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07-29-16, 12:00 PM
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Live Plants For Snake Enclosures?
Wondering what type of live plants would be good to put in my Gonyosoma and Spilotes enclosures? I need sturdy plants that can support climbing and hanging out in and that are safe for the snakes. I was thinking about a small Ficus tree, but I would like some other options.
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07-30-16, 04:50 PM
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Re: Live Plants For Snake Enclosures?
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Originally Posted by SWDK
Wondering what type of live plants would be good to put in my Gonyosoma and Spilotes enclosures? I need sturdy plants that can support climbing and hanging out in and that are safe for the snakes. I was thinking about a small Ficus tree, but I would like some other options.
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Hi Dave,
the "Search"-function is your friend …
Here are some information about my Spilotes setup
--> http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...-pullatus.html
--> http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...us-update.html
I wrote this about plants in Terrariums in general
--> http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/natur...errariums.html
The Ficus tree works for Gonyosoma, I use one myself. Even the smaller branches support the snakes and don’t break under the weight. However, I would not use them with large Spilotes, they are probably too heavy and too strong.
I would leave the plants in their pot, at least for the first months. If necessary it is much easier to remove them. You could also cultivate a second set of plants outside your enclosures and your plants within the terrariums could need a “rest” to recover, just replace them with the reserve plants.
My plants are in the enclosures since several years, they do quite well over time. I lost the Ficus elastic in the Gonyosoma enclosure, the roots got too wet over a long time and rot.
Roman
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07-31-16, 11:42 AM
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Re: Live Plants For Snake Enclosures?
Thanks once again Roman. You're a wealth of information and have definitely been helping me out.
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2 Black Rats,2 Retics,2 Texas Indigo,1 Albino Chinese Beauty,1 Bull,1 Black Milk,1 YT Cribo,1 Albino Garter,5 Corn Snakes,1 Brooksi,1 VBB,1 MBK,1 Bairds Rat,1 Albino Cal King,1 Pied BP,1 Dumerils Boa,2 Rattlesnakes
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08-02-16, 04:55 AM
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Re: Live Plants For Snake Enclosures?
If you're willing to make a good research I suggest you to read The Art Of Keeping Snakes by Philippe De Vosjoli. I'm reading it now because I want to try Bioactive and it's a great source of information.
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08-02-16, 02:18 PM
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Re: Live Plants For Snake Enclosures?
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Originally Posted by fedeCF
If you're willing to make a good research I suggest you to read The Art Of Keeping Snakes by Philippe De Vosjoli. I'm reading it now because I want to try Bioactive and it's a great source of information.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'm interested in bioactive as well, but don't know much about it.
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2 Black Rats,2 Retics,2 Texas Indigo,1 Albino Chinese Beauty,1 Bull,1 Black Milk,1 YT Cribo,1 Albino Garter,5 Corn Snakes,1 Brooksi,1 VBB,1 MBK,1 Bairds Rat,1 Albino Cal King,1 Pied BP,1 Dumerils Boa,2 Rattlesnakes
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08-08-16, 07:09 PM
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Re: Live Plants For Snake Enclosures?
Great book. He has greatly influenced the way I keep my animals.
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09-08-16, 10:28 PM
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Re: Live Plants For Snake Enclosures?
What about a large jade plant (Crassula ovata)? They are fairly tough, easy to care for and have no sharp bits to poke your snake.
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