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GabooNx
at Tue Sep 25 13:56:07 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by GabooNx ]
>>Hello everyone. I posted this message in JCP forum but I've posted there and they can be horribly slow at responding. I know you guys are quick and maintain many other snakes other than rainbows, hopefully some of you have a JCP or some experience to help me out with. If you have any information that's great please let me know.
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>>Here's the post copied and pasted from the other forum:
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>>I apologize in advance this is going to be a long post but I just want to get all the facts straight before I get my new JCP, hopefully tomorrow
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>>Right now I've got the cage set up with plenty of branches to climb. I have one set up under the heating lamp and one on the opposite side, to give it a choice as to what temp it wants to be. I have a water dish large enough to soak in, do they soak? I know most boas do but I don't know about JCPs. I have a hide on each side of the cage, one in the warm side and on in the cooler side like the branches so the snake can choose its own temperature. The hide on the warm side is filled with slightly moist moss to create a humid area to hide if the snake likes. I can maintain the temperature around 85-90, is this high? I've found lots of different temps suggested online any where from 80-92 :/ What do you use?
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>>Any other suggestions you can give me would be great. Anything I missed just let me know I want my new JCP to have the best possible home.
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>>Thanks you guys are the best.
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>>Thank you,
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>>Tim
I have a female JCP that I have owned for 7 years now. I have never seen her soak but have a water bowl large enough that she can. I keep humidity around 50-70% and normally hovers around 55%. Night time lows are around 75 and highs 88 you don't want to go much hotter then 88 at least my snake doesn't seem to like anything past 86. Personally for temps I use 75 low and 85-88 high, after a feeding try to keeps the temps 2-3 degrees warmer in the day/night cycle for 24-48hrs or so. As a adult she gets fed every 10-14 days a large rat. Other then the above the rest sounds about right, while JCP are a arboreal snake mine spends almost 80% of the time on the floor but hunts and sometimes basks in her branches.
Hope this helps.
Do you have any pictures of your JCP?
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Jason A.
"Long time Herper, first year Breeder `07."
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RE: OT new snake - GabooNx, Tue Sep 25 13:56:07 2007