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27-Oct-07, 10:09 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Perth, WA Age/Gender: 15  | | |  New and need some advise (:
Hi I'm Scarlet, i'm 14 and i live in Perth, Western Australia.
I've been wanting a snake for quite a while now, and i've recently been doing alot of reasearch on them 
Since I live in WA I think the only one at my beginer level I should get is the Stimsons, Pilbra Python, now im not too sure still! but yeah (:
I have a 3 foot long tank by about 1 - 2 foot around that, its pretty big, and Stimsons don't seem to grow too large (if it does i'll by a new one in the future  ) Its an aquarium, and the lid has broken and is all smashed, so dad he will make a plexi glass one with some venting in it 
any way!
1. My questions were -
Where can I get hatchlings from? I found some on this website http://http://www.srsrk.com.au/pages/index.cfm?action=revised_pricelist
but i'm not sure if they are aloud to send them to WA, so i sent them an e mail.
2. With the licance what is a beginer supose to write for the "previouse reptile experiance"?
I know its a big responasabilty but I have done so much reasearch, and mum said she will be happy to help if I ever get into trouble.
3. I've read so many different things you can use for a bedding, i think just good old news paper would be good, but is this okay? I only read it on one website.
4. Can you get the little pink rodents from most petshops, or would I need to get them from special place?
5. Do snakes have eye lids? Just something I have wonderd for a long time! |
27-Oct-07, 10:11 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Perth, WA Age/Gender: 15 | | | | oh and I've considerd getting a legless lizard since they're bit easyer to keep, but I don't really like lizards, they look a bit scary, no offence!! |
27-Oct-07, 10:12 PM
|  | Impatient Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | Vinnie - You will have to buy from within WA - they don't allow the import of animals...
try www.pilbarapythons.com they are in WA and have some great animals...
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27-Oct-07, 10:13 PM
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27-Oct-07, 10:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Rosanna, Melbourne Gender: | | | 1. My questions were -
Where can I get hatchlings from? I found some on this website http://http://www.srsrk.com.au/pages/index.cfm?action=revised_pricelist
but i'm not sure if they are aloud to send them to WA, so i sent them an e mail.
Edit: didnt realise WA didnt allow importation.
2. With the licance what is a beginer supose to write for the "previouse reptile experiance"?
My guess (not being WA) would be "none".
I know its a big responasabilty but I have done so much reasearch, and mum said she will be happy to help if I ever get into trouble.
3. I've read so many different things you can use for a bedding, i think just good old news paper would be good, but is this okay? I only read it on one website.
Or get butchers paper - newspaper without the newsprint, which rubs off. The most commonly used substrate would be newspaper I think.
4. Can you get the little pink rodents from most petshops, or would I need to get them from special place?
Someone else answer this one.
5. Do snakes have eye lids? Just something I have wonderd for a long time!
Not quite, they have eye caps, clear scales over their eyes - they therefore can't blink. But the caps protect them from damage. |
27-Oct-07, 10:20 PM
|  | Crab Battle Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Penrith/ Sydney Age/Gender: 18 | | | go for fake grass, its works well and looks better than newspaper
also most pet shops sell pinkie mice to full grown rats, but not 100% sure about stores in WA
but in all snakes a fairly easy to keep once you have a good set up up and running
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27-Oct-07, 10:46 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Perth, WA Age/Gender: 15 | | | Thanks so much! Loads of help
I saw thhe West Aussie Reptiles in the paper, but they don't have any hatchlings avalible 
and thhey were all sold out at the Pilbera Pythons one
Do you know when the best time to start looking for them is?
Thanks Scarlet xo |
27-Oct-07, 10:52 PM
| | Crab Battle Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Penrith/ Sydney Age/Gender: 18 | | | from december through febuary about when they hatch, some hatch later then others tho and some earlier
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27-Oct-07, 11:13 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Perth, WA Age/Gender: 15 | | | oh okay then Lol, thanks |
27-Oct-07, 11:16 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Perth, WA Age/Gender: 15 | | | sorry for so many posts : /
but um on the West Aussie Reptiles site, how do you phurchase them? Like it just says hhow muchh they are, it doesnt say how old they are or anything..
its www.westaussiereptiles.com.au if you want to help me : / |
27-Oct-07, 11:21 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Perth Gender: | | | The best information I found was in a book called "Keeping CHILDREN'S PYTHONS" by "Greg Fyfe & Darren Green" It has simple and straight forward information and contains almost all you need to know .You can probably get it from a library or go see Steve at Exotic he will give you straight forward info
As far as your application for previous experience put none
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27-Oct-07, 11:21 PM
| | Crab Battle Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Penrith/ Sydney Age/Gender: 18 | | | go to "contact us" and just email them and let them know what your interested in
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27-Oct-07, 11:27 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Perth Gender: | | | | Also another thing to remember about glass aquariums is they are harder to keep warm in the winter especially here in perth
If can not afford to buy a wooden one let me know and i will try to help you out
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27-Oct-07, 11:31 PM
| | Crab Battle Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Penrith/ Sydney Age/Gender: 18 | | | or you could cover it with a towel at night
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27-Oct-07, 11:56 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Perth, WA Age/Gender: 15 | | | Yeahh, well you see I've had hermit crabs for a while, and thhey are not like throw away pets!! cos they're tropical they need to be kept really warm too, about the same temp as snakes, and they're in a glass aquarium and the heat is ussually warmer than its spose to be, and yeah i sometimes use a towl but yeah if it does end up not being warm enoughh when i get it set up, i'll give you a yell
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