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She is pushin seven feet now, hasn't been bred. I picked her up from a fantastic person who raised her right. She eats large infrequent meals and is very active.

Does she really climb like that or did you pose her for the picture? I used to keep them and never offered them anything to climb on.

Also, how big is that cage? Is it a commericial product or did you build it yourself? I'm curious to know the brand of glass track as I'm getting ready to build some cages and need a roller track for tall glass windows.
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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

0.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Malaysian locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

ive got a baby H. gigas and she refuses to use any climbing branches i put in there.
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my babies:
0.1.0 Epicrates cenchria cenchria (brazilian rainbow boa)
0.0.1 Lampropeltis Getula Floridana (florida kingsnake)
0.1.0 Hydrodynastes gigas (false water cobra)
0.0.1 Grammostola rosea (rose-hair)
0.0.1 Grammostola aureostriata (choco gold knee)

Chris,
I think the species is much more comfortable on the ground but have to say she spends a good amount of time in the branches of the enclosure and loves to hang in the tree outside. The tree outside has many small branches that she can brace herself with and she is much more confident in that rather than the large wiide open branhes. I built the cage, I don't know one commercially available in that size with the features I chose. Here are a couple more pictures. She spends every night down under the subfloor and hits the branches mid day during her romps.

I'm building my own cages as well and would like to know what glass track you used. Sorry if I did not make that clear.

What is the cage constructed of? Is it black expanded PVC?
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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

0.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Malaysian locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

Chris, The track I used is by EPCO and distributed by wholesale hardware suppliers. An online company called CRL also sells a similar style. I use a double track on the four sides of the opening, and then a single shoe track that the roller guides run on in the bottom double track. The .25" glass sits in a vinyl molding and then is pressure fit inside the channel of the H track that conceals the rollers. I used the plastic rollers because they produce less sound than the metal ones when rolled. Hope that helps.

My two cents is to provide animals with a range of habitat whether we think it is what they would use or not. I had a blood python that would regurlary hit the top of an eight foot cage in the evenings, I never would have guessed that. This cage is seven feet tall and about five feet wide, with a heated sub-t area and a protected upper area that houses an infrared panel heater, fluorescent lights and an incandescent light. I dig this species because they are so adaptable to So-cal whether, I let the ambient temp drop at night to the low sixties and the day time high gets to whatever. The cage itself has enough air space that overheating isn't a threat and underheating isn't possible with the species. Other than that, I watch to see what she does and tinker with that. This species is pretty active and a kick to keep.

thats a great looking H. gigas!

how long did it take to reach that size? also hows its temperment?

my lil baby H. gigas is onley about 15-16" long and very docile when shes out of her cage, in fact i sit and watch TV with her sitting in my hand every night when i get off of work. i still wear leather gloves when i hold her of course, better safe then sorry.
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my babies:
0.1.0 Epicrates cenchria cenchria (brazilian rainbow boa)
0.0.1 Lampropeltis Getula Floridana (florida kingsnake)
0.1.0 Hydrodynastes gigas (false water cobra)
0.0.1 Grammostola rosea (rose-hair)
0.0.1 Grammostola aureostriata (choco gold knee)