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Re: Heating Q's For Home Made Cage
I see where your coming where there MAY be an issue... I openly admitted that he MAY have problems... With that said theres nothing saying he WILL have problems... Theres too many people on this forum speaking about "encloures being too big" but I have this feeling those who say this never tried it on their own... If they have they couldnt get temps/humidity right and had issues... Ive been PM by several people who have choosen to take my path and have had no issues and theyve THANKED ME so as ive said... dont knock it until YOU'VE tried it...
NONE of my snakes are out during the day so Im not too sure where you got that impression from... They sleep all day long and come out for a good portion of the night. The hides are meant to keep them "secure" not the enclosure...
Here are some pics of my snakes "Not taking advantage of the extra space, Not liking to climb and being stressed out".... All fallacies ive read on this forum numerous times. Photos are pretty small but if you click on em itll show you larger ones. Im also gonna throw it out there that I recd my 07 female clown this week... Shes in a 96qt tub... Ate like a champ for me already!
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Re: Heating Q's For Home Made Cage
I'm sorry you feel like I'm attacking you and your enclosure. Please don't jump to conclusions. If someone asks for advice, we give it to the best of our abilities. And since you want to call my experience under fire, I have tried it, but for lack of room and consistency, we went with a rack and sterilite tubs. Please read my posts thoroughly as I don't believe I was knocking anyone with how they house their BP's. I offered different ways to keep the large enclosure comfortable for a BP.
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Re: Heating Q's For Home Made Cage
I acknowledged your good advice and I second it... you gave several very good ideas on how he can try to make it work in the larger enclosure
I dont feel like you were attacking me but I just dont think people answered this guys question... He didnt ask if his cage was too big... he asked how to heat it then people jumped him because he uses a larger enclosure than they choose to provide their snake with... Me and Brimstone are the only 2 that actually gave this guy a little support and what he was looking for... I didnt say you have to house your snake in a huge cage I just said he can try it out and see if it works... If not he knows how to fix it.
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Re: Heating Q's For Home Made Cage
i thank everybody for their help and their advice on how to situate the snake and its enviroment if it begins to be stressed but i have a question to ask...whe i got the snake it came home with me in this little pet container, and didnt have any kind of hide. the snake would be coiled up in different spots during the day but it would also be active in the space it had during the day,if it was stressed with that space would it go off feed? is it possible to just have an active ball python?
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Re: Heating Q's For Home Made Cage
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Originally Posted by SUDISTIK
i thank everybody for their help and their advice on how to situate the snake and its enviroment if it begins to be stressed but i have a question to ask...whe i got the snake it came home with me in this little pet container, and didnt have any kind of hide.
What sort of pet container?
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the snake would be coiled up in different spots during the day but it would also be active in the space it had during the day,if it was stressed with that space would it go off feed?
You have to describe the set up. Are there hides available? The ball python will usually try to hide the best it can. But if it needs to thermo regulate, you will see them doing this as well at different periods through the day.
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is it possible to just have an active ball python?
It's a general rule of thumb when it comes to Balls and a few other snakes, that when they are constantly active, they are stressed. It's pretty different at night, all my snakes come out at night and start cruising their tubs. They will do it all night. If I pull them out during the day, or open there tub for any reason, they will start to cruise around again. That's just my snakes though.
Someone with hundreds of snakes or years of experience will be able to say if it is or is not possible to just have "a more active BP."
Also, how long has the snake been in the enclosure. Usually I let them settle for 2 weeks before we offer food. With the tubs though, I will offer a rat the next feeding day for any new snake, because generally they will take it. Sometimes they dont, but I just throw the rat back till next time.
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Re: Heating Q's For Home Made Cage
It's a 11L x 7W x 8H, it has a little water bowl and coconut husk for bedding.
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Re: Heating Q's For Home Made Cage
it's a critter keeper, right? The clear plastic poly boxes they sell to keep mice and tarantulas and "critters" in...
As littleindiangirl said, BP's will do the best they can to hide.. If that means coiling up in the darkest corner of their clear cage, that's what they'll do. But, if they're moving around a lot during the day they're looking for a hiding spot, which means they're not feeling secure. In other words, they're stressed.
If it were me, I'd continue with your plans for the large enclosure since you're already so close to finishing it. Flexwatt and a thermostat are necessities, and I would recommend flourescent lights, if you're going to light it. That way the lights aren't killing your temps and humidity during the day... I would, however, get a tub to set him up in while you're getting his big enclosure finished. Just go to wal mart and pick up a 12qt sterilite shoe box from the housewares section, put some flexwatt or a small UTH on it, connect that to a thermostat or rheostat, put in a couple of small plastic hides and a water bowl, and cover the whole thing up in a corner. He'll appreciate it, trust me...
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