Re: Best substrate for Spilotes pallatus????

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Posted by Dan on January 13, 2002 at 20:51:29:

In Reply to: Best substrate for Spilotes pallatus???? posted by Dean on January 12, 2002 at 22:08:36:

The babies that I produced in '01 are being kept on care fresh and they shed out perfect every time. Of course they feed perfect and are extremely healthy. The adults are kept on cypress mulch and I provide a box with sphagnum moss. The difference in substrate is due to the breeding season when I prefer to spray down the adult caging to stimulate breeding. Cypress mulch works great for misting while care-fresh molds up real quick when moist or wet. Wait till they are over 7', you will think you've got yourself some type of mamba or boomslang. They are like no other snake that I have kept. Eggs are huge, babies hatch huge as well. Good luck.

: Hi Everyone;

: Just got a pair of juvenille Tiger rats & was wondering what the best substrate is for these guys, have them on pine shaving right now, plan to put in a couple hide boxes, one full of moss, the other just an empty box for hanging out, will also put some tree branches in for them to climb.

: Their incredibly passive & tolerant of being handled for something with such a bad reputation I surprized @ how easy they are to handle. Who knows once settled in they may turn into the snakes from hell.

: Any other pointers would be greatly apprciated.

: Thanx

: Dean

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: The babies that I produced in '01 are being kept on care fresh and they shed out perfect every time. Of course they feed perfect and are extremely healthy. The adults are kept on cypress mulch and I provide a box with sphagnum moss. The difference in substrate is due to the breeding season when I prefer to spray down the adult caging to stimulate breeding. Cypress mulch works great for misting while care-fresh molds up real quick when moist or wet. Wait till they are over 7', you will think you've got yourself some type of mamba or boomslang. They are like no other snake that I have kept. Eggs are huge, babies hatch huge as well. Good luck. : : : Hi Everyone; : : Just got a pair of juvenille Tiger rats & was wondering what the best substrate is for these guys, have them on pine shaving right now, plan to put in a couple hide boxes, one full of moss, the other just an empty box for hanging out, will also put some tree branches in for them to climb. : : Their incredibly passive & tolerant of being handled for something with such a bad reputation I surprized @ how easy they are to handle. Who knows once settled in they may turn into the snakes from hell. : : Any other pointers would be greatly apprciated. : : Thanx : : Dean

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