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10-05-10, 04:19 PM
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You can call me JR
Join Date: Oct-2010
Location: vancouver
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can you give me ideas to help me make my snakes setup more comfortable/sophisticated. in both setups i use newspaper for substrate i find its easy to cleanup and cheap. i have one heat lamp per tank (two) 100 watt for my royal and 150 for my corn snake both have bowls that they can soak in although ive only seen my corn snake doing it and they both have hiding spots 2 for my royal and one for my corn and they both have a warm and cool side to their tanks. plz also tell me about your setups im new to this world and wish to know everything. XD
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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10-05-10, 09:47 PM
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Captain America
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Re: newb status
How big are their cages and what are your temps for the warm and cool sides? The rest sounds ok.
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10-05-10, 11:36 PM
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You can call me JR
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Re: newb status
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Originally Posted by marvelfreak
How big are their cages and what are your temps for the warm and cool sides? The rest sounds ok.
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standard 10 for the ball and a twenty long for my corn snake the temp for the ball is 85 during day in hot and about 75 in cool drop ten to 15 at night and for the corn snake its 70 in cool 80 in hot and drop 10 to 15 at night
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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10-06-10, 03:48 AM
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Boa Lover
Join Date: Sep-2010
Location: Hereford
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Re: newb status
personally i use aspen for my corn, and he loves burrowing in it... its not dusty at all so it keeps the corns from gettin breathing infections as theyve only got 1 functioning lung. x
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10-06-10, 09:25 AM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: newb status
Our royal has a hot end of 90-93 and the corns a hot end of 86, may be worth bumping them up a bit.
I Think it was you posting about humidity for the royal too? Bumping the heat up may help with humidity too as it will evaporate more water.
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10-06-10, 12:20 PM
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Formerly Lil_Boa
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Re: newb status
i too use aspen for my corns... and my ball, but my corns absolutly love burrowing in it.. you can see all their little tunnels.. lol
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10-06-10, 12:46 PM
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Boa Lover
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Re: newb status
yeh mine too, he leaves loads of tunnels everyhere... wierdly he likes to sit n watch tv with me at night lol x
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10-06-10, 01:29 PM
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You can call me JR
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Re: newb status
hmm i check out aspen bedding then. i just use newspaper as substrate because its cheap and easy to clean and im worried about RI's
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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10-06-10, 01:53 PM
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Re: newb status
This may sound peculiar, but I simply love reptile bark. I can empty out all the cages, put the bedding on a screen, pick out the feces, then run a scalding hot shower over it all.
Then I put it in a deep dish baking tray and put it in the oven for about 15 minutes at 400 degrees. The steam rolls out of the oven vents, and when I take the bedding out, I have a whole new batch of fresh bark.
When you have as many cages as we do, this is very economical compared to buying a half a truckload of bedding at a time.
Snakes can burrow in it, it holds humidity well and with the ability to recycle it a few times, super cheap too.
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10-06-10, 02:32 PM
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You can call me JR
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Re: newb status
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Originally Posted by infernalis
This may sound peculiar, but I simply love reptile bark. I can empty out all the cages, put the bedding on a screen, pick out the feces, then run a scalding hot shower over it all.
Then I put it in a deep dish baking tray and put it in the oven for about 15 minutes at 400 degrees. The steam rolls out of the oven vents, and when I take the bedding out, I have a whole new batch of fresh bark.
When you have as many cages as we do, this is very economical compared to buying a half a truckload of bedding at a time.
Snakes can burrow in it, it holds humidity well and with the ability to recycle it a few times, super cheap too.
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how can i get this stuff?
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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10-06-10, 03:52 PM
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Veteran Member
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Re: newb status
Quote:
Originally Posted by infernalis
This may sound peculiar, but I simply love reptile bark. I can empty out all the cages, put the bedding on a screen, pick out the feces, then run a scalding hot shower over it all.
Then I put it in a deep dish baking tray and put it in the oven for about 15 minutes at 400 degrees. The steam rolls out of the oven vents, and when I take the bedding out, I have a whole new batch of fresh bark.
When you have as many cages as we do, this is very economical compared to buying a half a truckload of bedding at a time.
Snakes can burrow in it, it holds humidity well and with the ability to recycle it a few times, super cheap too.
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after all this time and now you share this idea LOL i think i might try that, bark hold humidity way better, the only reason i dont is becuase it costs an arm and a leg, if i try that it would be cost effective. you can pick this up at pretty much any pet shop. in different sized bark peices as well.
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10-06-10, 04:23 PM
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Forum Moderator
Join Date: Nov-2002
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Re: newb status
I highly recommend getting rid of the fish cages. There's plenty of plastic enclosures for snakes. That will help with your temps. You also need to bump up your heat on your animals. A second hiding spot for the corn is also needed.
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10-06-10, 04:36 PM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: newb status
We use repti bark too for all our snakes and the lizards. Thankfully we have a deal with our reptile shop where we can buy trade size bags at just slightly over trade price.
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May you have more good days than bad
You never know how strong you are - until being strong is your only choice
There are no dark clouds - just well hidden silver linings!!
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10-06-10, 05:18 PM
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Captain America
Join Date: Dec-2009
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Re: newb status
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Originally Posted by Reptile_Reptile
how can i get this stuff?
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Pet smart sells it. Where i live their almost $8.00 to $10.00 cheaper than any of the other pet store around here. plus doing like wayne said you only have to change it completely every 6 monthes. It tells on the bag how to clean it. Even if i don't spray every other day with reptile bark my humitidiy stays 65% or above.
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Boas: 1.0 Pastel, 2.2 Brazilian Rainbows Pythons: 0.1 Lesser Royal, The Carpets 2.0 Jungle, 1.0 Jungle x Jag, 0.1 Tiger Jag, 0.1 Coastal Cheers Chuck
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10-06-10, 11:32 PM
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You can call me JR
Join Date: Oct-2010
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Re: newb status
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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
I highly recommend getting rid of the fish cages. There's plenty of plastic enclosures for snakes. That will help with your temps. You also need to bump up your heat on your animals. A second hiding spot for the corn is also needed.
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ive recently added a heating pad for a second hotspot and im not going to change the tank to plastic when this glass works just fine
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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