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15-Dec-06, 07:31 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: North of Adelaide, S.A. Age/Gender: 21  | | |  Bredli Enclosure Help
Hi There,
The time is getting nearer, only a month or so till i get my bredli, i'm so excited!!! 
Anyways, just wondering what a good size enclouse would be, is 1200 x 1200 x 600 to small?
It seams pretty small, but not sure if i can find the room for a 1800 x 1200 x 600.
Please advise
Cheers
Anthony
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15-Dec-06, 07:32 PM
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Sounds like ample room to me  |
15-Dec-06, 07:33 PM
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That depends on the size of the snake.
How big is the sanke you are getting?
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15-Dec-06, 07:37 PM
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If you are getting a hatchling get a click clack them enclosures are way to big.
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15-Dec-06, 07:39 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: North of Adelaide, S.A. Age/Gender: 21 | | | |
well will be either a yerling(or there abouts) or hatchling (or there abouts)
but
"I don’t keep any of my snakes in small enclosures. I try and keep them in reasonable sized enclosures compared to the size of the animal.
I am not a subscriber to the belief that having them in big enclosures stress them out. In my experience I have found quite the opposite. The small enclosures seem to stress them, compared with the large enclosures.
Thinking laterally about this, snakes are not confined in the wild to a very small area. Thus I try and provide a reasonable sized enclosure. But the main reason is to do with temperature.
The larger the enclosure the easier and more varied a thermal gradient that can be obtained. "
That is quoted from "And We Have It All", and it makes sense to me!
I mean will 1200 x 1200 x 600 be big enough for when it is fully grown?
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15-Dec-06, 07:41 PM
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personally got chatted by N.P.W.L. worden for 1 adult Bredli in cage that size,but most people say its o.k. I still house them in these enclosures
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15-Dec-06, 07:46 PM
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That's up to you putting a small snake in there but from my limited experience your next post may be "i can't get it to eat" or " snake is stressed out".
You can only try though some people have good results, just make sure you have plenty of hides for it.
Jmo
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15-Dec-06, 07:53 PM
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Na Fair Call, What about 800(L) x 600 (H) x 450 (D)? Up to ... say 2 yrs?
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15-Dec-06, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by GSXR_Boy  That's up to you putting a small snake in there but from my limited experience your next post may be "i can't get it to eat" or " snake is stressed out".
You can only try though some people have good results, just make sure you have plenty of hides for it.
Jmo | but a snake in the wild has millions of square hectares, and they seem fine! either that, or they slither into small glass enclosures to eat 
no offence meant
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15-Dec-06, 08:53 PM
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Most of my customers like the big enclosures - imo a 1200 x 1000 x 600 is a great enclosure to have - but size is up to you.
I have seen people convert a room to house there snakes in.
So go as big as you want - bugger what anyone else thinks.
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15-Dec-06, 09:41 PM
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Thanks for the replies, i see it really depends on opinons.
also auzlizardking, it that size big enough for a fully grown bredli?
it just seams small.
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15-Dec-06, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Anthony Thanks for the replies, i see it really depends on opinons.
also auzlizardking, it that size big enough for a fully grown bredli?
it just seams small. | This size is what most customers are buying for Bredli, Diamonds, Carpet, etc - and these are snakes that get to over 8ft.
And some of the snakes are going in smaller enclosures then that.
Mines in a 1200 x 1000 x 440 so as I said it's up to you.
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15-Dec-06, 09:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Warwick, QLD | | | |
it will depend too largely on the snake and its habbits for anyone else to comment. I will be going with an enclosure about 1200x1000x600 because Savanna loves to spend quite a bit of time stretched right out and on her climbs...
i think you will just have to wait and see what the little fella wants to do.
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16-Dec-06, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Oxyuranus microlepid but a snake in the wild has millions of square hectares, and they seem fine! either that, or they slither into small glass enclosures to eat
no offence meant | That's why i said JMO!!!
How often do you see small snakes roaming the bush????Usually hiding and feeling vunerable!!
That's why i said add plenty of hides as in my experience the smaller they are the more they tend to hide in larger enclosures.
AGAIN JMO!! No offence either
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16-Dec-06, 04:38 PM
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You can not compare the wild to housing a animal in a box in your home.........
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