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I know most people here with BRB's are breeders, and use racks/tubs/etc., but I'd love to see pics of display set-ups.
Thanks!

I don't have a display case. After I move and buy a snake I do plan on buying a JWorlds display enclosure though. I enjoy my snakes now, but i'm sure i'd get much more enjoyment with something like that to showcase one in.
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1.1 96, 04 Het Albino - "Suzie" & "Lumpy"
1.0 06 TH-Moonglow - "Gargamel"
1.2 01 BRBs- "Gobball", "Larva" & "Tofu"
2.7 08 BRBs

I've really enjoyed having my BRB's living in this enclosure.

Thanks for looking,
Paul

that is one awesome looking cage paul. Do you find it hard to keep it clean, with all the places that [bleep] can get into?
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
2.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo
2.2 het hypo BRB

In the mail from the states
- the entire contents of my credit card

Dave,
When spraying down the cage (about every 2-3 days or so) I can usually smell the poo if there and then I go hunting. About every 4-6 months I do a complete clean out and invariably find several dessicated turds that I missed (four adults housed in this enclosure). The substrate I use (small bark nuggets covered with a thick layer of moss) is pretty favorable to little critters that help break down the missed crap (some out there just shuddered but hey, my cage).
Thanks,
Paul

and how does it go, with 4 adults in the cage? is it one male and 3 females or? also when breeding, do they just get on with it, or do you remove some of them. The guy i got my pearls from, just had his pair of adults in a big display cage like that, no cooling im pretty sure, but they breed every year, same time. Light cycles i guess
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
2.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo
2.2 het hypo BRB

In the mail from the states
- the entire contents of my credit card

Dave,
The first year I had this setup I just had the one male and female and they were subadults. The next year (2002)I felt the female was large enough and did the whole gradual cooling thing and she had 15 babies in June, two of these (male and female) took up residence in the big cage after a year. I gave her the next year off (no cooling) then tried again with the cooling thing in 2004 and she passed slugs May of 2005. After that I stopped purposely cooling the cage and she's had litters in 2006 and 2007 (14 and 19). The cage is completely heated by overhead ceramic heat lamps of varying wattages (I used to use night lights but they don't last as long). In my setup large temperature fluctuations near the bottom of the cage get them frisky but there is always temps in the 80's available which I think is important to their overall health. So far the male and female from the first litter have not bred though the young male tried to assert himself a couple of years ago and got pushed around by the big male and that was that. The female from that first litter has never been a big eater and is smallish compared to her litter mate but this year she is looking like she could breed. Right now the cage is full of activity with the big male trying to mate his girl and the other two moving about actively. I wonder if housing them altogether is keeping the younger snakes from breeding. It is interesting.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to ramble...
Paul

Your guys definitely have it made!

Since they have such a nice setup, do you find them out and about once the sun goes down or are they primarily nocturnal like my guys? I've thought about giving some of mine something similar, but I rarely ever see them during the hours when I'm awake so I wonder if I'll just have a pretty vivarium with rarely seen occupants.
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Julie
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Hi Julie,
BRB's are strictly nocturnal and usually don't become active until well after dark. The reason, IMO, that many keepers experiences with BRB's is that of a secretive, seldom seen snake is the way they are commonly kept. BRB's in the wild are ambient temperature snakes, not belly-heated snakes (probably could be said about most species not acclimated to roads and sun heated rocks). If you offer them a large enclosure with vertical space and climbing opportunities and heat from above (widely frowned upon in the hobby) you will have an active, beautiful display animal (but nocturnal). I've said this many times and it is worth repeating; BRB's like to climb, give them the opportunity. Also, you'll have a much more active snake if you don't over feed them. A fat, full snake with adequate belly heat is not going anywhere.
Man I'm on a roll tonight, I need to post more often so as not to have such pent up opinions!
Thanks,
Paul

How do you really feel???

Hey Paul, good to see you posting!!!!

I do love that cage!!!!!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Thanks for that. I like the way you house your snakes. They've got more opportunity to be snakes in that enclosure and I was primarily curious to know if you saw a change in the amount of time they spend out and about. I've got RHPs in all of my display cages, but I've not noticed a real change in the behavior of the occupants. My chondropythons are also very nocturnal, but they do start moving a little bit when the sun goes down. One will pretty consistently come to a perch in front of the cage, her preferred feeding spot. While they do move around a bit, they primarily stay coiled and the real snake party begins when I finally leave the snake room for good and turn all of the lights out. The BRB may be moving similarly, but they're doing it from the comfort of their hides.

I've hesitated to set up a living room display because we tend to be up with the lights on until quite late and I dont want to throw them off. Is your display in a common area of your home? I know I've come home from multi-day trips where nobody was in the snake room at all so they were allowed to enjoy the natural light cycle from the window. Upon my arrival an hour or two after dark, I've found many a displeased face wishing I'd turn that dang light back off, thankyouverymuch. Mine are clearly more active from dusk until dawn when I let the room operate on natural light cycle.

Great display. I always enjoy seeing a more naturalistic habitat.
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Julie
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mine i built myself from melamine with removable plexiglass doors

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0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--Brazilian rainbow boas
2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

Thanks for the pics guys...Paulbuck, that's a beautiful snake.