Whats up!

I wish I had found this subforum first!

I am new tho snake raising. I had two garters as a kid and I loved them to death, but my mom made me give them away when she got remarried. So now older and freer I am restarting my snake collection.

I am really into Colubrids. Asian Ratsnakes and Corns. California Kings and Milks to. Though I'd some day like to branch out into balls and arboreal green pythons and Arboreal boas.

Hoping to get my first snakes soon so I am soaking up all the knowledge I can to be a good keeper. They'll probably be staying in my office by the TV though Until I can finish wiring and insulating my garage and turning it into a herp room.


Any advice is very welcome. Thanks in advance for your tolerance! :bow: :banana:

Do your research, and have lots of fun!

Arboreal boas and pythons like GTPs and ETBs are more for show, so if you want arboreal animals that are also really fun to handle, check out some of the moreila lines of carpets. :D

I love my colubrids, but I'm really falling in love with larger pythons.

Welcome!

I hope you enjoy your stay here, you will learn so much! And tons of people on here have experience with a lot of different species of snakes, so maybe a few of the members on here could answer any questions you have on certain species and such. There's also plenty of caresheets to check out.

It's awesome you're getting back into herps, and you get to have your own reptile room. I wish I had my own LOL. Anyways, have fun during your stay here!

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Do your research, and have lots of fun!

Arboreal boas and pythons like GTPs and ETBs are more for show, so if you want arboreal animals that are also really fun to handle, check out some of the moreila lines of carpets. :D

I love my colubrids, but I'm really falling in love with larger pythons.

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Well I wanna get experiance under my bely because I hear pythons are trickier. But I love the Look That GTP's and ATB's Have The rainbow boas to. PLus I like that they are fiesty. Still I wanna wait a few years and really know what I am doing. Work with The Colubrids I love, then move on to balls. Then plot my course from there.

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Welcome!

I hope you enjoy your stay here, you will learn so much! And tons of people on here have experience with a lot of different species of snakes, so maybe a few of the members on here could answer any questions you have on certain species and such. There's also plenty of caresheets to check out.

It's awesome you're getting back into herps, and you get to have your own reptile room. I wish I had my own LOL. Anyways, have fun during your stay here!

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Thanks! I have been looking over the site alot today and you guys have filled it with great info. I have 4 Asian Ratsnakes on the top of my to get list and I'm hoping someone can point me to Caresheets or First had experiances with them.

Rhino Ratsnake ((Rhinoceros Ratsnake))
Thai Red Mountain Ratsnake
Chinese Red Bamboo Ratsnake
Mandarin Ratsnake

I should probably start with a few Corns and a king. King in his own cage of course, but I just love love love those 4 ratsnakes in all the pictures and videos I have seen. So I'm torn.


The Herp room is a slow moving project but it's making headway. It was just an abandoned garage seperate from the house. So You know, gotta wire insulate, cover the garage doors, probably get a ceiling and new windows to. Lotta DIY work on the weekends but it will pay off when my little guys are happy (And away from the cats and TV which I doubt they will be nuts about).

Hello. Glad to see you could make it. We've been expecting you for some time now.

Jim Smith

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Hello. Glad to see you could make it. We've been expecting you for some time now.

Jim Smith

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:O You have...are you some kind of psychic gypsy? Am I gonna get that raise I asked for at work? :confused:

Thanks for the welcome :)

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Hello. Glad to see you could make it. We've been expecting you for some time now.

Jim Smith

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holy smokes batman! it's a psychik!(can't spell it) LOL.

that was funny.

:welcome:to the forum. Good luck with your reptile room...

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

:welcome:to the forum. Good luck with your reptile room...

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Much appreciated! For now I am gonna be setting up my babies in the living room, because well...no one really hangs out there, and I am to impatient!! the full reptile room is a DIY project thats starting this year and moving as fast as my money and I can make it. :P


But I need to find some cage info and fast cause I located the ratsnake hatchlings I want :banana: :banana: :D

welcome aboard

lance

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Originally Posted by Seru1

Well I wanna get experiance under my bely because I hear pythons are trickier. But I love the Look That GTP's and ATB's Have The rainbow boas to. PLus I like that they are fiesty. Still I wanna wait a few years and really know what I am doing. Work with The Colubrids I love, then move on to balls. Then plot my course from there.


Thanks! I have been looking over the site alot today and you guys have filled it with great info. I have 4 Asian Ratsnakes on the top of my to get list and I'm hoping someone can point me to Caresheets or First had experiances with them.

Rhino Ratsnake ((Rhinoceros Ratsnake))
Thai Red Mountain Ratsnake
Chinese Red Bamboo Ratsnake
Mandarin Ratsnake

I should probably start with a few Corns and a king. King in his own cage of course, but I just love love love those 4 ratsnakes in all the pictures and videos I have seen. So I'm torn.


The Herp room is a slow moving project but it's making headway. It was just an abandoned garage seperate from the house. So You know, gotta wire insulate, cover the garage doors, probably get a ceiling and new windows to. Lotta DIY work on the weekends but it will pay off when my little guys are happy (And away from the cats and TV which I doubt they will be nuts about).

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Ratsnakes are usually not too finicky about husbandry, and so long as you have a heat source with an 77-80F ambient and a warm side of about 85F you should be good.
Also, aspen bedding is good, tubs and tanks are also good. I don't recommend keeping more than one snake in an enclosure, no matter what the species.
I would keep humidity at a 50-60% range and you'd be set. I would see if you can do some searches for those specific species and see if they need any other heat specifications or anything else like that.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Ratsnakes are usually not too finicky about husbandry, and so long as you have a heat source with an 77-80F ambient and a warm side of about 85F you should be good.
Also, aspen bedding is good, tubs and tanks are also good. I don't recommend keeping more than one snake in an enclosure, no matter what the species.
I would keep humidity at a 50-60% range and you'd be set. I would see if you can do some searches for those specific species and see if they need any other heat specifications or anything else like that.

Good luck!

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http://www.proexotics.com/care_rhino.html

I found that, how do you measure humidity? I'm also wondering how to create an effective heat range. Here are the other two species I was wanting to start with.

http://www.proexotics.com/care_mandarin.html
http://www.proexotics.com/care_coxi.html


Thanks for the help. I am really nervous because I had someone tell me asian ratsnakes Are for experianced handlers. But the vendor I talked to said his rhinos were some of the easiest he ever raised. I realize I could probably start on something easier. I do like corns and kings alot. But these asian guys are really becoming my passion. I love reading about them.

Welcome to BP.net :salute:

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Originally Posted by Seru1

http://www.proexotics.com/care_rhino.html

I found that, how do you measure humidity? I'm also wondering how to create an effective heat range. Here are the other two species I was wanting to start with.

http://www.proexotics.com/care_mandarin.html
http://www.proexotics.com/care_coxi.html


Thanks for the help. I am really nervous because I had someone tell me asian ratsnakes Are for experianced handlers. But the vendor I talked to said his rhinos were some of the easiest he ever raised. I realize I could probably start on something easier. I do like corns and kings alot. But these asian guys are really becoming my passion. I love reading about them.

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Humidity is best acquired by using aspen bedding and spraying every night or so. I use a $10 accurite digital thermometer/hygrometer combo to measure the humidity. Works perfectly.
Digital thermometers with probes also work well to put under the substrate for accurate tempertures.

Using a under tank heater is the best type of heating method and works the best for a proper gradient. Get a thermostat or rheostat to hook up to the UTH. If the different ratsnakes all need the same heat on the warm side, you can hook up multiple UTH's of the same type to the thermostat instead of buying a new one each time. That way you can buy a 60 dollar reliable thermostat without having to worry about anything.