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Posted by Dwight Sayers on April 14, 2002 at 09:30:06:

In Reply to: Basic Care Questions... posted by Jason H. Rea on April 13, 2002 at 22:26:19:

: Since they don't make books for these beauties, I would like to confirm some basic Care that I have read on a few online Caresheets

: Temps-
: I have read high of 80 during the day with a basking spot of 100, and a low of 68-70 during the night with no basking spot. Does this sound about right? Do indigos not work with temp gradients, if so what would the low be during the day, or the high during the night?

: I read that a couple keepers keep them on a 12 hour light cycle. Does this sound right? Does it need to be any special type of light, like full spectrum, or would any florescent light work?

: How Arboreal are indigos? Would they prefer to have something to climb?

: I read of using calcium supplement once a month. Is this a good idea, or should all the snakes meal have some calcium supplement?

: Thanks for any Info
: Jason

***Jason , RE 100 degree basking spot. To achieve this you would need to have a large and long cage.( 6-8ft) Such a high temp could have dangerous consequences in a smaller cage. A large cage will offer the snake with means to retreat from hot temps. The other temp regimes sound good. As for calcium, I only use with gravid females. Indigos are not big on climbing, so branches are not needed. The most improtant thing that you can give your drymarchon is space to crawl, food and fresh water every two days.

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: : Since they don't make books for these beauties, I would like to confirm some basic Care that I have read on a few online Caresheets : : Temps- : : I have read high of 80 during the day with a basking spot of 100, and a low of 68-70 during the night with no basking spot. Does this sound about right? Do indigos not work with temp gradients, if so what would the low be during the day, or the high during the night? : : I read that a couple keepers keep them on a 12 hour light cycle. Does this sound right? Does it need to be any special type of light, like full spectrum, or would any florescent light work? : : How Arboreal are indigos? Would they prefer to have something to climb? : : I read of using calcium supplement once a month. Is this a good idea, or should all the snakes meal have some calcium supplement? : : Thanks for any Info : : Jason : ***Jason , RE 100 degree basking spot. To achieve this you would need to have a large and long cage.( 6-8ft) Such a high temp could have dangerous consequences in a smaller cage. A large cage will offer the snake with means to retreat from hot temps. The other temp regimes sound good. As for calcium, I only use with gravid females. Indigos are not big on climbing, so branches are not needed. The most improtant thing that you can give your drymarchon is space to crawl, food and fresh water every two days.

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