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Or, in regular english, anyone else like setting up cool displays?

I know I've posted my cal king tank before, but I just cleaned it and redid it (sans live plant) and both I and BorkBork are enjoying it quite a bit.

Just wondering if anyone has an adult sized kingsnake, of any species/subspecies, in a display type setup? If so, post pictures! I'm not sure how I want to create an adult sized cage for this girl, especially since she is growing like a WEED, so I'm already looking around for ideas.

Thanks in advance!

note - I mist the cage when she is going into shed so that the moss is nice and damp. It also looks really cool right after I've cleaned the glass. (bottled water doesn't leave water marks, by the way)

~jenny
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
- Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

I have a display cage that I am almost done building but I have knida slacked off on finishing it. That is a really awesome cage you set up there.

Thanks! I could never actually build a cage, my handyman skills are not that great.
Post pics when you finish your cage!

~jenny
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
- Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

Great looking set up in my case I found it in long run to hard to clean . I use shredded coconut substrate and driftwood for him to climb but no moss,plants as in long run I found it pain to clean and prefer to keep cage dry.

I've been doing it for... about 5 months now and haven't had too much of a problem with it. I have yet to actually clean out all of the bedding, but since I scoop out poop when I see it it doesn't seem to be an issue. I can get moss for pretty cheap so when it gets poop on it I just throw it away and put new stuff in.

The enjoyment I get from watching her in there is worth any extra effort I am making.
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
- Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

The humidity isnt a problem?

Nope. Bark dries out a lot, the compressed coconut has dried out completely, and there's a considerable amount of sand in there. I also don't really have the moss in there to get it wet and raise humidity - during a shed cycle I'll dampen it some, but most of the time it's dry and crackly and just in there for looks. When I do mist in there, it's usually in the morning and the cage has dried out by the end of the day.

I think the humidity in the cage is about the same as it is in my room. Snake never has an issue shedding, is growing, and has nice pretty scales. I've had her in there since about November, and she's still thriving.

~jenny
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
- Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

okay thanks. I used that compressed coconut stuff to I love it . I let it dry before using it its great substrate.
My tank is just that a mopani wood

I used to use that fake grass cage carpet thing and it looked horrible not to mention they cant dig in it as you know they love to dig

Yeah, the cage carpet is awful. I've hated it ever since I took in a rescue that was living on some that had started out green but was so caked in poo and urates that it was tan colored instead.

The compressed coconut on its own has always been too dry or too moist for me but mixing it with the orchid bark and sand has made the closet thing to perfect substrate I've found for my king. Her burrows seem to remain in place better and one of these days I'll have to try and get a pic of the little cave she's made under the log on the basking side of the cage. She has a cave behind the corkbark too, where things are damp under the water bowl.

~jenny
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
- Anna Sewell (1820-1878)