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03-May-08, 03:50 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: Cairns Age/Gender: 24  | | |
I was chatting with some one yesterday about snakes, and mentioned my intentions of buying a pair of diamonds and i was informed that they do not like it up here in Cairns... too hot and humid?? they don't like it?? well why not, what could go wrong?? what could hurt them?? |
03-May-08, 05:21 PM
|  | Sapere aude Sponsor | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: ACT | | | | Well, there you go, just had a chat to some of my diamonds and it was unanymous, they all said much the same, too hot, and humid, they just dont like the "sticky" weather of the tropics.
They also said the last time they were there that someone tried to steal there beach towel and one said she nearly got stung by a box jelly, so that can put a dampener on the trip too i guess. |
03-May-08, 05:24 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: Cairns Age/Gender: 24 | | | | well i liked the diamonds for there colours and size... what bigger sized snake would suit this humid enviroment then |
03-May-08, 05:35 PM
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03-May-08, 05:37 PM
| | Sapere aude Sponsor | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: ACT | | | | Well your natural occuring species for the area are coastals.
You can keep diamonds up there, you are just going to have to make the setup in a particular way to create a false environment. |
03-May-08, 05:38 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | | Diamonds won't like the humid conditions - excessive heat and humidity are known to be most common causes of Diamond Python Syndrome. You might get away with keeping the diamonds if you can create an air conditioned room for them to keep the heat down. They like their temps between 18-26 and low humidity.
The Cairns coastal pythons are quite a nice looking snake, the jungles would probably like it since they are up that way somewhere. You'll also find scrub pythons and green tree pythons live wild up that way too - GTPs perhaps a little further up. But I have seen pics of the coastals that are up that far and I quite like them.
Darwins might do well also.
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03-May-08, 05:40 PM
|  | Custom Enclosures Sponsor | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Newcastle | | | | From what I believe they will only last 3 to 4 year with the heat - Diamonds are a cooler area snake - Port Mac to the Victorian border.
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