Reticulated Python
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=== Handling === | === Handling === | ||
- | + | They must be handled carefully, and when large always remember to have a partner | |
== Housing == | == Housing == | ||
Bedding can be anything you want as long as it is not CEDAR, THIS WILL KILL YOUR REPTILES! | Bedding can be anything you want as long as it is not CEDAR, THIS WILL KILL YOUR REPTILES! | ||
- | I use cypress mulch and newspaper. | + | I use cypress mulch and newspaper. Cypress mulch helps hold humidity in for this humidity loving snake. |
=== Temperature === | === Temperature === | ||
- | They need to be kept at a temp of 80-90F (90 being the basking area) | + | They need to be kept at a temp of 80-90F (90 being the basking area). |
=== Humidity === | === Humidity === | ||
- | + | Humidity should be around 50-70%. There's a couple of ways to accomplish this. | |
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+ | *1. You can use a safe mulch substrate and keep it moist. When the wood begins to dry out you can use this as an indicator to mist it down again. | ||
+ | *2. Use newspaper (especially good if you need to start feeding in the enclosure) and make a humid hide using a tote filled with something such as sphagnum moss or angel moss. | ||
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+ | Remember to clean the hide out regularly and replace the medium used to avoid bacteria build-up. | ||
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+ | --[[User:Prism wolf|Prism wolf]] 23:26, 2 June 2008 (EDT) | ||
=== Lighting === | === Lighting === | ||
* [http://www.reptilediscovery.com/retic.html Reptile Discovery - Retic Page] | * [http://www.reptilediscovery.com/retic.html Reptile Discovery - Retic Page] | ||
* [http://forums.bobclark.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12&order=desc&daysprune=-1&page=204 Bob Clark's Retic Forum] | * [http://forums.bobclark.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12&order=desc&daysprune=-1&page=204 Bob Clark's Retic Forum] | ||
+ | * [http://www.reticulatedpython.info Website only about Retics] | ||
=== Books === | === Books === | ||
- | + | * What's Wrong With My Snake? : A User-Friendly Home Medical Reference Manual | |
+ | * The Guide to Owning a Python - by Jerry G. Walls | ||
+ | * Pythons : Everything About Selection, Care, Nutrition, Diseases, Breeding, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) - by Patricia Pope Bartlett, Ernie Wagner, R. Pinney | ||
== Author == | == Author == |