Quote Originally Posted by Razaiel
We're adding another snake to our collection - our local reptile centre where my daughter's doing her work experience has a couple of baby antaresia - a children's and a spotted - my daughter wants the spotted. I've been doing my research and some of the caresheets (what there are of them!) give some wildly different guidelines to temps and humidity. Most suggest a low humidity, while a couple have said they need a humidity of 60-70%. Recommended temps generally seem to run from 75-85, while some say up to 90 and one even said 100 :eek: . I assume a nice viv size (eventually) would be 3x2x2.

The snake is a baby at the moment and my daughter has been handling it while in the shop (and me too the other day) and it seems a calm and nice snake. I found an item somewhere on the net that said they were very nippy and totally evil

Anyone else with Spotteds who can give me any advice I'd be very grateful.
While i do not have a spotted python but i do have a childrens python i will tell you what i was told.The childrens(spotted also) tend to need the same temps and such as the corn snakes do.I keep my temps at 80 to 85 range just like i do with my corn snakes.I wrote a updated care sheet for the corn snakes for ball-pythons.net and as soon as Judy(moving at this time) gets the time she is going to post it .Is there a chance you can get a pic of this snake? The reason i am asking this is sometimes people(pet stores) get snakes that are not really what they were told they are.Some babies are nippy some are not.My childrens python is as calm as evercan be,Steve(SPJ) has some that are EVIL the same goes for spotted pythons. If you have any questions let me know as i will be happy to help .