Pat the baby biak green tree python

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

I think Pat is getting hungry. He's been out and about and today, he was sleeping on the front perch under his UVB which he seems to only do when hungry. He was sleeping in a complete goofy way with his head shoved down between his body and the perch. I tried to get a good pic but through the glass didnt turn out well and when i opened the door, he perked right up....which he doesnt do unless hungry lol. You can see his little beezer poking out the bottom of his coils lol.
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Then when i opened the door of the cage, he popped up like a jack in the box and then laid back down when no food was coming haha.
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Been 8 days since dinner so i guess I'll go buy the little booger a fuzzy mouse.

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Love it man!

Keep these pictures coming. That's my kind of cage setup!

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

Omg... Gem sleeps like that too sometimes, it makes me laugh! Just looks like a pile of headless poop if someone didn't know what they're looking at LOL.

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Yeah i catch Pat sleeping in all sorts of weird shapes and knots lol. Little weirdo snake.

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Originally Posted by Gio

Love it man!

Keep these pictures coming. That's my kind of cage setup!

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Wait until i get the PVC cage haha. I'm going to deck that one out. Still kicking the idea of either a 3x2x2 or 2x2x2. Kind of leaning towards the 2x2x2 though and if i need to upgrade later, it will give me another reason to get another GTP.

Plan on doing Pat's perches in Manzanita wood and will probably use 3M hooks and drill perpendicular holes on the ends of the perches. Then i can just mount the hooks with a big washer and bolt. I'll be able to easily lift the perches off the hooks and put them back on and being they are on hooks, they wont spin. Then i will probably use cable clamps to secure plastic plants from the ceiling of the cage to make hanging vines.

Still not sure if i want to go full bio with planted plants or just stick to potted plants.

Also still debating on if i want to do LEDs or just pay alittle extra and have Ali make me 2 tops for the cage, one with 2 dome cutouts for a UVB and one for daylight 5k bulb. Then the other top will just be solid if the cutouts dont work out. Also not having the LED put in by them, it gives me room to put the RHP against the back wall in the corner and just drill a hole through the back wall and mount it flush so no wiring is showing.

Still got time though as AP hasnt set a price for their 2x2x2 cages. Omg nm, they just put a price down for them now :)

Ok guys, this isnt usually a pic i show but i was floored at the size of this thing. I woke up to find the deuce of deuces in Pat's cage. Not sure where the little guy was packing this but good god. For reference, the leaf pointing at it is about 1-1.5 inches. It still amazes me the size of deuce snakes drop.
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Pat contemplating the meaning of life....and what a quail Reptilink would taste like :P
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Pat taking a break at night. about 15 mins after lights out and Pat goes bananas all over. He does take about 10 mins breaks in between his laps lol. Think I'm going to go with a 3x2x2 AP cage. Even when just resting, he pretty darn long. You can see the left side of the cage where the plant suction cup is and the right side is just on the other side of the right plant. And he is only about 10 months old. And as much as he loves to run around at night, I think the extra length will do him good as length is more important than height.
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I had my Chondros in 4 foot Neodesha cages and at night they made use of every inch !!

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Originally Posted by zina10

I had my Chondros in 4 foot Neodesha cages and at night they made use of every inch !!

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I actually did kick around the idea of a 4x2x2 cage for Pat as it would stack on top of the other 4x2 cages thus freeing up space for me. Only problem is the center brace. I imagine trying to shoehorn 4 foot perches out one side would suck. I do it with the shelves no problem but there is also not a snake on the shelf.

Plus i'm not sure how easy it would be to find 4 foot natural wood perches.

The 3x2x2 has a center brace too but offers a single swing door option which I'll have to talk to Ali about when i order it. Maybe the 1 single door option has a different set up to brace the roof or maybe the doorway is narrower? Even with a center brace on the 3x2x2, its almost as deep as it long so getting perches out would be easier.

Lol i love GTPs. Went to feed Pat his weekly mouse and he was curled up on his perch under his heater. I put the mouse out from his face. He turned his face, flicked his tongue and then immediately started going crazy with wiggling the black end of his tail all over the perch next to him haha. I then slowly moved the mouse over to his tail and he zapped it. Little booger must have been really hungry as last week, i fed him a smaller than usual one. Wish i would have known he was going to do what he did, would have loved to have gotten pics or even better a video. Pat is such a character. Almost as much personality as Caesar.

Also, yesterday i went to stir his substrate, pull his plants down and wash them off and stuff. Pat didnt even move the whole time even though he was the only thing in the cage on a perch lol. Well when i went to put the plant back up, i guess i touched him with it and it must have woke him up because he turned around, hissed at the plant and then crawled to the other side of the perch and curled back up and went back to sleep. He is so grumpy when you wake him up. Otherwise, he is pretty relaxed and inquisitive, just dont interrupt his beauty sleep haha.

Alright, time for a new Pat pic. Here he is lounging it up. I know he's awake because he was turned his head to look at my hand when i reached in to change his water on his elevated perch which is by him. I am really surprised the little booger has never taken a shot at me even when my hand was within inches of him. He just turns his head and looks at it and then either sits there or goes back to sleep. When he smells a mouse though, he definitely perks up lol.
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What an awesome critter. I love how his pattern continues through his eyes.