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valkea
08-18-16, 03:46 PM
So I picked up a PVC enclosure that's 24" x 24" x 18" with two perches, intending it to be an enclosure for my Irian Jaya Jag while she's growing.

http://i.imgur.com/b7lWK2L.png

As I brought it into my house I managed to drop both sliding glass panels onto the floor and broke one. I'm having a replacement made (will be picking it up tomorrow).

Then I spotted a big exoterra for sale for 50$. Now I'm generally not a huge fan of them. I find them super heavy and annoying to move (I'm a short lady and it's hard to get a good grip on them haha, not to mention this one is a little bit longer than half my height). But 50$ was a pretty awesome deal so I grabbed it. And managed to get it inside and upstairs without shattering it. Success.

http://i.imgur.com/59d1mQ6.png

Dog for scale? Ha.

So I was planning on putting my kingsnake in the exo but I didn't realize it was going to be *that* big. My friend keeps telling me to put my carpet in there and the king in the PVC.

Thoughts? Maybe I just need to get another snake to go in this one... :)

Oh and this is Sacha
http://i.imgur.com/IfHHgyA.jpg
She tried to eat my hand. I'm not sure how big she is / how much she weighs because, well, she bites a lot still. We're working on that.

http://i.imgur.com/IVvjxAC.png
http://i.imgur.com/DgF6Qtv.png
She may appear a bit bigger than she is. I have small hands. This snake below is 260 grams
http://i.imgur.com/w5NUz70.jpg

Anyways. Thanks in advance!

EL Ziggy
08-18-16, 09:52 PM
Nice looking carpet and hoggie Val. Your carpet looks like a real spitfire. Hopefully she'll calm down for you soon. I'd probably put the carpet in the enclosure with the most height. I love watching them climb, move and perch in the trees :).

Tsubaki
08-18-16, 10:46 PM
I agree with ziggy, having tall enclosures with a snake that actually uses the hight is great! gorgeous animals Sacha has my kind of personality :D

dave himself
08-19-16, 01:31 AM
Two lovely snakes you have there Val and you know what I'm already gonna say about the vivs :D

valkea
08-19-16, 03:26 PM
Thank you for the replies everyone! I appreciate it :)

The glass one is slightly shorter than the pvc so I'll put Sacha into the pvc! Once she's in there I'll be making a point to handle her more often and (hopefully) calm her down haha. She's super fun to watch. The plan is to build her a big custom viv for when she's bigger with lots of height.

And thank you everyone for the comments on the snakes! I'm real fond of them both. Sacha definitely is a spitfire!