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28-Aug-06, 04:22 PM
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just wondering what size enclosures should be used for different species of snakes.
about all i've worked out is that vert should be used for tree dwellers and horiz for ground dwellers. i am having difficulty in determining the snake/enclosure size ratio
im thinking of buyin a jungle carpet or daimond for my first snake if that helps to narrow it down any
thanks heaps all
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28-Aug-06, 04:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: newcastle | | | | RE: enclosure sizes
mate if you dont ask questions u dont learn, i would highly recomend a diamond, and for a diamond you want more hight then width, but u dont want a big enclosure straight away.
thanks wil |
28-Aug-06, 04:29 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Sydney NSW | | | | Haha - yea i am in the same boat - Another newbie!
I figured a bit taller with some trees to climb as I want to get a Jungle too, but I would like to know is it better to get the base dimension a bit bigger for a small snake, as i figured you could always block off a bit of the area if it was too much room for it, then as it gets bigger it could wake up and hey just got an extension on the house - cool.
That way it will still be in the same environment, just bigger...as opposed to getting a new bigger enclosure. Good idea?
Also Wil, why would you recommend a Diamond over a Jungle? |
28-Aug-06, 04:31 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: newcastle | | | | from what i have heard if you put a juvie in a big enclosure straight away they stress out thats just what i have heard!
thanks wil |
28-Aug-06, 04:33 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: newcastle | | | | Diamonds are alot, and i mean alot more quieter, but in saying that you can get jungles with great temprements , its just the luck of the draw |
28-Aug-06, 04:34 PM
| | | kiwicam that is a sweet idea. it'd save alot of money on enclosure upgrade to. can't wait to see what the more xperienced guys have to say.
and yeah wil,i know i'll never learn any other way but you still feel silly askin some questions that you think would be really obvious to the more expereinced folks out there  |
28-Aug-06, 04:37 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: newcastle | | | | thats fine mate, cause im still learning aswell, it will be interesting to see if im right or WRONG?
thanks wil |
28-Aug-06, 04:38 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Yallourn North Vic | | | you can put juvies in large enclosures. they only stress if you dont put in enough hides.
here is the victorian standards http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/nrenin...256DEA0027A820
realy the bigger the better. just place alot of hides |
28-Aug-06, 04:39 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Sydney NSW | | | Yea - I would be very interested to see what the experts have to say about it too. have no probs starting out with a smaller enclosure if that is better fir the little one.
Ah ok cheers wil, yea I have read they can be a bit snappy - but I guess I would like a snake with a bit of 'sass' anyway, bit of character to keep me on my toes 
Ya gotta sasss it! |
28-Aug-06, 04:39 PM
|  | Reptile Addict Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Port Adelaide SA | | | | Ok I am not as good at this as lots of people on here but just to help a little.
When the snakes are jouvies, then a click clack is good for a while, until it's bigger, babies tend to freak out if kept in something too big straight away.
Then for a jungle yeah a taller rather than wider cage is needed.
Someone on here will be able to give you sizes but I also like your idea of making one that's expandable, that' sounds good.
It's easier than it looks to build your own out of a nice furnature piece too, have a search around here and you will see some beauties!
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28-Aug-06, 04:48 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Sydney NSW | | | Not so much 'making' one that's expandable (I don't think my construction skills up quite up to it ) but if I found a good tall one then just 'blocking' off some width with say a rock wall or soomething, maybe in half or something like that, then moving it out as the little fella gets bigger.
Also another quick question (sorry newtothis), with regard to the light cages, wouldn't they get hot enough themselves to burn the snake a bit if it touches it when they have a heat lamp inside? |
28-Aug-06, 05:15 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Yallourn North Vic | | | | as long as the light does not touch the cage it will be fine. they do warm up a little bit but not enough to burn anything. but i must stress but one that the light fits in easy and make sure it does not touch the cage |
28-Aug-06, 05:31 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Sydney, NSW | | | | Hey, i just got a carpet/diamond intergrade the other day , he is a bit snappy but other wise he is awsome, he is my first snake , and i have him in a horizontal tank atm while im building my vert tank and he seems to be fine.
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