What size do you keep your jungles in?

[scurrilous]

everything I've read tells me they are semi arboreal, so should i treat them as arboreal or not? all the averages i have found say to put you snake in a minimum 3/4x (side to side) by 1/3x (front to back) and between 3/4 and 1x (top to bottom) of the fully grown length (obviously not going to put a hatchling in an enclosure that size, but when they grow this is. However, whenever i look at enclosures the average height seems to be about 1.2m for a tall enclosure while using the formula you get 1.7highx1.5widex60deep for a roughly 2m snake. That's the premise to my question and i guess the important part is;
What size/type of enclosure do you keep YOUR jungles in? pictures may even help too.
Would it be wrong to have 3 enclosures over a lifetime to accommodate growth, or move from click clack to full size?
Thanks guys

 

[Khagan]

1200x600x600 for adults, though bigger is always better. You can comfortably keep them in click clack/storage containers up untill they are the appropriate size to go into the adult enclosure.

 

[saximus]

No pics sorry but mine is 4x4x2 and when I moved him into it a couple of years ago it was straight from a click-clack.
With Jungles, locality is a bit more important for size because they are so variable. For something like an Atherton that could get to 8' I wouldn't put it in smaller than what I have for mine but that's just personal opinion.

 

[Bandit05]

Ive just finished one of my jungles tanks, it measures 4ft wide x 2 ft high x 2 ft deep

 

[scurrilous]

thanks guys, for an idea im looking at getting a julatten once i get my licence and everything set up, if that means waiting for next season so be it, i know what i want and i want to be ready.
so it sounds like straight from click clack to adult is good, would it be bad to move into something as big as a converted wardrobe? or stick to the slightly smaller? thanks again

bandit i have to say that is one of the most entertaining enclosures i've seen, and sure your jungles will love it

 

[Bandit05]

I am currently building 8 new enclosures , 3 are finished so far, it is a challenge to design each one differently but also suit the snake it is housing , I bought two Jungles males last week ( both had been tubbed all their lives ) and although one loves climbing on branches the other wont use them, Im hoping he will like the rope bridge instead. As its a bank of 3 I have to finish the other Jungles tank before I can put them in and see if they like them. The other Jungles tank will be far more entertaining by the way.

Cheers Deb

 

[Saxon_Aus]

that enclosure is awesome Bandit05 - is it a converted fish tank or does it have sliding doors at the front? Couldn't tell from the pic

 

[Bandit05]

Its actually one of a bank of 3 , I made it by converting a wardrobe , it has glass sliding doors on the front which were not on there when the pic was taken.

Cheers Deb

 

[Khagan]

would it be bad to move into something as big as a converted wardrobe? or stick to the slightly smaller?

When they are adult size you can put them into anything as big as you want. I will be moving my yearling from a storage tub to a 1200x600x600 in the next few days, and i have an adult in this converted tv unit which is much bigger (Looks a bit bare and boring but does the job).

 

[scurrilous]

is there any guide out there how to perform a conversion, something useful especially with the light fittings and whatnot? which poses another question, a good heat gradient would be from mid 20s at low end to around 30 or low 30s high end?