Live Plants For Snake Enclosures?

[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.

[Roman]

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.

Hi Dave,

the "Search"-function is your friend …

Here are some information about my Spilotes setup


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I wrote this about plants in Terrariums in general


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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

[SWDK]

Thanks once again Roman. You're a wealth of information and have definitely been helping me out.

[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.

[SWDK]

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.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm interested in bioactive as well, but don't know much about it.

[franks]

Great book. He has greatly influenced the way I keep my animals.

[SerpentineDream]

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.