New member and new borneo short tailed python
Hi everyone, I just joined today and I have a few questions. I recently purchased a male hatchling borneo short tailed python last Saturday. I have researched information about them before my purchase but I would like to get some views and opinions from some actual owners. The guy at the pet store told me that he was about 3 to 4 weeks old at the time of purchase and he is about 8 to 10 inches long. I was told that I can keep him in a ten gallon aquarium by the guy at the pet store, is this accurate? Or should I put him in a ventilated rubbermaid tub which I already have? For substrate he is on a combination of coconut husk and sphagum moss, should I keep him on this or give him paper towel, newspaper, eco earth, or something else? The other question is that for heating in the tank he has a heat lamp, but I do not have a heating source for the rubbermaid container. However the ambient air temperatures in my home are 80 to 85 during the day and about 75 to 80 at night in the room that he is in. Lastly I have tried handling the little guy, he has never tried to bite me, but he is flighty. He is ok with the initial pick up, but then when he realizes that he is no longer in his enclosure he flails and tries to get away. Is this normal, and will he grow out of this over time? Apologies for all of the questions, I just want to make sure that I am giving him the best living conditions that are possible. :)
Re: New member and new borneo short tailed python
Thanks for the welcome. :) I bought him from Pet Luv on 80th and Cicero. Not sure if I will make it to repticon this weekend or not.
Re: New member and new borneo short tailed python
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tamousw
Thanks for the welcome. :) I bought him from Pet Luv on 80th and Cicero. Not sure if I will make it to repticon this weekend or not.
Never even heard of that place! Was it pretty decent?
If you've never been to a reptile show I would try really hard to go to Repticon, the next big show isn't til October. Though we are fortunate to have the all animal expo in Wheaton, IL twice a month it isn't nearly as big as NARBC or Repticon.
Re: New member and new borneo short tailed python
The guy at the pet store seemed to be very knowledgeable about snakes. He told me that he owned his own blood pythons and short tailed pythons, this is what made me more comfortable with purchasing from this particular pet store. All of their snakes looked healthy and were easy to handle except the brother to my borneo..lol. I really will try to make repticon this weekend if I can though, if not I will have to wait until October.