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>>I've been researching quite a lot on these lovely animals, and I feel ready to start to raise my own Royal.
>>Though, I still have a few doubts on housing, for example, are these Pythons more confortable in an enclosure that is tall rather than long, I assume that they prefer to be on trees as much as on the ground.
>>And regarding to the amound of water in the cage, how big should the dish be? Will they spend lots of time in there?
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>>I'd like to see pictures of your set ups, specially the ones housing adult Balls. I'm really not sure about how complex the cage should be, I assumed that since they are known to be finicky eaters, they must require great attention to sometimes tr ivial details in their enviroment as well. Am I correct on this?
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Like DNReptiles said, balls are not arboreal, nor do they need a particularly tall setup. They have a few basic housing needs -
1) Warm/cool sides of the cage. 90 degrees on one side, let it drop to about 80 on the other side.
2) Place(s) to hide. This is especially important in a display setup - give the snake plenty of small, tight hiding spots. This is not a snake you're going to see a lot of.
3) Water. Some snakes like soaking more than others - my snakes almost always take the chance to soak when they're about to go into shed, but otherwise hardly put their whole body in. They do need fresh water available to drink at all times.
4) Humidity. Should be between 40%-60%, which usually isn't too difficult to achieve.
Those are the important factors to consider, and you can make it as elaborate as a mini savanna or as simple as a couple cardboard boxes on papertowel. (I favor the cardboard and papertowel, simply because snakes will smear poop on every available surface eventually)
~jenny
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