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As an adult, what is the minimum size tank I will need for an adult Olive Python? Conversely, is there a maximum size I shouldn't exceed? What I mean is will an Olive python become stressed if I have it in a too big or too open enclosure?

I custom make my own tanks/vivariums so the issues that glass tanks normally have, I don't encounter since I construct them each for the specific species that will go into it. I also plan on making this enclosure for display and so it will actually have to look nice as well as being functional. I will be building it into a wall in my basement with the back portion of the tank/enclosure sitting in my utility room and the front will sit flush with the wall on the other side. (Or would this be a bad idea for an Olive?) Of course, I would not start him or her out in this display since it will be too large, but I would like to start planning it now.
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Stay United!

"...I say 'apparently' because despite all our progress she is not at all a tame or handle-able snake and gettting her from that cage would re-start a war.. and we've had a good armistice for several months now."-Gus Rentfro - I love this quote!

I'd say a minimum of 6' x 3' x 2' for an adult, and maybe a little bigger for a female.

I don't think you can go too big as long as you can provide the temp gradients and provide plenty of places to hide.

If money/space were no object, I'd dedicate a whole room for mine, loaded with boulders/rock ledges to climb, running water, etc.

They are an active python and really appear to investigate their surroundings when given the opportunity.

//Todd

My adults are in 6-8' neos.

I used to let my Macklot's and a few others roam around my back yard when I had a house of my own too.

They were fine once they were pulled out of their enclosures with a heavy hook, but WATCH OUT if they were still inside their cages. Then I was on their dinner menu, and they went to actually eat me on more than one occasion..LOL!

Yes,.....food association at it's BEST!(or worst really)..HAHAHA!!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

I agree. 6'L x 2'H x 3'D would be a decent/ideal sized cage.
Or I'd go 8'L with larger females.
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• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
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