Wonambi, Spotted Python

[BPGator]

She's in a 24" x 24" x 16" tall PVC enclosure from PMHerps. The material isn't as thick as the AP enclosures, so they don't provide as much insulation, but otherwise they're good. My husband built the jungle gym from PVC and dowels, and I strung the artificial vine on it. She also has a Magnaturals ledge that she lurks on sometimes - one good thing about this enclosure is that the material is thin enough for the Magnaturals.


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What do you use for heat source?


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[Prognathodon]

UTH in the form of heat tape. IIRC 12" wide, so it covers about half the area.


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[platinumbp]

She's a beauty! Love the setup you have for her to climb around on, too. Looks like Husky might have some jealousy issues. LOL He/She is gorgeous, too. Tell her (him?) I said so.

[Prognathodon]

Looks like Husky might have some jealousy issues. LOL He/She is gorgeous, too. Tell her (him?) I said so.

Will do. "Disapproving Dog" is one of his alternate names, I think that time he was impatient for bedtime cookies.


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[BPGator]

UTH in the form of heat tape. IIRC 12" wide, so it covers about half the area.


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Cool. Wasn't sure how much time she spends up in the branch. I guess she still finds her way down to warm up.


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[Prognathodon]

She's been spending a fair amount of time on her ledge and jungle gym lately, and my JCP spent most of his time up off the floor when he was in that enclosure. I do keep the bedroom 72-75 F, and I believe the UTH does add to the ambient temps in the enclosure - the floor and substrate are warm, and convection warms the air.


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[Prognathodon]

Hanging out with me after eating Friday night.





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[Prognathodon]

Last night was derp night, apparently, after Bruce splashed down into his water with his rat, I tried feeding Wonambi. Got her out, offered the mouse, she refused. Warmed up the head. Nope. Made the nose ooze. Still nope. Told her fine, Kajura’s out begging.

Putting Wonambi back, and she decided she was going to be big skery snek and threaten to bite/eat me (really, tiny python!?). So I offered the mouse again. Wham! Strike and coil . . . while hanging by a single coil. And she *rarely* strikes.


Who are you, and what did you do with my snake?!

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[Prognathodon]

I am dying here, of embarrassment. This morning I noticed that Wonambi’s cage needed a quick spot-cleaning. I reached in, and WHAM, she was latched onto my knuckle and wrapped around my hand, demonstrating her constricting powers. A little cold water got her to let loose, and I meandered back into the bedroom. I was trying to put her back in the enclosure and she did it again! Tip of my ring finger.

Ow, ow ow ow, one tooth felt like it was on a nerve, and she was *not* letting go. She ignored alcohol hand sanitizer.



I woke my son up and told him I needed to be rescued from one of my smallest snakes. While waiting for him to get up I took the pictures in this post.



I was about to go back and tell my son “no, really, I’m not kidding” when he walked in. I requested a headless Q-tip, which he got for me, and I was able to pry Wonambi’s mouth open and get her disengaged from my finger. And then catch her up close to the head so we wouldn’t have round three!



The blood on my knuckle in the first picture is mostly water, if I were to take pictures of my knuckle and finger now I’m not sure you’d even be able to see the teeny-tiny punctures. But yes, I had to be rescued from a tiny python attack.

Thinking back, she’s actually struck at her food the last couple-few feedings. My guess is she decided I was breakfast...

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[Prognathodon]

Note to self, leave a couple headless Q-tips or bamboo skewers near the upstairs snake cages...


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