Exo Terra 18x18x24 Vivarium Build by jhouse - Page 4

beckdg · #31 06-03-2010, 07:53 AM

splice it with old speaker wire... it'll reach then.

jhouse · #32 06-03-2010, 10:38 PM

Good idea, thanks. After having controlled air-flow in the viv, I just can't imagine setting up any critter habitat now without it.

She's found a new favorite spot. And good news, she had her first shed 2 days ago, a full shed, no partials. I could tell she was close as her eyes were started to haze over. I gave her a good spray down that morning, and came home and noticed she was a brighter shade of green. When we held her, she was SO soft, it was really cool.

Also my kid rescued these in pool on the school playground and brought them home in a water bottle. It's been about 3 weeks now, they are growing like crazy and have a voracious appetite (they were half that size when she brought them home). When they are ready to start landing I will be setting up something simple for them to keep them contained and from crawling out, probably on the lower shelf under the viv. I have no idea what kind of frogs these are.

claymore · #33 06-04-2010, 08:21 AM

Awesome enclosure! And Awesome Snake! I have one of these and they are very rewarding... A couple questions, Where did you get the snake? And when you took it to the vet, did the vet do fecal tests to make sure the snake is parasite free?

Not sure what Tadpoles those are... What part of the country are you in?

jpstod · #34 06-04-2010, 09:06 PM

nice job

jhouse · #35 06-05-2010, 11:27 AM

Thank you. She is still very shy, but we are slowly (key word being slowly) acclimating her to being held and coming out into the open. I purchased her from a local reptile shop, one that specializes in snakes. She was the first one he aquired this season, from a distributor in Florida. It took him longer than normal because he said the quality of the greens hasn't been so great this year, this was the first one he was willing to ship and sell. He said wild capture snakes will have some load of parasites in them to sustain their biological balance, or something like that.

Of course I still wanted her to be checked out, for my health, my kid's and of course the snakes so I took her to my local vet, also because she did have some minor skin lesions which the reptile owner said those were normal of wild caught and would go away after a molt or two. Vet said she was fine after careful and close observation of her, and didn't have any concern that further required other tests like fecal so none were done.

Oh by the way, these snakes are not inexpensive! The vet bill alone was nearly 3 times her cost and that was just a check up. But I believe if you are going to do it, do it right or not at all.

So far she is doing very well, it's been a couple of weeks now or more.

I'm in Houston, Texas btw.

jhouse · #36 04-11-2011, 06:40 PM

Well it's been awhile! I never could get her to acclimate well in captivity, she would refuse to eat (soft body crickets, various worms, etc.).

It's been nearly a year so I'm giving it another go. I've got a male and female coming in this week. The temporary home will be the 18x18x24 viv but I've got my eye on the 36x24 or the 36x36 new Exo Terra "tall" line.

If anyone has any experience with either one of these viv's please let me know. It appears as the only online vendor that will ship these (at least the 36 tall) is Big Apple Herp supply. Dr. Foster and Smith might have the 36x24 in stock at a higher price.