If this was your cage... - Page 2

dannybgoode · 04-18-17, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by toddnbecka

Decent size enclosure for a Dominican mountain boa. They're semi-arboreal, and given the option seldom spend much time on the substrate. Much better disposition than a GTP, lol.

Great choice. I forgot you keep these. A final bucket list snake for me and so hard to find in the UK...

SWDK · 04-18-17, 09:52 PM

I'd do a smaller arboreal viper.

toddnbecka · 04-19-17, 12:19 AM

I have a couple dozen 2016 baby Dominicans needing homes, so naturally I recommend them for a suitable sized enclosure, lol. I have a very young pair of green bush rats as well. Very vibrantly colored, but terribly flighty when handled. My climocophora are much easier to handle than the prasina, but the Dominicans are just great for handling regardless of size or age IME. Personally I prefer snakes that are calm about being picked up and handled even if only briefly.

**Aaron_S** · 04-19-17, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by toddnbecka

I have a couple dozen 2016 baby Dominicans needing homes, so naturally I recommend them for a suitable sized enclosure, lol. I have a very young pair of green bush rats as well. Very vibrantly colored, but terribly flighty when handled. My climocophora are much easier to handle than the prasina, but the Dominicans are just great for handling regardless of size or age IME. Personally I prefer snakes that are calm about being picked up and handled even if only briefly.

YOU HAVE PRASINA!?

Such bad *** rat snakes

toddnbecka · 04-20-17, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

YOU HAVE PRASINA!?

Such bad *** rat snakes

Ya, I got a pair of 2016's shipped down from Maine last February during an unseasonably warm spell. They're doing very well, feeding on small fuzzy mice, but seldom seen outside of their hides and quite flighty when handled. I have a few pix from my cell phone:

dave himself · 04-20-17, 07:35 AM

Asian vine snakes are cool, I was lucky enough to see one in the flesh a few weeks back. Their eyes are amazing, very alien looking. Or as SWDK said some type of small tree viper

ttreptile1 · 04-20-17, 08:16 AM

Small update. I took the day off and made some much needed changes to the enclosure. I plan on a tree boa or a chameleon of some kind. I had issues with the cage not having a drain for the misting system and the fact that its flat on the bottom. Running the mister as much as I did for the GTP, there would be standing water on the bottom and soak the cypress. So today I made some modifications (my sons idea, he's only 14).

We used corrugated plastic to make a gradual but barely noticeable slope to the front. Then in the front we used the same material to make a bowl shape. In the middle of that there is a drain. That drains into a bucket underneath the cage next to the mister bucket. So now I can run it how ever much I need and it goes through the substrate (probably sphagnum moss) and makes it way to the front and down the drain. I still need to add a drain cover. It will also make cleaning the cage much easier. The pics are rough and I literally just finished caulking it so its still curing. I ran tests and it worked flawlessly. I am pretty siked about it. I do plan on adding either black paint or some edging to hide the unsightliness around the edges.