Can i keep a python in this tank?

Question

I want to buy a ball python or carpet python, andd i have one of those exo terra tanks, will it fit in this, here is the link to see what its looks like:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=13431&cm_mmc=Shopping%20Portal-_-NexTag-_-Reptiles-_-Terrarium%2024%20x%2018%20x%2024%20high&ref=3665&subref=AA&GCID=C12188x007

Answer 1

Itwilldo for a baby but as it gets bigger it will need a larger tank.

p.s-The snake might want a larger floor space!

Answer 2

The tank should at least be as long as the snake. Most recommend to at least double the length of the tank to the length of the snake, but both the ball and the carpet stay coiled up and stay stationary most the time and when you handle them is probably the most exercise they will get. Don and Hoodoo are right, the tank size will work for now..but should get a little larger if you can. Depending how often you feed and the portion size will determine their growth rate and depending how fast they grow will determine how soon you need anything larger. If your snakes are still very young it might take a year for them to get larger than that tank.

Answer 3

It will for starters. Be aware, a carpet python is going to get much bigger than a ball python. Think about the adult size of the animal and whether or not you can afford to house/care for it.

It's not uncommon for people to lose interest in the relatively small ball python when it hits about three feet.

Also, and this is my opinion only, I don't want my snakes housed in "minimal space" but the high end of what they need, with suitable terrain and enough "extras" to change the environment every so often for variety.

Answer 4

For these snakes you will want a living space twice as long as their adult length. A female ball can reach MAX 5 feet so a cage that is around eight to ten feet long. Sounds like you will have to build it cage. Since you asking this question, I assume this is your first snake, and will try to divert you from buying a carpet python. Carpets tend to lay lazy, but are fastly aggressive snakes. So I don't feel that they are suitable for beginners. Ball pythons are majorly wild caught animals, be sure to ask the dealer if they claim that it is captive bred who is the breeder. If you are going to pay less than $100 for the snake it is wild caught.neither carpet or ball pythons are arboreal (tree climbers) so lay out some rocks and water bowl they will be content. The EXO Terra line are really for small lizards (geckos). With any constrictor remember it is more a trophy than a pet, and they are never domesticated. Good Luck
Don is doing the worst for those snakes as I have EVER seen! Don it is not a pet, keep control of them while handeling. For every one else Don is not good, He is lucky.

Answer 5

Humidity should be at 40 5% to 60% yet larger even as the snake is laying off. Hydrometers can allow you to already know the tanks humidity stages. even as in laying off, try putting a plastic field sufficiently huge for snake to in effective condition, on your cage. decrease a hollow contained in the lid and put in damp paper towel to make an inexpensive humidity field. also, dry bathing your snake in lukewarm water for quarter-hour an afternoon. the more effective the water dish, the extra humidity you receives. putting the water dish in a warmth section (over below tank warmth pad or below mild) of the enclosure can boost the outcomes. you could boost humidity with assistance from overlaying 1/2, yet no more effective than that, of the cage proper with some water evidence textile. Plexiglass, and moist towels were used. with assistance from overlaying the proper of the cage on the area the position you've the water dish, you'll very much boost the performance of your setup. tips that could assist shop your cage on the acceptable humidity stages is to spray the cage a pair of times an afternoon with room temperature water. gently mist the finished enclosure, jointly with substrate and cage walls. The substrate that you take advantage of on your enclosure can significantly result the humidity contained in the cage. in case you want to boost and take care of larger stages of humidity try using orchid bark,cypress mulch, coconut husk, countless mosses(no longer all moss). Pine and cedar shavings shouldn't in any respect be used as they include chemical compounds that reason respiration and different complications that deliver about lack of existence. The shavings should be monitored heavily and all dirty and moist shavings pulled out right this moment to circumvent micro organism and fungus growths.

Answer 6

the only python that could safey live in that tank and remain there is a green tree python and thats only if you buy the biggest version of that tank. But a green tree python is not for begginers they can be nasty and bitey although mine arn't and they require high humidity and are very fragile as babys

Answer 7

not a bad looking tank, I got my black melamine cage from the website called "custom cages", anyway the cage you have would be fine for a ball python but not a carpet python www.customcages.com my boa cage 60-24-24

Answer 8

Ball pythons are not climbers I have 6 of them you need a longer tank then that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,will be difficult for feeding aswell.....never feed them in the same tank they dwell in.

Answer 9

yes if their small but you will have to get a bigger tank soon.

p.s i would get a ball i have one a he is very sweet!! and a great choice for a beginner

Answer 10

Not much floor space in that.