you can put together yourself. My buddies both left for an hour or so about 7 so I put a couple four foots together myself. At 10 we finished sealing the cages and the guys went home. I stayed up til about 2 putting spacing blocks on the sides and back of the bases to allow air to flow around the cages and to allow space for electrical cords. I also spent some time working on putting finishing touches on my incubator.

Here's what the room looked like on Thursday night. Starting in the left side working clockwise to the right.