Natural plants/sticks vs fake

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by formica

lots of people do. infact some of us believe that we have a responsibility to provide as much enrichment as possible for captive animals, its not just about looking nice.

Son, when you can prove to me that ball pythons need enrichment and actually get something from it I will listen to your point.

I breed them. In bins. I have animals almost 3 times older than my kid. Enrichment is not needed.

[formica]

Originally Posted by Mellik's mamma

it made me realize i probably don't have the time for this :/

Its not as much work as I may have made it sound! its well worth the effort, the effect is beautiful from a display point of view. look up bio active substrates, to see what might be involved, its not hard i promise!

bio active enclosures are far less work than sterile enclosures, except for the initial setup. but once it has got up and running, you dont need to clean all the time, disinfect, throw away substrates, pick up poop and urates, the plants keep a good level of humidity, so no having to spray all the time, live moss will provide nice natural damp hides for the snakes to shed.

plants provide good cover for snakes, they can hide amongst them, crawl over them to explore, drink water droplets from them, sleep amongst the roots or among the leaves. growing plants provide an ever changing environment to explore, they provide stability for humidity levels, they help absorb nutrients (ie waste) from the snake to keep the enclosure clean.

there are too many reasons not to do bio active enclosures do it!

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Son, when you can prove to me that ball pythons need enrichment and actually get something from it I will listen to your point.

I breed them. In bins. I have animals almost 3 times older than my kid. Enrichment is not needed.

someone younger than me, calling me ''son'', is a little insulting, from a British perspective.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by formica

Its not as much work as I may have made it sound! its well worth the effort, the effect is beautiful from a display point of view. look up bio active substrates, to see what might be involved, its not hard i promise!

bio active enclosures are far less work than sterile enclosures, except for the initial setup. but once it has got up and running, you dont need to clean all the time, disinfect, throw away substrates, pick up poop and urates, the plants keep a good level of humidity, so no having to spray all the time, live moss will provide nice natural damp hides for the snakes to shed.

plants provide good cover for snakes, they can hide amongst them, crawl over them to explore, drink water droplets from them, sleep amongst the roots or among the leaves. growing plants provide an ever changing environment to explore, they provide stability for humidity levels, they help absorb nutrients (ie waste) from the snake to keep the enclosure clean.

there are too many reasons not to do bio active enclosures do it!




someone younger than me, calling me ''son'', is a little insulting, from a British perspective.

You're welcome to take it as you like Son.

Maybe when you grow up I will stop calling you that.