need help with enclosure

ARG_Ninja · 06-04-12, 04:33 PM

hey i just got a rattlesnake and need help with the enclosure.
i got small rocks and a lid thats it. what else do i need to get/do? its a northern pacific and its not a venemoid

knox · 06-04-12, 06:33 PM

I almost hope you are a troll. Anyone who would get a rattlesnake without doing extensive research... Well, I don't know what to say.

Surely this is a troll post.

BarelyBreathing · 06-04-12, 06:59 PM

This is a joke, right?

Gungirl · 06-04-12, 07:28 PM

If this thread is real. My only advice is to find someone that knows and understands hots to take the snake until you are ready to own one.

alessia55 · 06-04-12, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ARG_Ninja

hey i just got a rattlesnake and need help with the enclosure.
i got small rocks and a lid thats it. what else do i need to get/do? its a northern pacific and its not a venemoid

You need to get a mentor who can properly guide you through owning and setting up the right enclosure for a venomous snake. If you are asking for guidance on here for the basic set up, you might want to reconsider getting the snake right now. Do you have any previous experience with any snakes?

knox · 06-05-12, 05:16 AM

No response from this guy. Write it off as a troll post. And not even a well thought-out one, at that.

ARG_Ninja · 06-05-12, 06:44 PM

no im not a troll and my dad caught it at our new property. ive had other snakes and know how to handle them. i just want to know what the enclosure setup should be, the temp, humitity of the tank. i know every snake is different thats why i came here.

**lady_bug87** · 06-05-12, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ARG_Ninja

no im not a troll and my dad caught it at our new property. ive had other snakes and know how to handle them. i just want to know what the enclosure setup should be, the temp, humitity of the tank. i know every snake is different thats why i came here.

Sounds like it was an AWESOME idea to pull the poor thing out of the wild just so you can poke at it, who needs the great outdoors when you have a box, a few rocks and a lid.

I think you should do yourself and all the people that live with you a favor and release it back out where you found it before someone gets seriously hurt.

alessia55 · 06-05-12, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ARG_Ninja

no im not a troll and my dad caught it at our new property. ive had other snakes and know how to handle them. i just want to know what the enclosure setup should be, the temp, humitity of the tank. i know every snake is different thats why i came here.

I recommend you release it back into the wild, asap. If you want to relocate it, you call your local reptile company that deals with wildlife relocation to do it for you.

With no previous experience with venomous snakes, you or a loved one will most likely end up dead.

That being said, you'll need to get a special enclosure for a rattlesnake. The enclosures for venomous snakes have more than "just a lid." You'll need it to be completely 100% escape-proof. You'll also need a trap box for when you clean the enclosure. You'll need hooks and special gloves. You'll need training. You need to find out where you can get anti-venom should anyone get bit.

Do your research. There is a lot of information on the internet. Then come back with specific questions, so that we can help. The fact that you don't know what temperature or humidity the snake should be kept at, goes to show that you are not read for a rattlesnake.

Think about this carefully... We don't want to hear you get hurt.

ARG_Ninja · 06-05-12, 07:57 PM

well thats why i came to this site. if i wanted to release it i would have. theres a hospital 3 miles from my house that has anti venom, i tried looking for info. all i saw was things about the bites. my parents and brothers had a rattle snake before now i have one i checked with the local and state laws and im good and legal. i know the lid is all ready secure he isnt going anywhere. i double caged him just incase. i just want to no what type of lights, soil, the tempature in the tank and the humitity.say what you want just please help and stop saying i need to release him.

marvelfreak · 06-05-12, 06:59 PM

Do you have any pictures of the snake and the cage you have now?

Gungirl · 06-05-12, 07:04 PM

If it was living wild on your property I would suggest that you release it in a safe area.

knox · 06-05-12, 07:54 PM

Sorry, that makes it even worse taking it from the wild.

"Hey, here's a rattlesnake! I think I will make a pet out of it. Now... How in the world do I do that?"

Use your head. You will gain a lot more respect by doing the exact opposite of what you have done. Take pictures, post them. We LOVE that! But don't go on a forum asking advice for a wild caught venomous snake that you think is cool to keep.

knox · 06-05-12, 08:10 PM

Do you not want what's best for the animal? Or only what's best for you?

I take no responsibility for what may happen to you by keeping a venomous animal. But a simple Google Search by you would have turned this up:

» A Complete Guide to Keeping Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)

I am still thinking TROLL !

BarelyBreathing · 06-05-12, 08:14 PM

What state are you in? In many areas it's illegal to so much has handle a venomous snake without a license and 100+ LOGGED hours of mentoring.