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03-09-14, 10:30 PM
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Looking for advice on setting up Taiwan Beauty enclosure
It seems that every source I read says something different from the last. Some say high humidity, others say something that will hold moisture for "a while" but will dry within a few hours, and others say aspen.
Obviously I'm finding some contradictions.
I used Aspen on my last one but offered him a humid hide. I never had any problems with him, but that obviously doesn't mean that there weren't better options.
I've seen some great looking enclosures, I've seen coco fiber and leaf litter. Poison's was looking great last I saw pics. I'm leaning toward coco fiber, maybe a blend of coco fiber and potting soil.
So. Those who keep taiwans, what are your opinions? What works for you. What do you do? What kind of substrate do you use? Do you mist regularly? If so, how often. If you use leaf litter, what do you do to prepare / sterilize it?
Is it a cleaning nightmare? I'm spoiled by how easily it is to clean up after a snake with aspen substrate.
Is it worth the trouble to have a viv with live plants with a taiwan, or do they just tear them up and make it harder to clean the viv?
I remember mine made m work to make sure the climbing branches were secure, I'm having trouble imaging the plants doing very well.
Thanks everybody.
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03-10-14, 07:10 AM
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Morelia Enjoyus Maximus
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Re: Looking for advice on setting up Taiwan Beauty enclosure
You may find the crowd a little gun shy after your last display of awesomeness and your ability to insult those trying to help you.
once again you seem to have your answer listed but need some sort of confirmation of information. If you have already had one and never had any problems start there and try the other stuff. Personally I would go for the cocco husk. Form your own opinion and post results of your experimentation.
By the way these live 20+ yrs.....what happened to your last one?
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03-10-14, 07:32 PM
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Re: Looking for advice on setting up Taiwan Beauty enclosure
It was one of those situations where it was re-home the snake and move, or stay where I was in an AWFUL situation. Like Sam Kinison said, you get to that point where you just want to get out at a traffic light and run, you can have the car, I just want my life back.
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1.0 Rat terrier/toy for terrier mix- LOUIS, 1.0 whitesided eastern rat- George, 1.0 NJ pine barrens northern pine- Chingachgook, 0.1 Taiwan Beauty- Mei-ling, 0.1 Yellow Texas Bull- Norma Jean, 3.0 "normal" corns Fettuccine and Jager, Higgins
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03-10-14, 07:48 PM
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Re: Looking for advice on setting up Taiwan Beauty enclosure
if you are unsure, I would suggest starting simple, get the substrate and humidity/temps right, simple hides and things to climb, then think about how you can improve it visually with plants etc.
no idea what a Taiwanese beauty requires, but generally its a good idea to get the basics stable first, then complicate things with plants etc later on
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03-10-14, 07:51 PM
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Re: Looking for advice on setting up Taiwan Beauty enclosure
thanks formica, sounds like a great plan
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