Pat the baby biak green tree python

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Originally Posted by KMG

Great looking GTP! I'm glad you finally got one. I know you've wanted one for awhile.



You might try to add a branch over the perch to give it a bit of cover. Both my GTP and ETB perch under their branches and are very rarely in the open on the perch during the day but both perch all day. I bet if you could add some cover to the front of the tank it would work too. Just something to make it seem as if he is hidden and make him more comfortable with being out on his perch.

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Thanks. And yeah, I've thought about putting something up top but havent really come up with anything yet. The live plants i put in there are growing like crazy, so soon they should be tall enough to offer cover lol. I did cover his top with tin foil though to not only hold in humidity but also to provide a 'covered' top so he feels more secure.

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Well i fixed Pat's perches so they dont spin anymore lol. He still LOVES his freakin plant. I moved it thinking he would lose interest in it. Nope, he still found it and sat in it haha. I then decided to try and tickle him off the plant. Well he thought it was dinner time and immediately spun around and stared at the twisted paper towel haha. So i gave up. But then it seems he decided to move. He's stretched out on his top perch now just relaxing. He definitely looks like he has grown a good bit and has really filled out but i think its just me as I've only had him about 3 weeks. He did have a shed with me the first week i got him. Anyways, here he is stretched out kind of lol.
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Lol, well another update on Pat! He ate his 6th meal with me and i barely had to touch him to get his attention lol. He smelled it and woke up and was pretty much ready. He is definitely filling out too and looks like he is getting ready for another shed. He is just a little beast. Here he is after eating and heading to the heater haha.
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And him camping under the heater.
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I'm loving watching this kid grow up. Thanks for posting about this lovely little guy! Brightens my day every time :).

Thats awsome, congratulations!!!

Thanks. Wanted one since i was a 12 year old kid and only took about 30 years or so to finally pull the trigger lol. I'm pretty excited and now that the flood gates are open, I'm sure i will be getting a few more haha.

I'm nervous about your probe placement. If the snake lays on it the heat will ramp up.

What's your heat source? Have you tried any other locations?

I use a 40 watt CHE Nano. It's fine. He has laid on it before and it still only tops out at 85F. It's more the ambient in the cage. Plus, like i said, i only use a 40 watt nano CHE which are the tiny ones about 2 inches in diameter if that, so he has plenty of space to get away from the heat if he wants. He actually spends most of his time sleeping on a perch behind his plant on the other side or actually on top of the plant itself. He only comes over to the warm side after he eats.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

I use a 40 watt CHE Nano. It's fine. He has laid on it before and it still only tops out at 85F. It's more the ambient in the cage. Plus, like i said, i only use a 40 watt nano CHE which are the tiny ones about 2 inches in diameter if that, so he has plenty of space to get away from the heat if he wants. He actually spends most of his time sleeping on a perch behind his plant on the other side or actually on top of the plant itself. He only comes over to the warm side after he eats.

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That's good.

If you have the wire style fixture for it you can also mount it directly to the wire on the last outer ring pointing inward. That's how I set up my ETB temporally while waiting on that cage. Worked well but I was using a full size che.

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Originally Posted by KMG

That's good.

If you have the wire style fixture for it you can also mount it directly to the wire on the last outer ring pointing inward. That's how I set up my ETB temporally while waiting on that cage. Worked well but I was using a full size che.

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Ah yeah. No way i want to use a full size CHE in such a small cage. It's only an 18x18x18 cube. So i have the mini CHE in the back right corner of the cage so the rest of it as well as anything below the top perch where the probe is mounted will drop temps fast. The middle of the cage is around 79F and the floor of the cage is 77F.

I understand the concern but if you think about it, say the snake sits on the probe. The snake is say 79F which is the ambient of the middle level. Well the CHE would go to 100%. That would heat the air around the probe plus it would heat the snake. Once the temps on the snake hit 86F or the air around the probe hit 86F, it would shut it off. So really it doesnt matter if the snake sits on the probe or not since the snake is so small to begin with. I do agree, i would kind of worry if it was a full sized large CHE or a very thick heavy bodied snake. But really, if the snake's temp got too high for it, it would leave as long as cooler temps and spots were offered.

And yeah, i was kind of worried about the CHE size until i saw the Zoo Med Nano line of stuff. It's like a mini version made for their glass terrariums. Stuff works awesome. Like i said, the CHE is about 2 inches in diameter. They have a 25 watt version too which i tried but it wouldnt heat the perch past low 80s being on 100%. The fixture is only about 4 inches in diameter too which offers 3/4 or a little more of the cage to just be left with ambient room temp. They also offer red lights and basking lights for them as well in the 25 watt and 40 watt range.