Plants for my bp's terrarium

[Kilo]

I have been to about 4 pet stores and all of the houseings for snakes have nice fake plants! For the life of me i cannot find any for my terrarium.. all i can find are plants for fisk tanks... Can someone give me good examples for seom greenery?

[cassandra]

There are lots available from reptilesupplies.com...You should be able to find some in Petco as they seem to have more reptile supplies in house than say a Petsmart...

[Miss_Ann_Thrope]

I bought some of the small bushes from there and they work great. Question though do the standing up ones work with the bp? I mean don't the bp just push, knock them down, possibly drag them around?

[elevatethis]

Your ball python will probably rearrange any of your landscaping to their liking.

I'd recommend using those long vines with leaves (flukers makes them in 6' rolls) to just spread them around the cage for cover. Any plant that stands up will be knocked over within days.

[cassandra]

I have 2 plant in my bp cage. The first one was from Petco, has a good sized base with a small vertical log attached at the back. Now that Cleo is breaking 600g, she can tip it over, but hasn't until now.

She can't "lay" in the plants leaves like she used to be able to but she still like hiding underneath them.

You need to upgrade cage plants as your snake grows larger. =)

[daniel1983]

If you are interested in the 'natural approach to keeping snakes.....check out this book:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules....iewreview&id=6

It is pretty decent and has some good examples of what kind of plants(soils too) to keep in enclosures for a natural setup.

[Kilo]

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I guess i will order some from the retile site


Thanks,
Kyle

[cassandra]

They're good folks - I've ordered hides from them before. =)

*edit*
Wait, aren't you going to the Daytona show this weekend? I'm sure you can get something there...=)

[Kilo]

ahhh yes i am! Thanks for reminding me lol i almost placed my order. Will you be there?

[cassandra]

I wish, but no...Florida is too far for this year. =)