Hi, could yall post some pics of your naturalistic carpet cages? I'm thinking about doing some elaborate stuff and just wanting to see if anyone else did something similar.
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Naturalistic carpet cages
stingeragent
Mar 07, 2004 02:59 PM
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inkt
Mar 08, 2004 01:09 AM
yess i aswell am in the peocess of creating a jungle carpet cage and want to go as natural as possable..pics would be great as well as any other info on live plants,moss,running water features...ohh and also night lighting red vs. black lights...
thanx
eric
inkt
Mar 08, 2004 01:13 AM
yess i aswell am in the peocess of creating a jungle carpet cage and want to go as natural as possable..pics would be great as well as any other info on live plants,moss,running water features...ohh and also night lighting red vs. black lights...
thanx
eric
Ted
Mar 08, 2004 03:56 PM
stingeragent
Mar 08, 2004 07:58 PM
It has a waterfall and what not (not my cage). Would the waterfall/ live plants cause a problem for a hatchling jcp?
athos_76
Mar 08, 2004 08:56 PM
If I can remember, that cage is for poison dart frogs or geckos, and the humidity in that cage would be extremely high, which wouldnt be good for a Jcp. It can cause RI and other probs. Now if you just used a water bowl and branches w/o the soil and moss and waterfall.. it would be ok
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stingeragent
Mar 08, 2004 11:41 PM
Well, the waterfall and layout is the biggest things I like about that cage. What is like the acceptable humidity range for a jcp? Also, if I was to do something similar, and had a screen top, would that reduce the humidity some? I also, wouldn't do the moss I'm sure.
inkt
Mar 09, 2004 04:09 AM
couldnt the humidity be regulated with a small fan built into the back or top to move the air around? just a thought
eric
Everlight389
Mar 10, 2004 10:40 AM
That cage is probably too humid for a JCP. As far as naturalistic, its probably the hardest way to keep snakes. My suggestion is to use a very tall cage, a small tree, cypress mulch, and a water bowl. It is possible to mist the snakes to replace the water bowl, but if you forget you have a problem.
One thing though, be very careful about putting such a small snake in such a big enclosure. Use a much smaller cage to rear it to about 3ft, then put it in the big cage. When they are small, they can feel insecure about being in such a large space, and that leads to stress/not eating/death.
Good luck
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Currently have:
1.0 Amelanistic Corn Snake
0.1 Antherystic Corn Snake
1.0 Eastern Fox Snake
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Leucistic Texas Ratsnake
0.1 Oakatee Corn Snake
Saving for:
0.1 Jungle Carpet
paul kemes
Mar 09, 2004 01:51 PM
No waterfall, but I do like live plants, I actually have a BCI in here now as I had to sell some of my IJCP's.
Paul
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Mar 09, 2004 01:52 PM
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Mar 09, 2004 01:52 PM
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Everlight389
Mar 10, 2004 01:37 PM
Very nice... the snake you put in there will feel like a king!
Only one thing: be careful how close the snake can get to the lights and the hot rock, and ensure that he/she cannot get burned.
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Currently have:
1.0 Amelanistic Corn Snake
0.1 Antherystic Corn Snake
1.0 Eastern Fox Snake
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Leucistic Texas Ratsnake
0.1 Oakatee Corn Snake
Saving for:
0.1 Jungle Carpet
