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Budsteam · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:57 am Post subject: Viv Size ?

Our royal is now 18 months old and currently living in a 45x45x60 exo terra. As he's growing pretty rapidly now we are looking to give him some more floor space.
Height seems OK, he climbs all over the place, but as he is getting longer too, the current accommodation seems a bit cramped.
What size would folks recommend we move up to, can we move straight up to a viv that will last into fill adult size?

Thanks

Scott W · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:06 pm Post subject:

You can go straight to a full size 'adult' viv.

I'd suggest a size of 3ft x 2ft min. You can go much bigger if you wish, just ensure temps are ok and plenty of tight hiding spots at differeing temp ranges.
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Bazzer · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject:

Like Scott says, plenty of tight spots. Ball Pythons are very secretive and don't do well in large spaces. They are not great climbers but will do if given the chance, but are clumbsy and likely to fall. I would suggest that a 3ft long x 2ft wide is absolutely plenty big enough for its whole life. I definately wouldn't go any bigger than a 30 gallon set up for them. Given too much space and they will stress out and inevitably go off their feed.
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i think royals will do well in most sized vivs, it depends on which royal, and which viv.

you could probably manage this in one like Scott suggested, or a longer 4ft one, as long as the vivarium meets the temperature requirements... depends how flash you want to be, and how well you meet your snakes requirements Smile

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Scott W · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:59 am Post subject:

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Scott W · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:02 pm Post subject:

Budsteam · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:55 am Post subject:

Thanks guys, will go for a bigger one withlots of furniture, he has a very busy viv now and loves to curl up inside tree trunks and barks, but in the evenings he is pretty active and loves to climb all over the place. I think 3ft of ground space would be good for him, more room to explore Smile

Bazzer · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject:

Well at least you know now that in the event that he becomes busy and goes off his food, you know that he will need putting in a small set up straight away. Business and going off food is a sure sign of stress.

Best of luck.
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