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Is it bad to put a baby snake in a 75 gallon aquarium?

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flatrock

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I have a 75 gallon aquarium which I have several hides in as well as fake branches and vines for a snake to climb on.

I've heard people say that snakes may get nervous in large aquariums, but with a variety of hides of various sizes, it that really a problem?

I'm planning on getting another snake today. My first one which I had for about 4 months total has been missing for the last month. We had some painters working in the house who claim they never went near his aquarium, but he disappeared the first day they were working in the house while I was at work.

After a month of searching and leaving pinky mice out all over the place, I've come to the conclusion that he either managed to escape the house with or without the aid of the painters, or he's hibernating in some small nook somewhere and I won't see him until he thinks it's spring.

If he shows back up, I'll either have to get another aquarium, or the two snakes will have to share.
 
Well, I guess that if you have the floor covered with hides, and a lot of hidy things in the air, then this wouldn't be a problem. But, even with all the hides, 75 gallon is still very large for a hatchling. you might just get a small tank and put inside the larger tank till your hatchling is a little older and bigger.
 
I have a 10 gallon aquarium I can use for a while. I can always put him in the 75 gallon one to run around some.

My first snake spent his first month hiding, but after that he liked to hang out in a repti-hammock suction cupped in the upper corner of the 75 gallon aquarium.

I'll start with the 10 gallon for a while. I'll occasionally let him roam around the larger aquarium to get used to it, so it won't be shocking for him when I move him there.
 
That's fine. Lots of hides will make a small snake feel safer, but remember the temp gradient too. Your little guy has a long trek to the other side of the tank to cool down. Can be scary.

My advise is to make the hot spot (80-85) in the middle of the tank, and 70-75 on either end, with a water dish on either side as well.

A hammock? Really? I was going to buy (or make) one, but I didn't think snakes would use them. :D
 
If he has a lot of places to hide, even outside of his hide boxes via vines, he should be okay in the 75 gallon.

However, if he's on one end of the tank and gets cold (or hot) and needs to move to the other end he may not move if he feels too out in the open outside of his hide. Snakes will sometimes stay in an in-optimum hide box just because they are too scared to come out.

The main problem is that in huge cages snakes sometimes have trouble finding their meals before they cool off too much. If the mouse is cold before he finds it, it might not be eaten.
 
Oh yes. Put some paper towel cardboard tubes in the tank. They LOVE those, and it'll make the long journey to the other side that much less stressful. :)
 
My first snake loved his paper towel tube.

Whenever I wanted to move him to or from the box I fed him in, I'd just put the tube near him and hold if still. He'd crawl in within a short period of time.

I left paper towel tubes all over the house in my attempts to find him, but he hasn't shown up in any of them.

The small reptile hammoc from Zoo Med is the one I have.
http://www.zoomed.com/html/hammocks___ladders.php

I never had trouble getting my first snake to eat. I just warmed up a frozen pinky and wiggled it around in some forecepts in front of him for a while. Sometimes he wouldn't be very interested at first, but after he got the scent I could lead him around the box by keeping the pinky a little out of striking range.

I'd never play with him like that for long, but it seemed to make him more interested in eating the next week.

After eating the first pinky he'd move around the box looking for more and even rattle his tail against the side of the box.

I miss the little guy and wish he'd come out of hiding and at least eat one of the pinkys I leave around occasionally so I know he's alive.
 
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