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CheyenneBRO

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I haven't got one yet (green tree snake) but i might, so i was wondering what i need for its tank. i have a decent size cylinder glass tank for a hatchie. which is what i will be getting and and lid that allows the snake to have air but should not escape. i'm wanting to go looking for thing for the tank tomorrow so pleasee help. what do i need, and what temperatures will the tank need etc. do they need hides etc. any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks alot. oh and what do they eat
 
Put some effort into finding things out yourself, IMO they probably arnt a good choice if you dont have any idea what is involved in keeping them. There are plenty of threads on this site(5 at the bottom of the page for a start) and plenty of general info on the net.
 
thats what i'm doing, asking for advice. and i have done some research but any extra info is helpfull..
 
You cant ask for advice on this reptile forum mate, its full of do gooders and know it all's who know better than you about everything but dont want to share anything except their bad, immiture and presumptiouse attitudes.
 
On the other hand, I'll try and add somthing constructive to this for you :)

Being a snake that likes to spend its days in shrubs and tree's, the higher the enclosure you have, the better. Looks like you've taken care of that, but remember, they are a pretty active snake and it would be nice to give them a little bit of space to cruise around in, stretch out and explore.

You should see if you can get yourself some plastic tree's that fit your enclosure nicely (these look nice, offer the snake a place to feel secure and also climb on) and also some vines and perches.

In the way of enclosures, a wooden bird box, hollow log (you'll find these at any aquarium store) or similar manufactured hide would be fine. A place to hide at the top, middle and floor of the enclosure is good if you can fit it in, because although they spend most of their time in the tree's, they do occasionally hang out on the ground.

Temperatures I would assume would be pretty safe at 25-29deg c, but its best to offer a temperature gradient in different areas of the enclosure and a warm basking spot for him up high to choose from.

Another thing I've also found helpful with the hollow logs was to cut them in half and make a latch/pivot attachment to open them easily and access the snake if he's hiding in there and you need to get him/find him for any reason.

Hope that helps.
 
worst enclosure for a snake = fishtank

for a tree snake hatchie (considering the price of a gts) you may aswell splurge and get an exoterra enclosure a 3' x 2' x2' is fine for a hatchie to yearling and deck it out with lots o climbing stuff. i dont own one personally but of all the enclosures ive see have gravel sustrate and a water dish (i assume to increase humidity and allow them to feed on live fish).

the exocterra enclosure is pretty much escape proof (provideing you close them up properly) and will allow you to provide a large water dish and high humidity and allow you to heat the enclosure efficiantly.

hope this helped some my knoledge of gts is limited at best.
 
Provided the top of the tank has been designed and constructed properly, its no different to a terranium really....

GTS dont require high humidity all the time, but they certainly need a water dish. I'll see if I can dig up a few pics of the GTS enclosures I've seen/saved away.


worst enclosure for a snake = fishtank
 
I think somone on these forums owns this one. Its pretty ideal, but extraviagant also. If you can peice somthing like this together, top work :)

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GTS eat frogs, other smaller reptiles and fish, hatchy GTS would eat tadpoles, skinks and very small frogs as they are extremely thin snakes when they hatch, about the size of a shoelace.... sometimes you can wean them onto rodents and sometimes you can't... they also eat alot, as they are active snakes....
 
Don't post photos that aren't yours... Link to them, don't post them.


They need to be fed often, twice a week (or more). Feeding them is problematic, as mentioned above.

Enclosures, as a rule, should be kept simple and small for younger animals.

-H
 
thats what i'm doing, asking for advice. and i have done some research but any extra info is helpfull..

It just seemed from your first post that you saw a nice picture and thought "im getting one of them" without making an effort to find out the basics for yourself. I was also to lazy to type out a full response at the time. Here is a link with some general info about them.
http://www.austmus.gov.au/herpetology/research/pdf/colubridae.pdf

I provide basking temps of at least 35C and the will use basking sites well over 40C, you need to make sure there are also cooler temperatures avialable. Depending on the size of the fishtank you have it may be suitable, but like most snakes the easiest/best way to keep hatchies is in a small plastic tub that sits on a heat cord. Like all snakes they need hides, i use carefully positioned tiles, pieces of bark, cardboard boxes, newspaper and hollow logs. Its good to have heaps of hides with some in cool and warm areas. Branches or plants are good for them to climb on.

They eat frogs in the wild but also eat the occcasional lizard or tadpole. IMO you shouldnt buy one unless it is already eating dead rodents although they will usually eat live fish or lizards(AHG's or listed feeder skinks). The eat lots and crap lots so are more work to keep than pythons but they are also much more interesting to keep being active hunters rather than just sitting a blob all day.

They are very fast and agile so you would want to be confident handling fast snakes, they can jump and bolt very quickly so you always need to be alert and quick whenever the cage is open. Its posibble for them to damage themselves thrashing around if you dont hold them carefully. If you stress them out enough they will also use their stink defence on you and bite(even 2m one wouldnt do anything unless it got your eye lol).
 
Thanks a heap everyone :) And don't worry about it Cris, I understand where you're coming from. I could have worded my post better.
 
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