My new enclosure (still work to do)

[guidofatherof5]

It looks like a great setup.
You can sit on the couch and watch they take a dip in the pool and poop in it
My snakes seem to relish me changing the water. They come out to watch the whole process. They even jump in while I'm pouring the new water. Then within a few minutes they poop in it.
Then it's back to their hide. Probably laughing all the way. Once back in the hide the others give the perpetrator a high-five(metaphorically speaking)

[Jeff B]

Looks great, one of these days I would like to get around to building something like that for the family room.

[guidofatherof5]

Looks great, one of these days I would like to get around to building something like that for the family room.

What's stopping you, Jeff. Don't you have loads of down time when you have nothing to do?.............Oh, I forgot , that's called sleep time.

[charles parenteau]

What a nice vavarium sick!!
Do you have maritime garter snake in your area????

[ConcinusMan]

The resin still smell, so I'm waiting to let it dry well.

I recently built something out of fiberglass resin and cloth, like your repair. It took about 6 weeks in a hot part of the house to finally quit giving off a smell.

Can you show more pics and explain how this water thing is going to work? I'm confused... what's that thing on the back wall? The land area looks kinda small and almost a square.. how do you plan to provide a temperature gradient?

Don't get me wrong, the whole setup looks pretty cool... just wondering how it's going to function, how it will have a practical use for snakes... I see several design issues and it just doesn't look right for snakes and in actual use I think you'll find it to be a PITA. The water part will end up being a sewer, the substrate will likely be wet from snakes tracking water onto it, the humidity will probably be too high... I mean, I don't mean to sound critical as you have worked hard on this but these are things that must be addressed. The concept is good, I just think it needs to be a long design with some of the things I mentioned taken into consideration.

Looks like it would be fine for tropical amphibians but I have doubts as to using it for snakes.

[Barak666]

I don't really have others pictures of the water system, but it is quite simple, an overflow (black), a plastic container under it where is the submersible filter and the pump (and a UV sterilizer as soon as the budget allow it). So the pump bring back the filtered water to the tank (blue thing)

I intend to planted it for the plants to use part of the wastes (natural filtering) and with water changes as need. For the substrate, I was not thinking it would hold so much moisture, it will end up into my dragon enclosure, is the Aspen a better choice?

I'm still looking for the perfect piece of driftwood around here, it will serves as separator between dry and wet parts.

For the temperature gradient, over the aquatic part, it is a 26W CFL bulb for plants, so not to much heat and evaporation. On the other side it will be an incandescent light (Wattage to determine, will try 60W at first). Under this lamps, I was thinking of adding a plant style schefflera or another piece of wood to allow the snake to choice better is needed temperature. I need to find my 2 feet double neon to end the lighting part

The back box will hold floor-covering plants (I get a try)

The dry side is 38" long in the back, 30" in the front 24" wide.
Is it not enough?

At worst if the aquarium doesn't work well (too wet or anything else), it will ended up with a dry substrate and an hide or something like this

With this information do you have other interrogations and amelioration idea?

[Barak666]

Error is it possible to delete this reply? Thanks

[Barak666]

Concinnusman, you convince me to try the fake plants, so here what it look like with plants (I still have to change the substrate, I will do it as soon as I receive my order).





The wooden snake is 20" long. I intend o put more fern leaves, but I will have to wait, I take every ones they had

[Spankenstyne]

That looks fantastic.

[radtad]

I will look forward to seeing the finished product. having it come apart will be a nice feature when comes time to move it . Looks great so far nice job!