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crtoon83
at Sat Mar 12 19:17:01 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by crtoon83 ]
I began to build is 5 feet long-3 wide and 6 high.
This is HUGE. I would definately get a black rat to put in that enclosure. Or if this isnt your first, you may want to consider a blue or taiwan beauty. (i wouldn't reccomend either for a first snake, however.) But as duffy said, you don't need to put a neonate (baby) in this enclosure. You would want to wait until it is near bout full grown before giving that big of an enclosure. I don't agree with doug about putting a full grown texas rat in a 20L/29 gallon tank, however i'ts done. I don't think it's very good.
A black rat will climb more than a texas rat. Texas rats like to squeeze in crevices more, blacks prefer trees. You can get a leucistic black rat snake, however go to the classifieds and check out the ad posted by micheal jolliff... he has a few pictures on there that have a lot of different morphs available.
I would heat from above, however in that size enclosure, you will probably need a couple CHE's in there... i'd put one at the top and one halfway up.
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RE: Heating from above or below? - crtoon83, Sat Mar 12 19:17:01 2005