razorbill
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Hello!
I am a novice keeper and will be getting a hatchling Woma next month. Have tried to review as much information as I could independently before asking, but still have a few questions:
Brumation/feeding/temperature - In SImon Stone's care guide that was recommended on here he wrote that, for 5 of the coldest months of the year (when NT temps are below 20c), he does not feed his Woma pythons. He also does not provide any heating at night in general. Is this recommended still. I live in Scotland so, if I was to not use night time heating, it would fall below 20c about 5-6 months of the year. Also would I wait for their 2nd year to implement this or later? The clutch literally just hatched yesterday so that would be either this coming winter in around 10 months or winter 2022. Would you always provide heating to a hatchling/juvinile to keep them above 20c?
Housing - I initially plan to have the hatchling in a tub to acclimate it before considering a perminant enclosure. Would it be best to size up tubs as they grow and then transfer them to an adult wooden enclosure(either 4x2x2 or 6x2x2ft) with uvb/overhead heating or put them in their adult enclosure right away after they are comfortable/start consistantly eating? For adult enclosures do most go for glass or wooden? Would consider PVC, but it is way more expensive and I am not sure their humidity requirements call for it.
Feeding - Should I go straight to fuzzies or start them off with pinkies?
Enrichment - Is there any enclosure enrichment people have found their woma's particularly engage with/'enjoy'?
Humidity - the ambient humidity in my home is around 55%. Would that be acceptable?
Thanks!
For reference these are the sources I have looked at so far:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0277/9175/3268/files/woma_hr.pdf?389
https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/woma-python-care-and-breeding/
https://www.parrotgarden.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Woma_Python.pdf
I am a novice keeper and will be getting a hatchling Woma next month. Have tried to review as much information as I could independently before asking, but still have a few questions:
Brumation/feeding/temperature - In SImon Stone's care guide that was recommended on here he wrote that, for 5 of the coldest months of the year (when NT temps are below 20c), he does not feed his Woma pythons. He also does not provide any heating at night in general. Is this recommended still. I live in Scotland so, if I was to not use night time heating, it would fall below 20c about 5-6 months of the year. Also would I wait for their 2nd year to implement this or later? The clutch literally just hatched yesterday so that would be either this coming winter in around 10 months or winter 2022. Would you always provide heating to a hatchling/juvinile to keep them above 20c?
Housing - I initially plan to have the hatchling in a tub to acclimate it before considering a perminant enclosure. Would it be best to size up tubs as they grow and then transfer them to an adult wooden enclosure(either 4x2x2 or 6x2x2ft) with uvb/overhead heating or put them in their adult enclosure right away after they are comfortable/start consistantly eating? For adult enclosures do most go for glass or wooden? Would consider PVC, but it is way more expensive and I am not sure their humidity requirements call for it.
Feeding - Should I go straight to fuzzies or start them off with pinkies?
Enrichment - Is there any enclosure enrichment people have found their woma's particularly engage with/'enjoy'?
Humidity - the ambient humidity in my home is around 55%. Would that be acceptable?
Thanks!
For reference these are the sources I have looked at so far:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0277/9175/3268/files/woma_hr.pdf?389
https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/woma-python-care-and-breeding/
https://www.parrotgarden.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Woma_Python.pdf