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Hillsberry · 01-25-10, 02:39 PM

Okay so you all know I got a Jungle Carpet Python yesterday. Well I am not sure what I should get her. Like to put in her tank. I have a tree branch, hide, and a water dish. I was thinking I am going to get her another branch and I was going to get fake plants and make her feel more at home. What do you guys have in your JCP tanks? Thanks

Will0W783 · 01-25-10, 02:49 PM

My female jungle and my male IJ are the only carpets I have that like to climb. My male coastal hides under his shelf and my male jungle/jag sib has a cement skull he hangs out in. My female JCP is in a 2.5" x 2" enclosure with a perching shelf. She has a large tupperware water dish, and a fish tank-type branch sculpture thing. I got it at Petco in the fish tank accessories section. I think it's some type of resin, but she loves it. She also has a Plastic hide box. Do make sure you give your JCP a hidebox or two along with branches; they can be shy and need to be able to retreat into a secure spot.

Hillsberry · 01-25-10, 02:53 PM

She has her hidebox. And seems to really enjoy it because the heating pad is right there. Now do you used just newpaper on the floor. But for my kingsnake I use this wood stuff. But I am not sure it I should use it for her. Should I get the same stuff for her that I use for my king or just use new paper?

marvelfreak · 01-25-10, 04:42 PM

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She has her hidebox. And seems to really enjoy it because the heating pad is right there. Now do you used just newpaper on the floor. But for my kingsnake I use this wood stuff. But I am not sure it I should use it for her. Should I get the same stuff for her that I use for my king or just use new paper?

I would use newpaper. The other stuff all looks nicer, but harder to clean. Plus it easier to tell when it needs clean with paper. My jungle has a bath towel in her cage. I ran out of paper one day so i put a old towel it. Come home later that day with paper an she was laying under the towel on the heat. I left it for the night. Figure i change it later. She seem to like it better. She started laying on the floor of the cage more. It's softer for her to lay on. It gives her a hide that she actally uses.( never use her hide box) It's easier to clean up than paper. (doesn't fall apart like wet paper does) so i took her hide out. Now she just got a water bowl, towel all the way across the bottom. and her branches. It give her more room to move around. And she seem happier and more active. I now have back up towels so if i have to clean her cage i can throw a clean one in. (dark green and brown that way it look like dirt or grass).

Hillsberry · 01-25-10, 05:40 PM

Smart idea. I might do that thanks

emseeKAY · 01-25-10, 07:16 PM

you could use astro turf, havent found any around lately but i did use it for some geckos i had when i was younger and it made every thing look clean and whatnot lol ive heard many snakes love it but i guess thats all a matter of opinion!

marvelfreak · 01-25-10, 07:29 PM

In-door out-door carpet works good to. My friend Shawn use it for a couple of his snakes.

emseeKAY · 01-25-10, 08:18 PM

yeah exactly, im actually thinking of throwing that in my kings tank lol

never25 · 01-25-10, 09:34 PM

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I would use newpaper. Plus it easier to tell when it needs clean with paper. My jungle has a bath towel in her cage. I ran out of paper one day so i put a old towel it. Come home later that day with paper an she was laying under the towel on the heat. It's softer for her to lay on. It gives her a hide that she actally uses.( never use her hide box) It's easier to clean up than paper. (doesn't fall apart like wet paper does) so i took her hide out. Now she just got a water bowl, towel all the way across the bottom. and her branches. It give her more room to move around. And she seem happier and more active

i am currently using news paper but i think that towels sound like a good idea. several of my snakes dont use the hide and hang out under the paper. sounds like the towel is a better deal.
thanks for the idea

Will0W783 · 01-26-10, 09:50 AM

I used to use the reptile cage carpeting, but found that with my carpets it got too smelly too fast. They tend to leave copious amounts of pee and poo when they are grown...lol. I currently use aspen for all my carpets. It works well for me, and I spot clean every day if I see poop/pee, and change it out completely every few weeks as needed. I also sometimes use cyrpress mulch, as that is less likely to mold from moisture. My carpets all shed perfectly (my big boy Voodoo just shed, and it measured 108 inches long!) so I am content to keep doing what I'm doing.

NEVER EVER put a towel in a snake cage. They can accidentally swallow part or all of it when eating, and that can result in very expensive vet bills or a dead snake.

Hillsberry · 01-26-10, 11:04 AM

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I used to use the reptile cage carpeting, but found that with my carpets it got too smelly too fast. They tend to leave copious amounts of pee and poo when they are grown...lol. I currently use aspen for all my carpets. It works well for me, and I spot clean every day if I see poop/pee, and change it out completely every few weeks as needed. I also sometimes use cyrpress mulch, as that is less likely to mold from moisture. My carpets all shed perfectly (my big boy Voodoo just shed, and it measured 108 inches long!) so I am content to keep doing what I'm doing.

NEVER EVER put a towel in a snake cage. They can accidentally swallow part or all of it when eating, and that can result in very expensive vet bills or a dead snake.

I might use the aspen, just cause that what her breeder used. And I think it would be nice for the snake. I really dont like using newpaper. I dont know I just like the more natural look. But newpaper is alot easier to clean.

Hillsberry · 01-26-10, 11:05 AM

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you could use astro turf, havent found any around lately but i did use it for some geckos i had when i was younger and it made every thing look clean and whatnot lol ive heard many snakes love it but i guess thats all a matter of opinion!

Wait Sean did you get your Kingsnake yet???

marvelfreak · 01-26-10, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

I used to use the reptile cage carpeting, but found that with my carpets it got too smelly too fast. They tend to leave copious amounts of pee and poo when they are grown...lol. I currently use aspen for all my carpets. It works well for me, and I spot clean every day if I see poop/pee, and change it out completely every few weeks as needed. I also sometimes use cyrpress mulch, as that is less likely to mold from moisture. My carpets all shed perfectly (my big boy Voodoo just shed, and it measured 108 inches long!) so I am content to keep doing what I'm doing.

NEVER EVER put a towel in a snake cage. They can accidentally swallow part or all of it when eating, and that can result in very expensive vet bills or a dead snake.

I always remove it when feeding and put a new one in later that night. The one time i forgot to remove it when she wrapped around the rat she twisted the towel in her coil. I had to reach in and pull it out. She wasn't to happy with me.

emseeKAY · 01-26-10, 02:51 PM

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Wait Sean did you get your Kingsnake yet???

lol not quite yet, it should be shipped here by tomorrow from the breeder but it may be another week because i dont know if the order got to him in time as he was sending out a large shipment so at tops it will be another week, but heres hoping!

Also i love the look of aspen it almost contrasts the snake and looks natural while complimenting the snake! id go with that if i were you! hehe

Will0W783 · 01-26-10, 02:55 PM

Marvelfreak, I still wouldn't chance it. There's no earthly reason to put a towel in with a snake. They can't get warmth from it as they do not make their own body heat. They don't require a soft bed; they are quite content to curl up under things on hard surfaces. Besides, towels mold easily if damp. Just not a good idea IMHO. I would put your snake on aspen or cypress mulch if you want it to have something other than paper to lie on, and remove the towel immediately.