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G'day,

Last friday i bought myself my first snake, a hatchy stimsons python. Im in Australia so its native here. Its setteling really well and i'll give it its first feed tomorrow. I would just like to know does anyone know of a care sheet for stimsons pythons? I would just like it as a back up in case anything goes wrong

cheers

hey, i'm from sydney

I haven't found any good stimson's python care sheets on the net. Get a spotted/children's python care sheet. The only difference is that they're desert snakes. This doesn't really make a difference, but I never mist mine, and they're still better shedders than my others. I find other than that, they're nearly exactly the same as children's pythons and very similar to spotted's.

Hope i've helped, Jack
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Hi There! Congratulations on your new Stimson's. I have 1.2, I think they are great little pythons!
I think Jack gave you some good suggestions, I have them on aspen (they love to burrow) with 2 hides and a water bowl- 2 of them like to climb on tree branches (one sleeps at the top) I didn't know they were arboreal lol I do have a heat mat on one side at about 86-88 degrees the gradient ends up being 75-88 degrees. The females eat with no problems, the male is a bit fussy. Sorry to ramble- I hope this helps!

Thanks you've all been a great help. He hasn't eaten yet although i think he will soon (well i hope he will lol) I have Exo Terra Red desert sand as a substrate although im scared that when he eats that he'll eat some of the sand too. I was thinking about feeding him in a seperate container although i read that the python shouldn't be handled for 2 days after feeding so i wouldnt be able to put him back in his enclosure. How long do you think until he will be almost full grown (I realise that they grow all there life). I hope you'll be able to help me in the future too.

Thanks all

actually doesn't mean that you cannot pick them up and transfer them VERY gently back into their regular cage. What it means is that you cannot hold them for a "regular" period of time, such as when you are holding them and talking to them while you are working on your computer...... With that being said, what I do to avoid any feeding frenzy strikes is to put the entire feeding container without the lid on it back into their regular cage after they have swallowed their food and had a few minutes to get it down to their stomach area. But my feeding containers fit into my regular cage, so that might not work for you.
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