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Daynegerous View Profile |
PERFECT TERRARIUM????
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| 09/05/09 07:03pm |
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Cphill58 View Profile |
Message To: Daynegerous In reference to Message Id: 2068139 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
It makes a lot of folks kinda pissed if you don’t take the effort to do some of your own homework. Pay your dues. Earn your stripes... we can help with left out details or steer you back on a course you choose.... Tell us what size snake you are getting...that is a good place to start. Cp |
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| 09/08/09 11:04pm |
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Daynegerous View Profile |
Message To: Cphill58 In reference to Message Id: 2069645 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
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| 09/09/09 10:25am |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Daynegerous In reference to Message Id: 2069771 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
Another shot of my Cali king in his tank. This tank is about 30 inches long. He really loves the driftwood. I try to give them interesting hidey holes and climbing spots. I’m not too likely to get annoyed with newbie questions, or questions from more experienced keepers of reptiles. The only dumb question is the question not answered. |
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| 09/09/09 07:30pm |
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Cphill58 View Profile |
Message To: Greatballzofire In reference to Message Id: 2070009 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
One thig that surprises me the most is how all snakes utilize a humid hide and enjoy it, especially during the shedding process. Often times a water bowl is ignored and with dry substrates humidity is very low ...about 17-25% here in Utah. GBF has some great images and explanations of humid hides both here and in the gopher / bull snake areas. If that appeals to you I would suggest that highly... my apologies once again...I will have to consider my words more carefully. Cp |
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| 09/10/09 03:16pm |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Cphill58 In reference to Message Id: 2070348 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
Thanks for the positive comments on my moss hide things. All my snakes just totally love them. Even my fence lizards enjoy a modified version; moist moss in the cake pan their water bowl is nested in. Every day they must have some sort of party at the water bowl, as the bowl gets full of moss and has to be changed daily. I said the thing about the question wrong; it should have been the only dumb question is the question not asked, not the question not answered. LOL! |
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| 09/10/09 04:34pm |
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Cphill58 View Profile |
Message To: Greatballzofire In reference to Message Id: 2070378 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
If I question the context and attitude of the responder , I will ask first if they want to dance. If it is harmless... I will LOL with them. I think I’m gonna join the party at the water bowl ....LOL Isure miss my native CA. lizards, shoulda brought 1/2 a dozen with me to Utah.
the next season produced youngins
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| 09/11/09 09:50am |
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Daynegerous View Profile |
Message To: Cphill58 In reference to Message Id: 2070671 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
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| 09/11/09 04:03pm |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Daynegerous In reference to Message Id: 2070760 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
1. Fill a big tub with enough water to submerge the item. Add Clorox; a pint to five gallons of water seems to work well. 2. Leave the item soak for a couple of days. Take it out and rinse it well, then air dry it in the sun. To rinse it, put it in fresh water and give it another soak. 3. If the item will fit in your oven you can bake it at 320 degrees Fahrenheit for a half hour. Obviously my big piece of driftwood would not fit in my oven, hence the Clorox treatment. I don’t use any pesticides on the wood as that would possibly damage the crickets I feed to my lizards, and might even hurt the lizards. This is not an issue for snakes except that the snakes do like to crawl on the wood and residual pesticides might hurt them, too. |
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| 09/11/09 06:21pm |
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Daynegerous View Profile |
Message To: Greatballzofire In reference to Message Id: 2070804 PERFECT TERRARIUM????
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| 09/12/09 09:03pm |
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Daynegerous View Profile |
Message To: Daynegerous In reference to Message Id: 2071039 He’s adjusting well.
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| 09/15/09 11:29am |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Daynegerous In reference to Message Id: 2072045 He’s adjusting well.
Last night I put together new new tubs for my Arizona Mt. kings. At a little over a year old they had exceeded the length of their 10 gallon tanks. These are 105 quart Sterilite tubs, heated with Zoomed mini 4 watt UTH’s, for a hot spot under one of the hides. I believe in giving them as much room as possible; but have not found the right professional habitats at a price that I can afford, hence the Sterilite tubs. My pituophis are all in 105’s, and are comfortable, although at the rate pituophis grow, another larger size is in the near future! After they were introduced into their new roomier homes they spent quite some time checking it all out, and stretching out their full length, something they had become unable to do in the ten gallon tanks. I could have used less tall tubs but I am claustrophobic, and wanted the snakes to have some vertical space as well. Also with the extra height I can add interesting logs and other objects. The tubs are easy to move around, too. So to answer your question, yes ,he should be fine in a ten gallon for a year, but then you may need to upgrade to something bigger. |
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| 09/16/09 07:55pm |
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Daynegerous View Profile |
Message To: Greatballzofire In reference to Message Id: 2072644 He’s adjusting well.
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| 09/16/09 09:13pm |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Daynegerous In reference to Message Id: 2072673 He’s adjusting well.
Eventually my snakes will reproduce, and I will buy a rack setup for the babies. |
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