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What could I add for Ramses?
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Hey everyone..so I need some opinions for Ramses. As you some of you know he is my new snake and his tank is pretty...plain. What do you guys suggest to add to make his living space more "oohs and ahhs!" Right now he has a hide box and a water dish and I'm using this calcium sand stuff for the bottom? Check out the fotos too see his current living condition.
I also think I got some fotos for Dewey. She has coconut bark two hide boxes and a big water bowl. Her living conditions are pretty good but I could always remodel lol. I'm pretty much open minded and will try everything once.
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11/19/2008 6:13:39 PM
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FyreFocks
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I have had nothing but problems with premanufactured sands. Ive seen too many animals die from RIs. Other people swear by it though. However i do not think you should be keeping this species on sand in the first place. You have a snake typically found in the woods, i think. And for a baby, you should probably have it on newspaper or paper towels. As far as making your tank glow, i dont think it should. Your snake should be the most stunning thing in the cage so everything in it should draw attention to the snake, not from it. Although branches for climbing, naturally made hides, and natural water bowls, as well as some form of backround will always make a cage more appealing to the eye as well as more homely to the snake.
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11/19/2008 6:17:16 PM
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11/19/2008 6:18:03 PM
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11/19/2008 6:24:12 PM
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LokisKafka
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He should still have a hide. It makes him feel more comfortable. Snakes like to hide. They sell little bitty half log hides that are cute. A little branch to climb on. There was a question a while back about good plants and there was some good plants that you can find in walmart in there.
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11/19/2008 8:09:50 PM
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Kaiyudsai
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Calcium sand is junk.....can be very dangerous(turns into carbonic acid when it hits moist lung tissue..it will eventually form small limestone concretions in the lungs).....I would use aspen ..... THat snake is pretty enough..... why put him on glo sand
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11/19/2008 8:48:15 PM
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magsj387
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Hell if hes forresty, why not go all out put down an inch of gravel on the bottom, mix up 1 part eco earth or coco fiber, 1 part fir or orchid bark, and 1/4 jungle mix or fir and sphagnum moss, lay down a nice think layer of that and pick up some nice animal friendly plants and make your self a sweet terrarium! Thats what I've done with all my snakes, geckos, and chameleon. Works great, holds humidity, and is very natural and is aesthetic.
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11/20/2008 2:54:32 AM
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amarilrose
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Ado, I agree with Nate (FyreFocks) that a baby would be best kept on newspaper or paper towels. It may not be pretty, but your snake is! :) If there is a community college in the area, see if they have a college newspaper. This could easily apply to any small community newspaper company, if there would be one in your area (and I can't imagine there wouldn't be something like that around a base). If so, they probably also have a lot of papers that never get used/read. If you call the newspaper's office, a lot of times they are more than happy to give you old papers for FREE! I got about 4 times more than I asked for the last time I called my college paper.
Once you've had Ramses for about a year, I would say that would be a good time to go 'buck wild' and make a gorgeous planted terrarium like Jim (magsj387) has his animals in. His terrariums are gorgeous! If you haven't seen his pictures, check out his blog from November 12th.
I've never done a planted terrarium myself, but I have always wanted to. I did keep a lot of snakes on beach gravel, with natural branches and hides for many years, and that is why I suggest keeping this little guy on newspaper for about the first year (not until he's a year old, but until you have kept him for a year) -- because that span of time should allow you to get very familiar with how often he defecates or otherwise eliminates wastes and requires a cage cleaning. Newspaper makes this very easy to see, natural substrates aren't so easy -- if you were to keep him on a natural substrate and miss that some cleanings are needed, it could get a bit unhygienic in there. Also, newspaper makes it much easier to identify if you ever run into any problems with mites -- and easier and faster to treat too.
Good luck!!
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11/20/2008 9:08:58 AM
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dalvers63
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I also have to agree with Nate, here. For baby snakes, security and cleanliness are the most important. Give him lots of nice tight hide boxes (the half log hides are too open for most snakes, especially babies).
If you go with newspaper, you can get free ends of newsprint rolls at your local newspaper office. They are happy to give them away as that means they don't need to recycle them.
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11/20/2008 1:42:14 PM
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Saffleur
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I keep mine all on aspen regardless of age. They like burrowing and as long as there are plenty of hides you shouldn't have a problem. Calci-sand or any of it's derivatives are bad for snakes in general, is how I feel personally but with younger snakes it can still lead to impaction and that's not good. If you want to pretty up the viv then go with aspen, some nice fake plants and call it a day.
Paper towel and/or newspaper are both easy to deal with. It's all in preference really.
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11/20/2008 3:53:07 PM
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Kokopelli
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Personally I find Aspen to be the best choice for bedding.
If you prefer looks, go with Exoterra's bark chips- they are pretty, but cost quite a bit...
For am Exhibition terrarium though, I think it's your best option. Using soil or Coacoa fiber seems like a good way to get all sorts of unwated "guests"(bugs)
Do -not- use sand.
Get some plastic plants and artificial vines- these fo wonders
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11/20/2008 3:55:46 PM
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tradesokan
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I see...I'll remove the sand ASAP. I guess I'll just stick to newspapers and add another hide box.
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11/20/2008 5:12:51 PM
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Jojos
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Plants would be nice and a wallpaper on the back (aquarium) really adds to the viv. You can check it out on my page the snake Curious Willis the ball python. ;)
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