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Florida banded housing question

burner Jan 23, 2006 02:56 PM

Hi, I just got a baby FL banded and I notice that most keep them in a 10glln aquarium..I have other snakes and keep them in sterilight or rubbermaid shoeboxs'.. Can i keep this lil'guy in one of them? Or are aquariums the best? Thanks - Dave in NJ

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ophidiophile Jan 25, 2006 10:27 PM

>>Hi, I just got a baby FL banded and I notice that most keep them in a 10glln aquarium..I have other snakes and keep them in sterilight or rubbermaid shoeboxs'.. Can i keep this lil'guy in one of them? Or are aquariums the best? Thanks - Dave in NJ

I have a pair of FL bandeds and I keep them in 10 gallon aquaria. Like you, I have many other snakes and keep them in sterilite boxes in rack systems with heat tape. But the bandeds really seem to like to bask under a light and I also provide them with a large water container that I try to keep stocked with fish most of the time. The water container I use wouldn't fit in the boxes in my rack system. Overall, I do think they could be raised in shoeboxes but it's just easier for me to keep them as I want to in aquariums.

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