by Kearon
Mar 19, 2003 11:30 PM · 3113 views · 85.2 k · 640 x 480
I use 2 50watt heat lamps & 3 24in Uv lamps. The tank only came with the two light sockets for the heat lamps. I had to add the Uv fixtures myself (thanks home depot)...
I have a few questions about a wooden enclosure that I got off someone near my place today. It's 4ft 3in. in length, 18 inches deep and about 15-16 inches in height. I cleaned it up, took a damp cloth and wiped the outside down, vacuumed the inside (there was sand in there). On the top left side, there's a hole and on the right hand side, there's a rectangular meshed hole. It has two doors that open upward, in the front of the tank. This is all made of wood and mesh...cheap mesh. The whole enclosure though isn't heavy in weight.
These are my questions:
Can I house my adult spotted python and the sub-adult ball python in the same enclosure? What about when the ball python gets big? Except for when feeding them, would it be safe to house them both in one big enclosure?
How do I go about disinfecting this enclosure before I use it? Is an all-glass enclosure a better bet to house snakes in?
What are my heating options? I plan to use indoor-outdoor carpet as substrate. I was thinking of attaching two heating pads underneath the left side, coupled with a 150 Watt heat emitter that I already have. Since it is a big enclosure, I was thinking this would be more than sufficient.
Arkansas_Herper
Jan 10, 2004 2:59 PM
Rating: 5/5
generally its not a good idea to mix species like that because of their different needs for heat and humidity. also if the space is too small they might get agressive towards each other. BUT that isnt to say that you cant put them together and not have any problems as i have been keeping my crested gecko with my fat tail gecko since one hides all the time and one is always stuck to the wall lol.
HippyGuy
Mar 3, 2004 9:33 PM
Hey. It might be to late sence that post about two snakes one cage, was posted along time ago. Well, deffinitly dont house two different species of snakes together. I dont even suggest housing snakes of the same species together, except when you want to breed them, and then only for a little while. Also dont use a 150watt ceramic heat emitter, dont use anything over 100wats. But diffinitly use a ceramic heat emitter, but maybe two 60watt ones. This way the heat is not so consintrated, the 150watt C.H.E. and bulbs can burn a snake. So please do a lot of research and splurge and get two cages, for two snakes. Or maybe get one snake, and see how things work out and then maybe get another snake. Peace
