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unbakedbrownie

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I've attached some pics of our newly acquired tank.

I am not sure of the size. Maybe someone could help me figure it out? Would it be an appropriate size?

The cat inside the tank is roughly 2.5 feet long from tip to tip and about 15 lbs. :p

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I don't know enough about snake husbandry to comment on the size, but I'd be concerned about the top on a used tank. If it's a fish tank, you'll need to make sure that the screen top is pretty secure.

Hope someone more knowledgable chimes in soon.

How old and or big is your snake?

SaulsMom
 
Wow, that's a tough one. Pictures can be quite misleading.... Do you not have a tape measure or ruler anywhere in the house?? :) If it is about 36"x12"x16" it would be a 33 gallon. If it is 30"x12"x12" a 20 gallon long. 30"x12"x 16" a 25 gallon. Hope that helps.

It's arguementative on if that would be ok for the snakes whole life, but it would fit the very minimum criteria as outlined in Kathy Love's book..

Rebecca
 
that would definately be big enough. It looks like it's a 30 gal. fish tank. But I will echo the previous post and say that you should make sure that you have a very secure lid. Corns, and most other snakes, are escape artists.
 
My husband is the more knowledgeable one as far as snakes are concerned (between the two of us). He has already outlined plans to make a lid that the snake absolutely cannot escape from (and a stand!).

I do not have a snake yet. I would like to have a nice encyclopedia of knowledge tucked in my head before bringing one home. :D

No, I do not have a ruler but I *was* able to scour and find a tape measure. It is 36 inches long, 16 inches tall, and 12 inches wide. :)
 
unbakedbrownie said:
My husband is the more knowledgeable one as far as snakes are concerned (between the two of us). He has already outlined plans to make a lid that the snake absolutely cannot escape from (and a stand!).

I do not have a snake yet. I would like to have a nice encyclopedia of knowledge tucked in my head before bringing one home. :D

No, I do not have a ruler but I *was* able to scour and find a tape measure. It is 36 inches long, 16 inches tall, and 12 inches wide. :)
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Good for you for wanting to do more research :)

And the measurements that you gave are a 30 gal. tank.
 
:shrugs: It looks like a 20gal long to me.

I just cleaned out one yesterday and for some reason my cat and my roommate's cat both took to laying on top of the empty tank. I'm using the cat for size reference. I guess I can't really tell for sure though because although the floor space looks the same the tank could be taller.

Take some measurements and try to find a nice top for it!
 
Alot depends on how big the snake is that your going to put in it. Will it be a hatchling? a sub adult or adult? If a hatchling, from what I've read on here it may be almost overwhelming to the baby and may stress it. That tank looks like a perfect size for an adult...Good luck with your aquisition!!! Enjoy!!!!!!!
 
You know I really have to wonder about the theory that too big of an enclosure would stress a baby. Do these creatures not naturally live out doors? Last I checked out doors was a very big space.
I reject the idea to too big of space is stressing. The only stress will be on you when you can't find it burred under the substrate in only one of the four hundred square inches of cage space. As long as hit has the right size of hides I'm pretty sure that stress will not be an issue.
 
Drizzt80 said:
. . . all I know is that it's too small for that cat!! :sidestep:

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Sir, you owe me a cup of coffee, because I just spit mine all over.
snakemom1961 said:
Alot depends on how big the snake is that your going to put in it. Will it be a hatchling? a sub adult or adult? If a hatchling, from what I've read on here it may be almost overwhelming to the baby and may stress it. That tank looks like a perfect size for an adult...Good luck with your aquisition!!! Enjoy!!!!!!!
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antsterr said:
You know I really have to wonder about the theory that too big of an enclosure would stress a baby. Do these creatures not naturally live out doors? Last I checked out doors was a very big space.
I reject the idea to too big of space is stressing. The only stress will be on you when you can't find it burred under the substrate in only one of the four hundred square inches of cage space. As long as hit has the right size of hides I'm pretty sure that stress will not be an issue.
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Hatchlings do tend to get stressed if there is too much room in the enclosure. Yes, they live outside in the wild. But they spend almost all of their time hiding in small spaces. If you put a baby snake in a 20 or 30 gal. or bigger, with just 2 hides, it's like that little hatchling is in a huge open field (a good place to get picked off by a predator) with two tiny places to take refuge. If you use a big tank with a hatchling, you can avoid stressing the snake by giving it MANY hides (at least 4 but more preferably in that 30 gal.) You won't see your snake all that often, but it will be comfortable.
 
My smallest snake, Inez, 12 inches, 13 grams, lives in this 20 long. Her favorite hide is the hollow rock pile in the back left, where she somehow gets up on a ledge inside of it. I think she has so many hides and trees and vines that she doesn't feel exposed.

Nanci
 

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Choco, who is 14 inches and 22 grams, lives in this one. He always sleeps either in the moist hide, or under the moist hide, or under the hollow log in the back right directly on the UTH. Mostly under the moist hide.

Both vivs are 20L.
 

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Thank you! It's my favorite, with the desert theme. I questioned getting that rock pile thing, because it is so big compared to Little Inez, but she loves it.

Nanci
 
Hahaha, drizzto80. :D That's what I was thinking too. Guess I'll have to find a much bigger tank to keep Soni (the cat) in. :D (just joking, of course!)

That is one of the things I'm also not sure about, the age/size of the snake. I am probably going to go with trying to find an adult from a breeder. How much of a difference does it make?

My most extensive experience with snakes has been with a friends corn (about ten years ago), another friends 11 ft. albino ball, and the balls and boas at the small, locally owned, pet shop that I used to work.
 
All I can say is I know i HAVE to work on creating more "natural" viv's for my 2. Now I know why they hate coming out of thier hides......kinda hear em both saying "Why the heck should I come out when all I have is a dull life to look forward too!"
 
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