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Greatballzofire
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 Need Habitat Ideas; Photos, Please!

I am interested in photos of the habitats you all have for your adult pituophis.
Mine are babies, but at the rate they are growing I am going to need to build something bigger soon!



03/14/09  10:35am

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Matt Chandler
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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1968282


 Need Habitat Ideas; Photos, Please!

Sorry, no picture here, but I can put one in your head. I have used reptibark along with the half tree trunk sorta thing with a rock dish. That was what I had with a bull snake. He also had a patch of natural dirt, not potting soil, that I would keep damp for him around shedding time and he would shed harmlessly in it or he would just excavate it. Now I have the cape gohers in aspen bedding with the half trees and that have somehow formed a liking for cricket boxes, so they sleep in that too, and don’t forget the water rock.
03/17/09  06:27pm

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   Message To: Matt Chandler   In reference to Message Id: 1970185


 Need Habitat Ideas; Photos, Please!

Thanks for the reply, Matt. Here is the humidity hide I have for my gopher snakes. Its buried in their aspen and is covered with a cardboard box. They love it. Also I have a granite rock in their tub, for rubbing on during shed.


I am going to cut some manzanita branches to make a thing for them to climb on as well. My king snakes really like to climb on the branches in their tanks. Also I am going to put some lengths of large size hose, like radiator hose, in the aspen so they can have tunnels.
The 105 quart tubs they are in are a temporary fix until I can build a custom terrarium, but one that is still light enough to be picked up and moved onto the porch during the day, as they do like a little sun. Everything has to be light weight for portability.
What is a water rock?



03/19/09  12:17am

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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1971020


 Need Habitat Ideas; Photos, Please!

Maybe he meant a WATER CROCK... or water dish / bowl....

Cp
03/20/09  03:51pm

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   Message To: Cphill58   In reference to Message Id: 1971845


 Need Habitat Ideas; Photos, Please!

Quote:

Maybe he meant a WATER CROCK... or water dish / bowl....

Cp


That makes sense. D,Oh!

LOL!
All my snakes get water bowls big enough to take a bath in. I put the bowl in a bed of sphagnum moss in an aluminum cake pan to prevent the water from getting into the aspen substrate when they slop around in the bowl.



03/20/09  11:31pm

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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1972019


 Need Habitat Ideas; Photos, Please!

I see it quite clearly in this example ... I have no doubt from seeing your threads that you are not abusing them ....LOL ...(lack of water)

Cp
03/21/09  07:06pm

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Matt Chandler
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   Message To: Cphill58   In reference to Message Id: 1972409


 Need Habitat Ideas; Photos, Please!

What I call a water rock is the molded water bowl you get from petsmart or one of those places that looks like a rock
03/23/09  08:02pm


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