Sorry must have missed this.

Firstly their venom, I haven't noticed anything, well hubby is the one who gets bit and he's Ok lol....I think it's Ptyas carinatus to watch out for with the venom, not Elaphe. Check out http://www.venomdoc.com/ for more info, there is a section on Colubrid venom.

We do give them a thick substrate, we use aubiose, it's a horse bedding, much like aspen but not as expensive - they love it. A good 5-6cm.

As for space, mine are in a 4x2x2 (one each) vivarium, as I am a fan of providing space too. My male has become alot more active lately. I see him out exploring when I enter the room but he soon slithers away lol. Whether they need it or not, not sure. But atm they're doing fine, so that's what matters to me.

Climbing....again if the enclosure had the height where maybe you could add another platform, it may be used. But they are primarily terrestrial. Saying that even my fox snakes climb - so why not, can't hurt eh?

Again are they active....hmmmm you try and catch one out for cleaning lol. They are extremely quick when they want to be but they are incredably shy.

But this is only speaking from my experiance and I have heard of people calming them down, for that I would start with a hatchling.

Hope this helps.
venomdoc.com


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