carpet python setup post it!

im going to be getting a pair in the next month or so i want to see some cage set ups thanks!

What type of carpets are you getting? I have my bredli set up different than my Irian jayas, which are set up different than my coastals

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i dunno yet i would like to see them all if its not a problem? :D

I'd suggest you decide what adult size you'll be able to handle.

My bredli's are in a 45G aquarium with a plexiglass divider and a plexi top, two red lights and on a thermostat. There are a couple of pvc perches. My male spends almost all of his time on the perches. The female will often ground in her hidebox and then come out at night. This will last them for maybe another year, when I'll have to look at something bigger. THey will top out between 7-9ft and about 4" diameter.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/fullshot.JPG

well i was thinking a couple of T5s from AP would work for whatever type of CP i would do.

trust dalvers ive seen her setups personally she knows what she is talking about, =]

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well i was thinking a couple of T5s from AP would work for whatever type of CP i would do.

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If you're going to go with AP cages, check out the "Carpet Python" cage under specialty cages. I like that it has a shelf and then with a RHP installed you'd be set.

Keep in mind that a baby will be happier in a tub for the first year or so, while they get a big bigger.

I don't have pictures of the 10 gallon tanks I had set up for them when they were babies but I just set up my second Boaphile for my year old female Irian Jaya. They are both now in the 422D's (4' x 2' x 18"), heated with radiant heat panels. I love them!
Setting up:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...s_stacked1.jpg

Set up:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...s_stacked2.jpg
My male soaking :)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...ra_soaking.jpg

cool thanks for the info

whats better uth or radiant heat? and i didnt notice they had the carpet cages tahts cool!

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whats better uth or radiant heat? and i didnt notice they had the carpet cages tahts cool!

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I have an Animal Plastics cage, and I think the UTH that they can install for you works just perfects. It heats the entire T3 cage. Just my .02.

here's my Coastal's setup.
I use a ceramic heat emitter for heat.



http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...abaloo/018.jpg

personally i think AP's carpet cage is too small for anything but maybe a small male IJ... i think 4x2x2 is good for most carpets. UTH's work well if your room is warm enough, but if ambient temp is not upper 70's low 80's then i'd have an incandescent light of some sort as snakes really benefit from that type of heat... just my opinions of course.

I have my IJ adults set up in the largest arboreal cage that boaphile makes. Both have radient heat panels installed, but I had to add a UTH to both to keep the temps up.

When my IJ's were much younger they lived individually in a tub setup like this, but much deeper.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...comparison.jpg

Here's a close up of my female in the cage.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...meBoaphile.jpg

Although the hide is now one of the large freedom breeder hides..which may be too small in a few years. (water bowl not pictured).

Both of them hang out on the perch, but my female uses it more than the male does.

Here is my JCP display cage (step-by-step)

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7...ofinal2rq0.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2...ario007mc3.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2...ario008lw0.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5...rios009uo8.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3...uido008ph4.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2...0323002ob9.jpg

as you may see it´s a DIY cage (made by a friend) and decorated by me:
- wooden/glass (2 sides each) cage: 100x45x80cms (40"x18"x32"high);
-CHE on the hot side and cable on the bottom (cage is very high)+ one 2.0 26w bulb + one 5.0 26w bulb + one night glow bulb
- natural plants: pothos + bromeliad + ficcus;
- natural perches (platanus - don´t know the English name..)
- coco walls and background;

That's a really nice setup :gj:

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Here is my JCP display cage (step-by-step)

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7...ofinal2rq0.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2...ario007mc3.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2...ario008lw0.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5...rios009uo8.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3...uido008ph4.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2...0323002ob9.jpg

as you may see it´s a DIY cage (made by a friend) and decorated by me:
- wooden/glass (2 sides each) cage: 100x45x80cms (40"x18"x32"high);
-CHE on the hot side and cable on the bottom (cage is very high)+ one 2.0 26w bulb + one 5.0 26w bulb + one night glow bulb
- natural plants: pothos + bromeliad + ficcus;
- natural perches (platanus - don´t know the English name..)
- coco walls and background;

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I am thinking about getting live plants in my JCP cage as well. How would you clean/disinfect it? How often do you do it?

Wait so Carpet pythons don't require carpet as substrate? :rolleye2:

Dutch,
I sent you a pm

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Dutch,
I sent you a pm

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I'd love if could share your cleaning secrets with us all...your display cage is really cool. =)

Of course, Cassandra (and tks for the comment)
It´s no secret at all, but since I was sending a pm to Dutch about the plants and so on, I put all the info together.

After buying the plants I try to replace most of the soil (all I can without killing the plant), clean all the leaves and let them be for a couple of weeks to recover from replanting and inspecting for bugs.
Then, I just put the pots inside the cage and mist 2x a week (also good to keep himidity). Then, its up to the plants (the pothos grows like a weed and the dificulty is to control it)

After that all I have to do is spot cleaning. In this case its very easy, because this particular snake only "goes" once every month-month and a half (and sometimes when "subject to" a bath, which makes cleaning very easy).

After my holidays, Ill take new pics, because the pothos - even with lots of prunning (sp. ?) - is now 2 or 3 times bigger

What do you replace the soil with?

I replace the soil of the pot that comes with the plant when I buy it, with new "bagged" plant substract (soil), to minimize the risk of bug infestation

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I replace the soil of the pot that comes with the plant when I buy it, with new "bagged" plant substract (soil), to minimize the risk of bug infestation

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Ah, thanks. =)