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10-Feb-08, 04:35 PM
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Hello,
i am interested in seeing peoples pics olive pythons and their set ups.What subtrate do people use for thier olives apart from newspaper and something that looks natural.
Thanks Shane.
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10-Feb-08, 07:15 PM
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anyone?
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10-Feb-08, 07:37 PM
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substrate for the natural look id say aspen bedding, but for olives since there so big peopele probably dont wanna clean that huge tank! and its cheaper with newspaper
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11-Feb-08, 04:06 PM
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aspan bedding? iv never heard of it. any pics of a enclosure set up with it
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11-Feb-08, 04:17 PM
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I use marine carpet for flooring in mine. Here is a link to my enclosures from last year. New Olives
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11-Feb-08, 04:47 PM
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nice set up tan, i was trying to think of a subtrate that would look natural to olive python habitat like the arid sorta look. any ideas
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11-Feb-08, 04:50 PM
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too much maintenance, thats why i chose red marine carpet
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11-Feb-08, 04:57 PM
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yeah i think ill end up goin with carpet or astro turf, looks good and easy to clean.
anyone else have any pics
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11-Feb-08, 05:12 PM
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newspaper covered by leaves. easy to clean (remove crappy paper and leaves), and looks great
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11-Feb-08, 05:16 PM
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got any pics blake
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11-Feb-08, 05:37 PM
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My olives are housed in a 8 x 2.5 x 2 enclosure and i use a sandy colour astro turf in the enclosure. I have the astro turf cut into 4 tile size pieces and just replace the soiled ones with reserves that I have. I have been using astro turf for about 6 months and am getting sick of having scrub and disenfect all of the time, I'll pobably change back to butchers paper.
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11-Feb-08, 05:51 PM
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Here is a picture of enclosure
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11-Feb-08, 07:18 PM
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A lot has changed since this pic was taken. The pebbles are now on the opposite side under the heat source. I thought that made more sense as the pebbles retain the heat.
The astro turf has been great. Some here warn against it, but we have found absolutely no issues with it. We make sure that she is fed on the turf so that no pebbles get stuck to the food. We had our olive looked at the other day by a respected industry person, and she is in superb condition.
The enclosure now sits atop a matching cabinet and more branches have been added which lead up to two ledges where she love to sit.  |
11-Feb-08, 08:08 PM
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I use 'Forest Gold eucalyptus mulch' from Mitre 10 (probably sell it at Bunning too) I have used it for about 3 years with my jungle and olive and havent had any problems with it. I just spread it out on a tarp for a day or 2 and let it dry and to get most of the dust out. Looks great too!
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12-Feb-08, 08:58 AM
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marine carpet and astro turf can cause cloaca infections, ive seen it happen many times, for this reason i would never use it.
Newspaper or butchers paper is by far the best substraight to use for many many reasons, ie its so much more hygenic, if enough layers are used it makes a perfect hide, also if enough layers are used gravid females will almost always lay under the paper instead of nesting boxes, which tells us it is a very favoured place for them to be.
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