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I am about to get m first GTP from Marcel, hopefully around the first week in december. I have been constructing some cages for my colubrids, and I think i'll place him on top in one of those cages. it's a 24"x24"x48" cage. I'm building them all out of 1/2" oak, but i'll line his with FRP due to the misting and humidity. The colubrids get an epoxy glaze coat on theirs.

the particular animal i'm looking at getting is a 2.5 year old male, who i've been told is very docile (by more people than just the breeder...), and I think it's beautiful. I am planning on getting some willow branches to mount in the cage for him to perch on.

I've read a multitude of care sheets, and it seems that these snakes are not to be handled too often, unlike my colubrids which I handle on a daily basis, correct?

If anybody has any added information on this setup, please post a reply and let me know. I really would appreciate it.

Thanks.
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

Nice chondro. where'd you get him?

....I shouldn't read post backwards. So you are picking up that male. If I didn't have a male already, I would've picked that one up. Its a really nice one. Good luck with it. Did you buy "The Complete Chondro" by Greg Maxwell yet? It's a great book, because it offers good advice on about most chondro topics. When are you getting your next chondro???

~Norman

I'm going to get that...i have a care sheet he wrote (15 pages printed out) and ive read about 4 oher care sheets for chondros so I think i have the basic idea of how to keep for a chondro, and I want to put my money right now into that cage and that chondro so i dont miss this opportunity, but I will be buying that book ASAP.
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

Excellent choice of first chondro... incredible value for your dollar... well done!!

Now, I also love Greg Maxwells book, but I also have received Rico Walders "Owner Manual" when I purchased a snake from him and for $10.00 only it also has all the necessary information for keeping gtp's in addition to problem solving. Also an excellent value for the money!!

http://www.signalherp.com/products.htm

Congratulations!!