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17-Feb-08, 02:20 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: brisbane Gender:  | | | click-clacks for the young
Hi people i started a new thread because whenever i post in a old thread i dont get any reply so a few questions does a 1 month old spottie need to be in a click-clack or can i put it in a bigger enclosure like a fish tank that is well fentilated or somthing pritty much the same? And i was told that i dont need a heat mat or anything like that where i live which is in brisbane and the temp is AROUND 25c most of the time is that right or wrong? And 1 last question do i leave a water bowl in the click-clack which i have it in at the moment?
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18-Feb-08, 11:56 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: brisbane Gender: | | | | come on people this is a life or death situation for a snake here help us out |
19-Feb-08, 12:00 AM
|  | Impatient Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Mitch - Yes, keep it in a click-clack...
Yes, you do need a heatmat as you need to provide a temperature gradient with a hot end at 32*c...
Yes, always have a waterbowl in the enclosure...
Mitch, many of these questions could be answered with a little more research on your behalf prior to purchasing the snake - can I suggest buying at least one, and probably more, books on keeping pythons...they are a great start...
Care of Australian Reptiles in Captivity by John Weigel is a great starter book for you...
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19-Feb-08, 12:00 AM
|  | Roadkill Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | | You must heat the snake, 25 degrees (and much colder at night) = dead snake very soon. You need a heat mat, a click clack is preferable, a cage is ok provided the snake is eating well and cannot escape. Sorry i have to run, someone else can clue you in on the rest.
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19-Feb-08, 08:51 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Adelaide, SA (North East) Age/Gender: 56 | | | | My "click-clack". I use the Systema containers from Wollies. Hide at both warm and cool ends and a porcelain water bowl from Foodland. Under the warm end there is a heat mat covering about one third of the bottom of the container.
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19-Feb-08, 03:04 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: brisbane Gender: | | | | people i started this thread because im sick of being told diffrent thing's like some people rekon it dont need a heat mat and some people rekon it does and i know that it does but i dont have the money to buy 1 but my mum does but my mum was told that it doesnt need a heat so im trying to get a few people to tell her that it does need 1. |
19-Feb-08, 03:10 PM
|  | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | | I use the same tubs as Fester. If your snakes not eating, it's telling you it needs more heat.
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19-Feb-08, 03:13 PM
| | Roadkill Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | | Tell your mum this... You must heat the snake, 25 degrees (and much colder at night) = dead snake very soon.
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19-Feb-08, 03:19 PM
|  | Bonus Member Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Ballina, Northern NSW. Age/Gender: 24 | | | Yea, you gotta have heat mate. Show your mum this thread so she can see for herself!!!!
Fester's setups are perfect. Heatmat under 1/3 or 1/4 of the clickclack, a hide each end, and waterbowl at the opposite end from the heatmat.... Pretty simple really, but without the heat he wont last long! Get in ya mums ear mate! 
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19-Feb-08, 03:42 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: brisbane Gender: | | | | would any1 like to donate to the "Save Mitch's Snake Foundation" ? |
19-Feb-08, 03:47 PM
|  | Kelly Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Berowra, Sydney, NSW. Age/Gender: 34  | | | | You should have made sure you have the right equipment and funds before buying a pet...... |
19-Feb-08, 03:51 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: brisbane Gender: | | | | well i was told by the guy i brought it off i dont need a heat mat so i didnt buy one i would of brought 1 if i new i needed 1 before i brought the snake. |
19-Feb-08, 03:55 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Adelaide, SA (North East) Age/Gender: 56 | | | | Hey Mitch, heatmats aren't all that expensive. Surely mum would donate a bit to the cause? Maybe you can do a bit of work around the house to earn a few dollars.
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19-Feb-08, 03:58 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney Age/Gender: 29 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hawkesbury reptiles  You should have made sure you have the right equipment and funds before buying a pet...... |  Well said!
Really tho, snakes are pretty affordable pets - a click clack $20; heat mat $30; $40 for mice, newspaper for substrate and a few rocks and branches from your garden... That is your snake sorted for a whole year!!! I can't think of ANY other pets that are that cheap and easy! If you can't stretch to that expense, then you should just save up for 6 months before getting your snake.
After a year it will need a bigger enclosure, but I don't think a glass fishtank is a good enclosure for a snake.
I think the reason you aren't getting responses is because you are asking questions that are answered over and over on this and other websites. Invest in a couple of books, do your internet research and THEN ask questions. I agree that you get different reponses every person you ask, but you just need to keep looking and work out what information seems to be repeated most often and go with that.
Don't give us newbies a bad name!
EDIT: Didn't realise you *already* had the snake! Yeah, you should really have done some more research before going ahead and buying one!  |
19-Feb-08, 04:01 PM
|  | Punk in Drublic Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Gold Coast Gender: | | | | Explain to your mother that a heat mat now is cheaper than the snake to start with so she should protect her investment, and cheaper than a vet bill, and then a heat mat.
Surely the animals welfare is worth the price of a heat mat, you only need a small one, say 8W for now. | | |
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