Carpet Python Questions

[Reinz]

Now that I have her and in her glass tank, totally agree with you lol, PVC is the way to go. Your tanks just look a lot better than when you see empty PVC tanks online for sale and I think that's why I avoided them initially.

Just had a few questions in regards to your tank set up, as you're obviously very experienced and knowledgeable with these snakes.

1) I noticed you have some tanks with 2 hides and others that don't have 2. I currently only have the 1 but during shedding I added a container and I found she stuck with her 1 hide. Do you find the second hide is used a lot?

2) The branches you use in one of your tanks looks really good but they also don't seem like the world's thickest branches, your snake doesn't snap them with her weight? I want to do something similar but worried due to her weight.

Your 4x2x4 is incredible by the way lol

Thanks again

None of my Carpets will use hides on the ground except maybe once or twice a year during shed. Once I put hides on the ceiling they use them quite a bit. Now they will semi-hide under their shelf at times. But the Skyhides are their favorite, especially for hunting.



I no longer have any hides on the ground for my Carpets or even my Boas since they don’t use them. The only ground hides are for my BP and very young Olive Python.

Even my small Boa prefers a Skyhide over a ground one.

My big Boa’s cage does not have enough vertical height for a Skyhide, so he has none.

Branches- Haha, I never gave thought to those branches being flimsy, they do look like it. However, I never have seen much flex out of them. Maybe because the weight of the snake is spread out, and or these Crate Myrtle braches are muck stronger than they look.

All of her weight is being held by this flimsy branch. Keep in mind that it is resting against the side of the cage.