Well, it's that time of year again when I'm sure all you guys have got your eggs cooking away in your incubators, and I'm over here jumping up and down waiting for some babies!
Ive got a R1 NSW license, so I don't feel all that limited in what snakes I can buy.
Ive currently got a Stimsons and a Woma- both lovely animals but I'm looking for something a bit different.
Ive got my eye on a whole range of Pythons: (in no particular order)
- Diamonds
- Black Headed
- Murray Darling
- Jungle
I am looking for something with a fair amount of size to it- my Stimsons is only a little guy, and the Woma's parents were both under 1.3m from memory (although at only 8 months old he's almost 3 foot), and I'm wanting something bigger.
Diamonds have always been a fascination of mine- you just can't have an ugly looking one whether or not they're high yellow, black and white or green all over.
What is making me hesitant is I've heard that they're more suited to an outdoor enclosure than an indoor one, and I'm not able to build an outdoor enclosure.
Black headed pythons are probably one of the first I was introduced to when I was younger- they were what I thought of when someone said 'snake' and I do love some of the animals I've seen. No real issue with them, other than they are rather similar to a Woma and I do what something a little bit different.
Murray Darlings are also beautiful animals- I love the black/blue/silver ones that I've seen around and would love to add one to the collection. Biggest issue I've got with these guys are I can't seem to find many breeders around who are selling hatchling black/silvers- they're all either much more red in colour of several years old.
And last but not least, Jungles! I've got to say the black/yellow ones are stunning- drop dead gorgeous snakes. I'm only holding myself back from one of these as I've heard they can be fussy, bitey and mainly arboreal.
As both my current snakes are terrestrial snakes, I've got no idea on how I should be setting up an arboreal enclosure and how I would go about heating one- currently I've just got heat mats running off in-built thermostats with a seperate thermometer double checking everything, and I don't think that would work for an arboreal snake.
Any others suggestions, or any tips on how I should go about doing this?
Thanks!
Ive got a R1 NSW license, so I don't feel all that limited in what snakes I can buy.
Ive currently got a Stimsons and a Woma- both lovely animals but I'm looking for something a bit different.
Ive got my eye on a whole range of Pythons: (in no particular order)
- Diamonds
- Black Headed
- Murray Darling
- Jungle
I am looking for something with a fair amount of size to it- my Stimsons is only a little guy, and the Woma's parents were both under 1.3m from memory (although at only 8 months old he's almost 3 foot), and I'm wanting something bigger.
Diamonds have always been a fascination of mine- you just can't have an ugly looking one whether or not they're high yellow, black and white or green all over.
What is making me hesitant is I've heard that they're more suited to an outdoor enclosure than an indoor one, and I'm not able to build an outdoor enclosure.
Black headed pythons are probably one of the first I was introduced to when I was younger- they were what I thought of when someone said 'snake' and I do love some of the animals I've seen. No real issue with them, other than they are rather similar to a Woma and I do what something a little bit different.
Murray Darlings are also beautiful animals- I love the black/blue/silver ones that I've seen around and would love to add one to the collection. Biggest issue I've got with these guys are I can't seem to find many breeders around who are selling hatchling black/silvers- they're all either much more red in colour of several years old.
And last but not least, Jungles! I've got to say the black/yellow ones are stunning- drop dead gorgeous snakes. I'm only holding myself back from one of these as I've heard they can be fussy, bitey and mainly arboreal.
As both my current snakes are terrestrial snakes, I've got no idea on how I should be setting up an arboreal enclosure and how I would go about heating one- currently I've just got heat mats running off in-built thermostats with a seperate thermometer double checking everything, and I don't think that would work for an arboreal snake.
Any others suggestions, or any tips on how I should go about doing this?
Thanks!