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JoeWas
at Sat Aug 12 13:25:52 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JoeWas ]
Ant hills and childrens look much the same, they act the same and the childrens will grow a little larger. Here in Florida at the snake shows childrens go for $35 to $120 depending on the type and who is selling them. The Cape York's are the more expensive of the normal type morphs. For the granit morph we see $90 to $180.
I would go with the Childrens Spotted Python.
We breeders tend to keep our snakes in smaller cages, too many for all to be in big cages. I have found that if the cage is too large the snake will hide all the time and not feed as well, AKA not be happy. Most snakes like confinded spaces. The thicker the snake the bigger the cage, blood Pythons need more floor space due to their thick bodies, if folded all the time the get spine problems. For big Pythons a four foot cage can work, I have housed 12 footers in 4' x 3', breeding the big guys though takes a larger cage size. Little sub 6 footers of the smaller thickness types can do well in 2' x 1' sized cages and breed there. Many small snakes like to breed in real small containers, smaller than their cages.
For these sub 6 footers, I use a 10 gal. size [most of my cages are custom racks with only the fronts having clear plex-Acrilic fronts/doors, 2' long x 1' wide in banks of six, each bank is about 6' wide then] with a standard one gal. serlite shoe box with a 1 to 2 inch whole in the top put in the cage at breeding. This has worked will for me.
For baby snakes up to about 4', I use x-Large Lee Critter keeper sized cages (12"L x 8"W x 8H), in racks which is larger than most breeders. Most breeder keep racks of sterlite shoe boxs.
I use other sizeds for snakes who have special needs, some are in tanks or big custom cages. Most cages available are not set up correctly or are too hard to clean, can't keep the proper humidity [too much or too little], take up too much room and are expensive. We use racks or build our own custom set ups.
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RE: Considering a small python species - JoeWas, Sat Aug 12 13:25:52 2006