as per request my snakes room, nothing much.

Freebody · 10-19-10, 09:04 PM

here you go, dont lauph at my getto snake room lol onto of the white cage is 2 adult cresties, and 4 of their babies, and 3 emporor scorpions, in the fish tanks is my 2 leachie geckos, and the tubs on the flood is my crickets and 2 tubs of dubia roaches, the cages have my 0.1 bredle carpet, 1.0 costal jag, 0.1 dwarf albino dark lavender albino retic, the wall with the 11 tubs, is my 1.1 diamond. 1.1 womas,1.3 possible het albino jag carpets, 0.1 motley boa, 0.1 salmon,tripple het moonglow, and my 1.0 double het snow. the other 5 cages stacked are my dad snakes, 0.1 bumblebee ball, 1.1 fire balls, 1.0 snow corn, 0.1 montley blood corn. the cresties and babies are his as well as 1 of the scorpions. the leachie geckos are mine. i know their is no hides in my adult carpets cage atm, i need to find another hide, but they never used the old one once, so thats why i have not rushed out to get another one yet, but i will this weekend. the only one was cardboard box i just tossed in to make it work but it got soiled and flattend lol i alson took bella out of the tall 4x4 cage i built her for my sav that coming she is still 5-6 feet long and never climbs and never went past the half way mark of her cage so this on is for my boas but she using it for now.

percey39 · 10-19-10, 09:43 PM

Looks like there is more space to fill lol. Nice set up and would love to see some pics of your collection as well!

Freebody · 10-19-10, 09:53 PM

hehe, dont temp me...plz LOL Sure ill take some up to date photos of my snakes and post them

Grimleo · 10-19-10, 10:50 PM

Awesome room!

I didn't know you had leachies! Could I request pictures of those? =P

presspirate · 10-20-10, 03:36 AM

Wow I'll bet you had fun cleaning when the mites came to visit! That's an impressive amount of cages! And you said you heat the room with a heater? I assume thats for the ambient temps. What do you keep it at?

Thanks Freebody, looking forward to the pics of your collection!

shaunyboy · 10-20-10, 05:34 AM

looking good mate bet that lot keep you busy

you know what im going to ask now dont you ?

wheres the pictures of all those great carpets you got ???????

if those hets proove out for you your going to have something very special going on at yours

not many folk got albino jags mate

cheers shaun

Jenn_06 · 10-20-10, 04:12 PM

nice, how are you heating all the tubs? looks like its time to make a snake rack or 2 lol

Freebody · 10-20-10, 06:50 PM

Thank you very much everyone, now that im working again i plan to build one of the white cages for everyone of those snakes, the carpets will get the same cage but 2 feet tall instead of 1

and yes, the mites was exciting, it took hours and hours to clean and spray and bath every snakes.... and i got 3 snakes, the albino jag hets lol all 3 females, that strike at any movment 100% of the time so you can imagine how many time i got bit lol. sure it will be my pleasure to get some pic for you all. ill snap a pic of my snakes and m 2 geckos and post them asap.

im going to use heat cord. i have it under the adults cages but the tubs are just heated with ambient temps, they are all warm to the touch but the adults dont stay worm so i taped heat cord under the cages. my mother just got 1.1 het pied balls 3 weeks ago, that are not in the room yet and i forgot to mention

candyraver69 · 10-21-10, 02:07 PM

Love how simple it looks! Do you have a link to a thread or webpage explaining how the plastic tubs are turned into cages?

Also with that type of setup how do you provide the special lights they need? If you have a fluorescent fixture in the room as a general light does it give the vitamins they need and such?

Sorry for being a newbie with a thousand questions but I really love your setup!

Lankyrob · 10-21-10, 03:08 PM

Most snakes have no specific requirement for special lighting. Some keepers put led lights in the vivs so that you can see the snakes better.

Freebody · 10-21-10, 08:11 PM

lid rob said, snakes usually hide all day in the wild and as a result they have adapted to getting all of its need from the food they eat.

infernalis · 10-21-10, 08:27 PM

Nice room.

Snake rooms are always work in progress

I have been at mine for a few years and still have a lot more to do, like a never ending process.

Freebody · 10-21-10, 08:34 PM

thx

as soon as i get paid im going to start building real cages and get rid of all the rubbermaids so i can run heat cord for floor heat for the little guys.

candyraver69 · 10-22-10, 08:08 AM

Oh wow. It seems like every question I ask I get shown something else I have heard repetitively is nonsense. I had read in some of the books and care sheets that they needed certain UV spectrum to metabolize their food properly. Now I have to find some other interesting animal to use those expensive light fixtures I have on *evil grin*

The ones you are getting ready to build when you get paid... are they going to be like the white one in the first picture or more like the wood colored one? I would love to see how it all turns out when you are done.

I'd love to be able to build stuff like that for my critters but I have virtually no tools and no garage to store them in or work with them if I did.

Do you have a thread with pictures of your snakes anywhere? I'd love to see them too

Will0W783 · 10-22-10, 08:11 AM

Snakes do not need UV like most lizards do. While there is no harm in it, and some may benefit from it, snakes eat whole, bony prey and if they are fed a proper diet, they get all the calcium and minerals they need from digesting their meals.