Most doctile snakes? I think not.

[Faber]

Yea i cover like 85% of the mesh top on account of my old snake had a respitory infection :-( so now i do it to limit to dust in the tank.

[Faber]

btw sg1 your snake is SICK!!

[dr del]

Hi,

The wedged thing is the touching on all sides thing we mentioned earlier when talking about the best type of hides.

Ironically they can also use their waterbowls for the same reason.

What size is he?

Try getting a couple of the terracotts drip trays for putting under flowerpots and chip an entrance hole in one side and put one on each side. The low profile means it feels nice and snug for the snake.


dr del

[Faber]

He's tiny, i bought him as a baby about 2-3 weeks ago, when he was balled up in the container i bought him in he was balled up small enough to fit in my palm and not touch my fingers, i just set his whole packaging in his new tank because i was afraid i might break ribs by picking him up.

[k2l3d4]

Hey dude... i think that you and I are on the same thought waves..... I have my baby in a 55 gallon tank..... I had it in the 10 gallon tank (like the caresheets say) and he had no room to roam once it became night time.... I felt so bad to have him cramped up in that little tank... Now he is in the 55 gallon and loves having the room to move about at night. And I am more compfortable that he is growing and building muscles from actually being able to move around. My boyfriend has a three yr old female that does not move around very much (went by the care sheets) and her muscles are actually pretty weak from never working or building them.

[Faber]

Thats exactly what im thinkin, they like to roam at night and i don't wanna hold him down, i mean he's already in captivity how much worse can it get? hahaha

[rabernet]

However, you guys are putting mammalian desires on a reptile. Just because YOU might like more space, doesn't mean that they do. My adults that are in tubs are VERY strong - not weak at all.

If you continue to have problems with him - at least be open to considering some of the suggestions given to you by experienced keepers.

[Faber]

lol no im listenin to you guys for sure, im not a new owner, i just haven't had a baby in a whileeeeeeeeee, but yea he's got plenty of hides and everything but he also loves to climb so i didnt want a small tank with not alot to climb on, and most of my stuff wouldn't fit in a ten gallon now, but it might in the 20L. Idk i might just have to "Grow some" and get chewed up, i guess thats one thing everyone agree's on, just the last time i got bit i gave the snake the benifit of the doubt and as he was going around my hand like normal he just sank his teeth in, so i got kinda discouraged. I'm just going to have to kinda ignore common feelings. I just don't want him/her to be biting people when its 4-5 feet, or even now because im positive i can handle it but idk how others may react. Everyone says they can handle it, but they've never faced the situation. I'm more worried about the snake hurting him/herself on me, instead of vice versa.

[Creeptastic]

I have my snake in an above what is reccomended size tub. A 100L which I believe equals about 36 gallons. I provide two hides, a big half log which she loves to crawl from one hide to the other under...and what I wanted to reccommend to you is fake shrubbery. Since I have her in a larger enclosure, I put in the fake plants to add more security and hiding abilities.

[Faber]

Yea i thought about that. i also have a jungle gym in there that occupies alot of space.