Count on the fact that certain Breeders & Malcontents will *RUSH* to condemn my words, but for the animal's sake this is the minimum size.

Think of yourself living in a closet. Would a 10-gallon or 20-gallon terrarium really do for a snake over 3 feet long? Like you, they need space, movement and a chance to exercise.

Live feeding goes along way to help that condition...

Here is a link to some photos of my 60-gallon, naturalistic setups. I have a 100-gallon also, but it's quite cumbersome to move up stairs.

I like to create 3 tiers for my Kingsnakes: thick bedding for tunneling, ground level with hide spots, canopy level with climbing branches.

For Rat Snakes, I use the last two levels. They don't seem to care much for burrowing, and are not likely as fossorial.

Hope this helps!

Ameron
Portland, OR

1.0 Lampropeltis getula californiae (Carlsbad Wide-banded morph)
0.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (Los Angeles County Coastal Banded morph)
1.0 Coelognathus radiata (captive-bred, Vietnam origin?)
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