Best display animal, give me your idea

I love all snakes, and I want to show them off. Getting to the point, I am intensely interested in getting the "natural living" vivarium up and running at some point.

I want an animal that is of course going to be around to see.

GTP, ETB, water snakes, etc... What would you like to see in a really cool natural set up. It could be a desert scene, jungle, forest. I keep coming back to the GTP because I would LOVE a canary, and that against a deep forest scene, kick a$$. (plus they wouldnt trample my plants)

Holla back.

i have had water snake show cages... its a pain to clean, cause they poo so much... you would need a really really good filter to make it so you wernt always stickin your hands in there to work in it...


i would get some sort of tree python/boa...
my altime fave is the amazon tree boa... but yeah. =]

emerald greed tree boa ftw.. watch out for their teeth.. OUCH big as hell.. gl and tell us all what ya get and post some pics. i actually want a panthered chamelion

Scrubs
Huge, highly variable, and a fairly active species

Rainbow boa, with really good lighting.

The various carpet pythons are a good bet. They're semi-arboreal, beautiful, affordable, and most are docile adults.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Rainbow boa, with really good lighting.

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I have a HUGE leaning towards the rainbows, because they like to swim, they are semi arboreal, and they are just beautiful to look at.... :rolleyes:

Cooks tree boas are amazing.... Otherwise i would have to say any arboreal boa or python.

Morelia Viridis... GTP, Thats what I'm getting soooooon! I hope soon! But I'm getting one!

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

I keep coming back to the GTP because I would LOVE a canary,

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Might be a dumb question, but what is a canary (isnt it a bird??)... google doesnt seem to be helping me with this one! lol
Is it like a tall, long enclosure??

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Originally Posted by Jonny2184

Might be a dumb question, but what is a canary (isnt it a bird??)... google doesnt seem to be helping me with this one! lol
Is it like a tall, long enclosure??

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canary gtp, I believe its just a color phase though :confused: im really not that knowledgeable on gtp's or arboreals really. I love them though. :D

AHH Right on... I've heard Biak and Sorong have the best temperments but I could be totally wrong...
The cheapest GTP I've found are Manakwari, Nabire, and Wamena.

Also Ive heard Jayapura a good snakes to own too, but they are a little more expensive but not by much!

Spuce Nubble Farms has a great selection and has up to date records of all snakes.

Canary GTPs are.. you guessed it, canary yellow. ;)

Rainbow boas are lovely, however they are fairly delicate. They need high humidity (70%) but you have to make sure the cage is not wet (bacteria heaven) they can also overheat easily.. a BPs temp gradient can cook them.

Go to signalherp.com , they just hatched some babies from the canary line, and OMG! Just beautiful animals!

As for the rainbows, I did a search on kingsnake and got some really cool ideas. I cant search for it now, but in the rainbow section this one chick had some really cool vivaria set ups. I think a natural ecosystem vivarium would compliment a rainbow boa very well. On the downside, they may hide more than I would like.

How about a blue beauty?? They are diurnal right?

Also, in this months Reptile Magazine, they featured a desert vivarium that was off the hook! Anyone know what I'm talking about, that's a really great idea too...

A few days ago I put up a similar thread about what to put in a display cage in the "general herps" section. The title was "what species to get?"

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=53871

There seemed to be more recommendations for carpet python than anything else, although Shelby did say they become more terrestrial as they mature.

You might want to look at the other responses I got, since your question is similar. I've been enjoying reading the responses here.

I have also been wondering about blue beauties, and taiwan beauties too.