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Baby (snake) proofing

poppycorn

poppycorn

Luv my bright-eyed jewels
I am expecting 10 or so hatchlings shortly to start up our little breeding colony and I was just taking a hard look at the spare bedroom that will soon become the baby snake nursery. I am realizing that if any of those little ones escape, I might NEVER find it again because part of the room is used for storage of things like books & papers on shelves and in cardboard boxes, and there is a sofa bed in there as well. There is also a 1 inch gap under the door because door was cut short for carpet and now I have wood floors and right around the corner from the door is the air return register for the heater is in the floor.

I'm thinking I need some sort of barrier around the area of the room in the vicinity of the hatchling table so that if a snakelet does get loose, it can't go far. Something that I can step over but a snake can't. I also need to close the gap under the door as an added precaution. Not willing to do damage to the wood floors or the door. Any ideas?

thanks

Marsha
 
That's a great idea and something I'd love to do if I had the space!

perhaps something like an above ground pool frame with a liner and a lipped edge...obviously not that tall!!! -but you get the idea.
 
Well for the door , use a "door sweep" on it . Like the ones they use on wooden screen doors it has like a strip of "fur" on it the sweep across the floor. the air returns I would use fiberglass screening. Pull out return and apply around return with? ? ? ? duck tape ???

Just a thought!
Good Luck
 
The best cure, as they say, is prevention. The best place to start is to have secure housing. You can't loose a snake that can't escape. (All though I do hear butters are particularly good at escaping){in joke I just started for Princess ... swimming pool? How big is this ladies house?}

IF they did escape a simple weather seal on the door works great, 3 screws and the door is sealed.
 
graffixcs said:
The best cure, as they say, is prevention. The best place to start is to have secure housing. You can't loose a snake that can't escape. (All though I do hear butters are particularly good at escaping){in joke I just started for Princess ... swimming pool? How big is this ladies house?}

IF they did escape a simple weather seal on the door works great, 3 screws and the door is sealed.
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Oh so true. Secure your housing first!!
Is ....... Butter are particulaly good at escapeing True???
Like to know. Thanks
 
Just to make it crystal clear, my butter escape reference was a tongue in cheek joke. To my knowledge it makes no difference what colour the snake is.
 
lol .... this brings back memories.

When our cat had kittens, they lived in the hall of the flat we'd just moved into as the carpets were skanky and would be getting changed anyway. We just built a wall of packing boxes at each end of the hall. Big enough to keep the kittens in (at first) but mum could still jump over them if she needed a break and we could step over them too. As the kittens grew and became more agile we had to add a box to the pile every now and then until it was somewhere around chest height by the time they were eight weeks old ... and they were just about getting on top of them then. We still had a couple of occasions where they managed to scale the wall and have a roam around the rest of the flat.

Anyway, the point is, I suppose you could do something similar around the hatchling area. I'm not sure how high a sheer surface has to be before a hatchling can't get over it. I'd guess in the region of 2 feet initially ... and it'll have to be smooth all round as well, that'd be the tricky bit. If there is a rough bit, or an edge, they'll find it and be on their way.

I'm in agreement with the earlier posts. Better making sure they are in secure enclosures and if you still want to try and rig up some sort of barrier then all well and good, but make it a last resort!

:)
 
you could try buying one of apogee's reptariums that will fit all the way around your housing structure. I house my adults in it and since they can't figure out zippers they'll never get out. The zipper also goes all the way around one side of it (the bigger side), so you could open it all the way if you need it.

Just an idea, but it might not work for your setup.
 
This security system has proven 100% infaliable!

Pick yourself up 1 or 2 of these and you won't ever need to worry!:dancer:
 

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Lennycorn said:
Oh so true. Secure your housing first!!
Butter are particulaly good at escapeing True???
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Of course I plan to have secure housing. It's just that I don't trust myself and there IS a motley butter in the mix :eek1: . Princess, if it makes you feel any better (probably not), your thread, and the fact that my daughter's broad striped amel at her dad's is also missing, and that I have lost briefly my other little amel out of supposedly secure houseing, is the reason for my current state of panic. I've been praying for a safe return for your girl (hey, that's how I found mine--absoultely miraculous, she was so small and the house was SO trashed!) Yes, I do have a cat. But you know how little ones are, they ignore all the warnings :rolleyes: .

Anyway, I will explore the concept of rearranging the boxes to make a wall, maybe duct tape them together. The idea of a tent with a zipper also isn't out of the question, could make a pvc frame and use mosquito netting or tulle which is pretty inexpensive. Great ideas. I'd like to hear more, if anyone out there has any other brainstorms. I will post picts of the setup I come up with.

Marsha
 
Sounds like you want anti escape snake room with no nooks or cranny so the snakes can't hide and a place to store books and paper in cardboard boxes on shelves with a sofa bed. Hummm... I'm a carpenter by trade and I say............ build a real wall.

A temp wall of screen or plastic will tear.And with kids and a cat, that will happen Or something that you can step over but the snake can.
I don't see that happen. Duck tape boxes together and you get a snake stuck to duck tape.
You say you want to breed one day, so I think that this room will turn into the "breeding" room .
So .... secure your housing, install something to bottom of door and secure your vents, caulk all your nooks and crannys keep the door close and hope for the best.
And FYI I have not done any of this except securing the housing. I also have two snakes, two cats, one dog, two young daughters and the best wife.
and motrin.

Good luck
 
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what type of substrate is the grey material? looks very clean
 
It's called Zoo Med Repti Cage Carpet. You can get it at all the pet super stores, or save some money and get it from Herpsupplies.com. When you 1st go on the website, this product comes up as discontinued; that's only for that particular color. Go to substrates and you can find it there. It comes in packs of 2. Every feeding day, I take one out and have a clean one ready to go in. Just soak in 1 to 10 bleach/water and rinse real good; let air dry or if you're in a hurry, you can put it in your dryer. I like it for hatchling thru yearling cause it's easier to find the poop, then I switch to aspen when they get larger. I have some that are 1 1/2 years old and still don't show alot of wear.
 
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hi this is mr questions here wonderin if their is shippin and handlin costs at herp supplies.com and how long would it take for me to get my stuff?
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thnks,
mr q
 
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hi this is mr questions here wonderin if their is shippin and handlin costs at herp supplies.com and how long would it take for me to get my stuff?
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yes there is shipping costs, but it was still cheaper then the pet stores. I had it within a few days.
 
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