Planted Enclousure w/Gopher

[Jay]

Here Is my male S.gopher snake and hour after shed in the planted tank I made for him.

[stephanbakir]

Puts mine to shame, got my snake in an aspen enclosure hiding in a pizza box while I make him a hide :P

Edit: its pretty bad when you misspell shame =/

[Jay]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

Puts mine to shame, got my snake in an aspen enclosure hiding in a pizza box while I make him a hide :P

Edit: its pretty bad when you misspell shame =/

80% of my tanks are cardboard hides and aspen. I keep the other 20% as displays with large rock hides.

Don't worry I misspelled the title of the thread wrong XD

[stephanbakir]

I am not alone in my quest for proper spelling Dyslexia is a pain in the neck lol.

[ilovemypets1988]

beautiful looking enclosure :P (im just teasing with the spelling),

im hoping that all of my snake tanks will be natural habitats for them, i believe that if u can replicate their natural way of living, then you make the snakes happier with there homes and you may even see behaviour that you wouldnt normally see in captivity as they may feel more at home than just aspen bedding and other man made solutions would.

[youngster]

oh man that looks soooo nice

[ilovemypets1988]

can you use sand to put the plants into or do u need soil, as im thinking of doing a planted tank with coloured sand but if i need soil then i will use moss.

actually, how do u get moss to grow on the base of the tank and on top of the substrate anyway

[stephanbakir]

Peat moss comes from the store dry, you just add water.

[Jay]

Originally Posted by ilovemypets1988

can you use sand to put the plants into or do u need soil, as im thinking of doing a planted tank with coloured sand but if i need soil then i will use moss.

actually, how do u get moss to grow on the base of the tank and on top of the substrate anyway

What kind of snake?

[ilovemypets1988]

it will be for the following: western hognose, bci (common boa) and a ball python

[Jay]

I may have read your post wrong so correct me if I'm wrong but I would highly recommend that you do not put any sand in any of those listed snakes.

[stephanbakir]

i believe he was referring to planting them, regarding what type of soil to use.

[Jay]

Well I used organic top soil...

[ilovemypets1988]

yh thats true, i was thinking of the plant substrate and i currently use childs play sand in with the hognose, and the boa (its an emergency thing as i use sand for my gecko and was the only thing i had lying around but will be changed pretty soon) but the bp is currently on beech chipping substrate.

thanks, i will get some soil for the planting.

[Jay]

You need to get your boa of the sand I understand you said emerg. but I can list 100 items in your house that would be better...Toilet paper newspaper napkins, paper towels, rags, pillow case blanket ect...