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Re: Rainbow is my new SunTiger female reticulated python progression.
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pretends2bnormal
Just a slightly different idea I had while reading your post that you may want to consider:
You could connect the tubes to an in-line aquarium heater with adjustable thermostat like is done sometimes with ponds or very large aquariums. It may work out more electrically efficient or even less bulky to set up that way.
I feel like it would take more electricity to run the heat pad enough that the water heats in tubes (especially if they are plastic as it does insulate a bit) compared to the more direct heat the in-line heater would provide. From how I picture it, it would probably need less space outside the enclosure to set up that way as well, though that may not be true.
Looking forward to seeing the result regardless, large water areas aren't commonly posted for reptiles, much less retics.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I have already been considering this as an option. Will look more into it. I know my girl and I also know she loves the water. Will be great to get it all done. Just want it done right. Taking my time building it out and getting it ready. Want something that will last a long time.
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Snakeboyaz
Excited to see the end result and rainbow enjoying her pond. It’s funny how different individual animals can be, neither of mine have ever seemed to care for being in water.
BTW, glad to see you back here. I enjoy your enthusiasm for retics, your posts usually make me want to go enjoy mine
Thanks,
I will not be around as much. Had enough of bad juju to last me a lifetime. I feel as if I shared to much. Will not be as open with my experiences from here on out. Here's to hoping the trolls stay away.
Everyone of my animals enjoys different things and their own personalities. My larger animals enjoys water more than my smaller ones. I try to give everyone a choice of different things till I find out what they like and how it effects humidity and husbandry in general.
Once done will be no water on the top level, only on the bottom level. Will make adjustments in water temperature till I find the sweet spot in humidity. The build is taking longer that I expected. I was able to get the structure built up this past weekend but that was about it. Next will be to make the bottom parts that will have water so they will hold it. Then comes the paint and epoxy again. I learned a lot from doing the top.
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Skyrivers
Here's to hoping the trolls stay away.
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The "trolls" or the people who call you out on your bullplop?
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Re: Rainbow is my new SunTiger female reticulated python progression.
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Skyrivers
Thanks,
I will not be around as much. Had enough of bad juju to last me a lifetime. I feel as if I shared to much. Will not be as open with my experiences from here on out. Here's to hoping the trolls stay away.
Everyone of my animals enjoys different things and their own personalities. My larger animals enjoys water more than my smaller ones. I try to give everyone a choice of different things till I find out what they like and how it effects humidity and husbandry in general.
Once done will be no water on the top level, only on the bottom level. Will make adjustments in water temperature till I find the sweet spot in humidity. The build is taking longer that I expected. I was able to get the structure built up this past weekend but that was about it. Next will be to make the bottom parts that will have water so they will hold it. Then comes the paint and epoxy again. I learned a lot from doing the top.
Great way to make a come back :rolleyes:, if you make that kind of statement (the one I have highlighted) don't be surprised of the outcomes, you are bringing it on yourself. After everything had settled down (thanks to the staff's warnings locked threads), you could have simply come back quietly, instead YOU chose to come back and start stirring the pot with a choice of words that is completely unfounded.......I will let that sink in :gj:
It's been 24 Hours the thread is now re-opened and hopefully everyone can play nice
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Re: Rainbow is my new SunTiger female reticulated python progression.
Question for those who have building experience out there. I have been toying around with the idea of using fiberglass sheets with resin to seal up the water part of the bottom level. What safety concerns do I need to worry about if I go that rout? Would clearly seal everything up with epoxy in the end after applying a sealing coat, paint and epoxy. Want my girl safe above all.
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As long as you use epoxy suitable for potable water you’ll be fine, really shouldn’t have to fiberglass anything other than the corners. Google how to build plywood aquariums, you’ll find everything you’ll need to do what your wanting.
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If you use PVC sheets you'll be able to dado cut or router out grooves to lock the sides and bottom together. Then screwing them in place would make it good and strong.
I'm sure you've already considered this, but the water will add a lot of weight. And when the snake is in the water that'll be even more weight. And the weight of all that water will put a lot of pressure on those seams. So make sure those sides and corners are super tight and strong. You definitely dont want to come home to a mess and a snake on the loose if it gives out.
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Snakeboyaz
As long as you use epoxy suitable for potable water you’ll be fine, really shouldn’t have to fiberglass anything other than the corners. Google how to build plywood aquariums, you’ll find everything you’ll need to do what your wanting.
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Craiga 01453
If you use PVC sheets you'll be able to dado cut or router out grooves to lock the sides and bottom together. Then screwing them in place would make it good and strong.
I'm sure you've already considered this, but the water will add a lot of weight. And when the snake is in the water that'll be even more weight. And the weight of all that water will put a lot of pressure on those seams. So make sure those sides and corners are super tight and strong. You definitely dont want to come home to a mess and a snake on the loose if it gives out.
Thanks guys. Her enclosure is built like a tank. It is heavy as well already. Sitting on the floor because it is so heavy and huge. The water area is ranforced with 4x4s and the sides of the enclosure. The reason I am going to fiber glass most of the bottom is I want to place rocks and other things under the fiber glass to give it shape and contrast. Want to keep it relatively easy to clean as well. I learned a lot from the top part. Spray foam is wonderful but I think this will seal up better and if it does I will redo the top part. I am also making a area where she can go from the top to the bottom and it will be smooth rocks going down under the fiber glass. Just wanted to make sure it was safe to use. So far I haven't heard much negativity and wanted to see if anyone here had any experience actually using it.
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Looking good and getting big! I can't wait for my bigz to get some good size on them.
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Gio
She looks good!
Thank you.
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EL-Ziggy
Looking good and getting big! I can't wait for my bigz to get some good size on them.
So happy she is sweet as she can be as well. Thanks. I need to check out bigz….. is there a progression thread?
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Skyrivers
Thank you.
So happy she is sweet as she can be as well. Thanks. I need to check out bigz….. is there a progression thread?
No progression thread Sky. I was referring to my "so called" giant snakes as bigz. I have a scrub and an olive python and they're still both pretty small. I'm looking forward to seeing them as larger adult critters.
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Congrats on getting this unlocked. :)
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EL-Ziggy
No progression thread Sky. I was referring to my "so called" giant snakes as bigz. I have a scrub and an olive python and they're still both pretty small. I'm looking forward to seeing them as larger adult critters.
Both nice animals for sure. Looking forward to seeing them grow as well.
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Congrats on getting this unlocked. :)
Thanks. I little humble pie goes a long way.
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Great looking eyes on that critter. My dude has similar coloring.
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Gio
Great looking eyes on that critter. My dude has similar coloring.
Thanks. You have a nice looking critter as well. Love these guys. I will not lie. Rainbow is my favorite. Her mentality is great and she is beautiful. I am so lucky to have her and her being co calm and wonderful.
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Fresh shed. All curled up and happy.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fa9aaa955e.jpg
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Re: Rainbow is my new SunTiger female reticulated python progression.
Looking happy and healthy! Do you have a current length and weight for her? What do you normally feed her and how often? Don't know anyone with retics or any snake for that matter so it's nice to see the what's, how's and whys of what you guys do as a reference.
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Snakeboyaz
Looking happy and healthy! Do you have a current length and weight for her? What do you normally feed her and how often? Don't know anyone with retics or any snake for that matter so it's nice to see the what's, how's and whys of what you guys do as a reference.
I think the past couple of months she has dumped some of her weight into length. It's been a couple months since I measured her. When I did she was covering 12 of those 1 foot by 1 foot floor tiles. I think she's had a growth spurt since then. I know she's at least 50 lb. As far as her diet and varies. Rats and guinea pigs are not even a snack at this point. She does like rabbits but they're not her favorite. She prefers Birds such as ducks, guinea fowl, and chicken. She's not very picky. The time she goes in between meals it's completely dependent on the size animal she eats. She's not fat but she is very healthy. That's not just my opinion but a pinion of several others that are breeders. Even at this size when she's out she's full of energy. I've included a couple of photos for reference.https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...d7ba957dfe.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...e9295bf16b.jpg
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Digesting a duck. Happy in food coma. Cant play with her till next week. I am so lucky she is such a good girl. The last photo is without flash. Flash seams to grey her out.
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Skyrivers
Looking good!
I'm happy that she's a mellow girl.
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Gio
Looking good!
I'm happy that she's a mellow girl.
Thank you.
I am happy she is mellow also.
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She pooped yesterday so will be play time outside this afternoon. Should be fun to get some outside photos. She took time for a bath after cleaning out her water then curled up in her warm cave. Love my girl. https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...31bd8afe31.jpg
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Rainbow had an adventure Saturday. She managed to push her glass out of place on her enclosure. She managed to make her way into the kitchen knock everything over and was back on top of her enclosure trying to get back home when I noticed her. I quickly modify during the closure to not allow this to happen again. When she was back safely inside her home she seem to sigh of relief. Happy i was home and she was not hurt. Also happy no doggies were eaten.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...837a2437fc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...488417c4e0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1a846d7aa7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a0aa819fe6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2f6eb6e36e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...356c4d2820.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c7f51e0d19.jpg
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You have a good one there!
I wish my boy was that mellow.
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Gio
You have a good one there!
I wish my boy was that mellow.
Thank you.
I am very lucky for sure.
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Yep. It is that time of year again. She last eat 8/22/2019. A full month ago. She eats regularly 14 day cycle. She turned down a nice chicken yesterday. No interest at all. She has been enjoying her cave a little more and been less active here as of late unless out of her enclosure. Still handles great. She seams more active when out. I think the winter months are nearing that she might miss a meal or 2 like she did last year this time. Guess she has the boys on her mind. She did little pushing last year but not bad enough to hurt her face. She is super healthy and seams happy with her behavior. She is deep into blue. This doesn't normally stop her from eating. Going to clean up tonight. She will get some time in the shower and then back home. Love my girl. Might do a wellness check at the vet next Saturday to be safe. Cant wait to get her new enclosure built in the new house. Will be huge but not quite zoo quality. Planning a 15ft X 6ft x 8ft high enclosure for her and another one the same size for aurora. Will be fun to build. The next year building enclosures for them both are a huge priority and will eat up a huge portion of my extra income. I think they both will appreciate the extra room as they grow. Trying to stay focused.
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The new cage plans sound amazing, can’t wait to see the build thread start! I’d love to do the same but I’m limited to about 7x3 maybe 3.5 feet in my house, unless I can convince my wife to make my daughters share a room so I can put the snakes in the other room haha. I’m a little glad to hear that she hasn’t been eating, my female hasn’t eaten since 7-11 and my male hasn’t since 7-30. Both are right about 3 years old and 12ft, been driving me nuts that they haven’t been interested in food and my female has been doing the occasional pushing the last few months too. Guess it’s just that time of year?
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Snakeboyaz
The new cage plans sound amazing, can’t wait to see the build thread start! I’d love to do the same but I’m limited to about 7x3 maybe 3.5 feet in my house, unless I can convince my wife to make my daughters share a room so I can put the snakes in the other room haha. I’m a little glad to hear that she hasn’t been eating, my female hasn’t eaten since 7-11 and my male hasn’t since 7-30. Both are right about 3 years old and 12ft, been driving me nuts that they haven’t been interested in food and my female has been doing the occasional pushing the last few months too. Guess it’s just that time of year?
She is consistently every other week except the past four weeks she's been in shed and sitting on her hotspot and just absorbing Heat
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So… last night Rainbow decided she wanted out of her enclosure. I put the dogs up and cleared the room of anything that could hurt her and opened up the door. She paused for a minuet when she realized the glass was open and unsure of what to do. I waited and she eventually came out and then proceeded to explore the entire living room. She explored everything. Once she was tired she went back to her home and curled up on the spot that says she is hungry. Guess it is feeding time again. She seamed to relax a bit after her adventure. Such a good girl.
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Gio
Looking good.
Thank you
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EL-Ziggy
She looks great Sky!
She is amazing. Working on building her large house but will not be done for couple of months. I wish I could do Zoo quality but going to do my best within my means. Her and Aurora deserve a good life.
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Danger noodles
How have u been sky?
Doing well. Just getting settled into the new house. Enjoying having a nice big backyard for my dogs to play in. Loving this fall weather. You?
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I think it is almost time for cage upgrade. She is in a 8ft x 4ft x 4ft but she is still growing. Sure she is good for a while but I know she will need more room as she grows. She is thicker than my arms. So gentle yet heavy. Don't know her weight but 5 months ago was 57lbs. Length is over 14 feet. Downing full grown chickens every 2 to 3 weeks. She shed out last night. She gave me an almost full shed. 3 pieces is as close as she has ever given me.
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I think I will never use glass in enclosures again. I had to replace the 1/4 inch sheet glass in Rainbows enclosure this weekend because Rainbow got a little excited about a chicken and plopped half her body against the glass and it exploded into a million pieces. She now has 1/2 inch plex-glass to replace it. So glass was everywhere, Rainbow was in food mode, and she wanted to hang out in her enclosure after eating instead of being removed into her carrying tote. What an adventure. Had to do a full cage cleaning and took 4+ hours to get all the glass out.
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Re: Rainbow is my new SunTiger female reticulated python progression.
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Skyrivers
I think I will never use glass in enclosures again. I had to replace the 1/4 inch sheet glass in Rainbows enclosure this weekend because Rainbow got a little excited about a chicken and plopped half her body against the glass and it exploded into a million pieces. She now has 1/2 inch plex-glass to replace it. So glass was everywhere, Rainbow was in food mode, and she wanted to hang out in her enclosure after eating instead of being removed into her carrying tote. What an adventure. Had to do a full cage cleaning and took 4+ hours to get all the glass out.
I used to worry when I had young ( 7’ Burms and Retics in glass fronted vivs but thankfully I got away with it .
The Burm used to loosen branches in the middle of the night and the banging woke me up occasionally
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I used to worry when I had young ( 7’ Burms and Retics in glass fronted vivs but thankfully I got away with it .
The Burm used to loosen branches in the middle of the night and the banging woke me up occasionally
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They let you know they are there for sure.
Update photo. Sorry for bad lighting. Still sweet as can be.https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...367d0a886a.jpg
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