suggestions please

[GrumpyTheSnake]

Just a suggestion.. if you don't want your wife to find this thread in a hurry... you might want to delete it from her subscription list

Have you thought about a Central Netted Dragon.. they are soooo cute!!
My personal choice would be a Bredli Python.. but they can't stay in a 2" for ever sorry.

Good luck .. you're a sweety!!

[SnakeWrangler]

Originally Posted by wood_nymph

hope so spent the day carefully pulling the aprtment apart just to be sure but no luck but you never know he might come back one day. didn;t meantion it to her but due to roaches loving our building we've had to use like a lot of roach spray around the place so if he s here i hope he doesn;t catch anything.

If he is there somewhere still he will most likely catch some food, hopefully he has either completely escaped or is found really soon.

[wood_nymph]

thanks Wrangler personly ithink he's definately escaped and if he is here there's just too many places he would wedge himself and never come out (i remember he's good at that). no chance of her finding it now she's made me block to ner on her computer s she can't distract herself from study , she's a bit stressed.

so no more ideas? i looked at snake care stuff last night and some setups, from what i've seen most are taller then they are long, do all pythons require this? i also saw an closeure with like a peg board divide in it with a oopening in it so te snake could go through making a well defined hot side and coo side, so any of the suggested small pythons like this kinds of long setup? cause when one eventually gets big enough i could cut a hole in the wall dividing the two 2 foot square tanks effectively making a 4fft X 2ft X2ft.

[Riley]

sorry to hear about that, good luck

maybe golden tailed geckos? or knob tails?

[Gecko :)]

Knobtails make great little pets,.. be warned though, you will end up with more than one!!,.
I have a male for sale if you are interested

Cheers Kelly

[Gecko :)]

By the way fingers crossed you find it,.. I had one of mine escape the other day, but only for an hour, . I found him under my cabinet, keeping warm,...phew

[wood_nymph]

i know she doesn't like knob tails sorry. she showed me a pic of one once and explained how wierd she thinks they look plus i know she definately does not want to breed anything and isn;t too keen on keeping groups of things cause she gets paranoid about monitering.
Grump: sorry i missed your post- in regards to netteds she's had them before and from what i understand of them/observed when we had them they nee a lot longer then i 2ft, she had two in a 4ft

[dragon lady]

Last night after we put our adults back into their habitat about 5:30pm i did the normal thing & checked all ...my sons gold adult male wasnt in the habitat....after a 45min bombing to his room i noticed that his window was open but screen was shut........he was on the top of curtain rods looking at all of us 7.5ft high above the ground!
He got told with certaincy never to do that again..& he bobbed his head as he always does..wandering what all the fuss was about!
Its not the only time or nor will it be the last that any of us will experience heatache...but we have all established a relationship with these creatures that is permanent & the loss creates a whole in our heart that is not replaceable but always we will remember them with a few tears..& smiles!

[ozianimals]

Go for a spotted or stimpsons. They make great pets and are quite placid.....They will be comfortable in the enclosure and do not eat as often as lizards.......

[wood_nymph]

ok she's locked the net again on hers so i can talk again . k, so a 2ft would be good for a childrens, spotted or a stimpsons. i've done a bit of reading on these three and have heard that all three can be fussy when young, so something older then a hatchling would be good? i've gathered that spotted can be snappier then childrens when young, i think the more placid the better. for heating i've read diff opinion abot 50% say heat mats cause they spend more time on the ground, the other 50% say globes. what's everyones opinons, is it easier to mantain a heat gradient with a mat? but without a heat globe how would u view them is there a infared bulb that emits no heat or something?

[perthensis]

Go for a Stimson's!!!!!!

[pythonmum]

I've got a spotted and a stimsons - both great animals. Those available now aren't newly hatched, so will be a bit easier to handle and feed than tiny hatchlings. You may be able to find a nice yearling if you check around. Adults come up regularly when people need to clear out the collection a bit. Good luck - you're a good partner!

[pythonmum]

PS We (and most keepers) have a globe for light and another heat source. I use a ceramic bulb for heat. You have to put cages around the bulbs so they don't burn themselves or get caught. Heat mats are also good, depending on your substrate. I have sand in mine, so the bulb is better.

[wood_nymph]

so shildrens are no good, or not pretty? why do poeple go for the spotteds and stimpsons over the childrens? might have to do some mods on the cage if we use a bulb i remember it was quite hard to get the temp grade right in the 2ft cause it's wood to the whol ething just tends to heat up all over, but it would be in a tub thing to begin with for a while right? or if i got a yearling would if go straight into the enclosure?
i should probably take a pic of the enclosure in question when she's not looking to show but guys what i mean. it had two bulb fitting hanging in the roof, but they're in apartently annoying positions, basically smack bang in the middle of the depth set about 10cm in from the sides.

[pythonmum]

You need some sort of air vent to maintain the temperaute gradient. You can buy nice fine plastic vents at a hardware store and install these in the back or top of the cage. Because it's wood, no problem cutting the hole - make sure you seal around it. If there is no vent or decent airflow, you will end up with hot everywhere. You need to control the bulb or mat with a thermostat. Brian at Herpshop gives great advice when you are setting up or modifying an enclosure. Try dropping him a line. He's also good for general python advice.

As far as children's pythons go, I think they are fine, but more people seem to keep spotteds and stimsons. All of the Antaresia are pretty nice snakes and easy to keep.