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08-Oct-08, 07:58 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | |  Outdoor enclosure for diamonds
hey im just interested in what size an outdoor enclose for a Diamond pythons should be.. there will be 2 in there (a full grown male of 1.7m and a growing female of around 1.9m) i have heard of some ideas but none have fitted my backyard... and is it possible for someone to send me a plan of how to make it.. i have read in books and they all say the same things but im just interested in your ideas..
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08-Oct-08, 09:27 PM
|  | *bites* Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: West of Brisbane Gender:  | | | |
I don't have an answer or opinion on the outdoor enclosure, but how could a 1700 male be full grown and a 1900 female still be growing? I wasn't aware that any kind of species of python had a size different between males and females (except females being fatter). And, snakes never stop growing anyway, so he might be 2500 or so in ten years time.
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08-Oct-08, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by notechistiger  I don't have an answer or opinion on the outdoor enclosure, but how could a 1700 male be full grown and a 1900 female still be growing? I wasn't aware that any kind of species of python had a size different between males and females (except females being fatter). And, snakes never stop growing anyway, so he might be 2500 or so in ten years time. | Females are normally a foot or so longer.. from what I've seen.
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08-Oct-08, 09:34 PM
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I've found that all snakes vary depending on age, feeding, status (breeding or not), etc., so there's never a definitive answer, which was why I was asking why Armand thought his male is full grown.
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08-Oct-08, 09:38 PM
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Here are some pics of mine.
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09-Oct-08, 06:56 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | notechistiger---sorry that sounds idiotic what iv said about the male being fully grown ect but i bought him from people that barely fed him (maybe once a month since he was a hatchling) and i felt really sorry for him so i bought him. He has been the same size for around 1.2 years now, maybe getting a lil fatter but not longer at all.. Even all his sheds are within 1-5cm of each other..
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Last edited by Armand; 09-Oct-08 at 07:01 AM.
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09-Oct-08, 08:14 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-08 Location: Central West NSW Age/Gender: 48 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by buck Here are some pics of mine. | Nice enclosure.
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09-Oct-08, 08:37 AM
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Hi,
Here's a pic of mine. 
My boyfriend made this for me (and my snake) a few years ago. My Diamond python is 15 years old and about 2m long. After being inside his whole life we thought it was time he saw the sun 
We have river pebbles on the ground, with a central garden that has a ground cover plant (don't know what it's called). There's two hide boxes at different heights on the back wall (you can see them in the pic, one on the left at the top and the other a bit lower on the right), one has an electric heat mat in there, which is on all through winter. Half of the enclosure is covered and half exposed, so he can shift in and out of the sun and weather....he likes to sit in the rain sometimes. We collected some big braches and hollowed out logs and he just has a simple ceramic water bowl. We're hoping to put a water-feature int here soon, maybe a little waterfall....
We didn't really go off a plan, he just made it to fit the space we had. Luckily, we had a concrete slab there already that used to have a shed on it, so we just put it on that... When we move, we can just pick it up and take it with us. That's my garage next to it so you can get an idea of the size/height.
Tracy
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09-Oct-08, 09:42 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: sydney Age/Gender: 15 | | | |
why do some people have to bleach wood then put it in the oven and all that stuff then u guys just go and stick the snake outside no problems and also wouldnt an outside enclosure be less protected from mites and such but i love the look of them =]]
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09-Oct-08, 02:28 PM
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hmm.. you're right. I never did anything much with the wood in there that I can remember. As for the mites, it does seem it would be more likely for them to get them outside, but I haven't had any since he'e been out there. He had mites twice when he was inside....
I live in a residential area so there's no other snakes around. Maybe I've just been lucky....?
I think the direct sunlight has something to do with it. Diamonds especially really need the sunlight as far as I know.
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11-Oct-08, 10:13 PM
| | *bites* Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: West of Brisbane Gender: | | | |
Just because it's a residential area doesn't mean there aren't any snakes around. How many stories have you heard of snakes living in the roof?
Diamonds don't really need the sunlight. What they need is cool temperatures. Or, the ability to escape to cool temperatures.
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