Hi everyone!
I'm Rowie, I live in the northern beaches of Cairns and I am finally starting to put things together to get my first snake! I grew up in snake country and have always loved them, maybe because I was born in the Snake, but probably because I'm used to having them around.
I currently work in a local wildlife park which has a number of different species of snake and one of my workmates has a pregnant olive python. It should be a decent sized clutch and I will be getting one of the hatchlings once they are feeding well. I'm fairly confident handling pythons and certainly know their basic care, but I am definitely going to be doing as much research as possible to ensure I look after my own snake to the best of my ability.
Olives are my favorite snake and have been since I was very young, and I have the space to put up a large enclosure when it needs it, but any hints and advice that anyone has would be much appreciated.
The only other herp I have in a northern yellow faced turtle, emydura tanybaraga, which is two years old, in a 6ft tank and is absolutely gorgeous! He lives in a community tank with native fish and crustaceans and has so much personality.
I am also contemplating getting a second snake shortly after I get an olive but I am still deciding between getting a black head python, a jungle python or something else. Any suggestions would be lovely.
I'm Rowie, I live in the northern beaches of Cairns and I am finally starting to put things together to get my first snake! I grew up in snake country and have always loved them, maybe because I was born in the Snake, but probably because I'm used to having them around.
I currently work in a local wildlife park which has a number of different species of snake and one of my workmates has a pregnant olive python. It should be a decent sized clutch and I will be getting one of the hatchlings once they are feeding well. I'm fairly confident handling pythons and certainly know their basic care, but I am definitely going to be doing as much research as possible to ensure I look after my own snake to the best of my ability.
Olives are my favorite snake and have been since I was very young, and I have the space to put up a large enclosure when it needs it, but any hints and advice that anyone has would be much appreciated.
The only other herp I have in a northern yellow faced turtle, emydura tanybaraga, which is two years old, in a 6ft tank and is absolutely gorgeous! He lives in a community tank with native fish and crustaceans and has so much personality.
I am also contemplating getting a second snake shortly after I get an olive but I am still deciding between getting a black head python, a jungle python or something else. Any suggestions would be lovely.
CTZ is a fun little zoo. I especially love the bird show. They have a huge reticulated python there that laid something like 40+ eggs earlier this year! A gorgeous creature, and soo fat just before she laid! She's now half the width she was when she was gravid.
