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So is it alright to house a carpet python in an arboreal cage? Such as those made for green tree pythons and emerald tree boas? I'm just going to assume that the vision cages made for rtbs and burms are just not high enough but how high do carpets really need the cage?

You will likely get a million opinions on this....

I house adults in 4x2x2 cages. I house adult chondros in cages that are a smidge smaller, but the same h/l/w ratio.

Fewer and fewer serious chondro keepers are using the old style vertically oriented cages. They do not allow for as great a thermal gradient as a long cage does.

That being said, I am a very big proponent of tallish cages for both (24" or taller) but the length is the longest dimension.
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Mine are in Neodeshas and exoterras. They like the ground about as much as their perches

mmmmmmmm, okay! But what about the gigantic iguana cages- the ones made of mesh?? I'm aware that they restrict humidity alot, but when you consider that they are significantly cheaper for a cage an adult man could stand in, it makes you wish that it could work. They also usually are quite high and with snakes, you don't really need to worry about the mesh breaking. Maybe... if you put one of those drippers for chameleons it could work and the humidity would be higher.
Thanks

Careful with the mesh cages. Humidity and Heat can be next to impossible to maintain in them.

Cages aren't cheap, but fortunately they are once (or very infrequent) purchases.

I think that Carpets are very arboreal if provided with branches they like. Of course they will live, breed, etc w/out perches, but I think mine would revolt if I took away their perches.
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Mark Davis
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Also, if you give them the perches, they curl up on them like a Green Tree Python (sometime). It is very cool to see

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My IJP female is fine in a Neo 4x2x2. The mate is in an arboreal 2x2x2 neo, and hardly ever climbs. I have 2 8' Coastals that are content to be in their separate 4x2x2 neos, never climbing, as does the JCP female who is also about 8'. The 7 foot male JCP in in a Cages by Design 4x4x2 and sits at the top because that's where the ceramic heat lamp is. When he's hungry, he hangs down about 2' and waits for food.

They don't seem to care about height, and in the wild are found in both places.
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