Rachel
Vet nurse in training!
Rachel,
Go to Pound stretcher (or any of those cheapie shops) and buy two tupperware boxes. I have all my snakes (bar one, and he'll be getting a new home tomorrow night) in tupperware and it's way more cost effective, easier to clean and carry to and from the bathroom to clean in the first place! believe me, the glass viv's are REALLY heavy and a nightmare to keep clean (I also find that they are harder to heat...think it's something to do with the glass).
You can buy really huge tupperware so space for your snake wouldn't be a problem and they are cheap, £5.99 for one that's roughly a foot x foot x just a bit less than a foot (lol
) They don't usually come with measurments but I just choose ones that look about half a length longer than the snake being housed in it so it can stretch out.
You can also buy fake plants from Pound stretcher for about £1.99, and small ceramic bowls (water bowls, or you could buy dog water bowls) for about £2.
Apart from that, I had to buy a heat mat (£15, maybe more or less depending on the size you get). I also got some bark with my first snake but don't have any for the others, I just use kitchen roll tubes and branches and stones from the beach as hides (make sure they are cleaned WELL!).
My mum's snake is on paper towels, my two are on hemp bedding.
Overall, the most expensive thing is buying them mice! Hope this has helped....
oh ps, a 30 gal aquarium type viv would cost about £25-30 depending on where you get it from.
Go to Pound stretcher (or any of those cheapie shops) and buy two tupperware boxes. I have all my snakes (bar one, and he'll be getting a new home tomorrow night) in tupperware and it's way more cost effective, easier to clean and carry to and from the bathroom to clean in the first place! believe me, the glass viv's are REALLY heavy and a nightmare to keep clean (I also find that they are harder to heat...think it's something to do with the glass).
You can buy really huge tupperware so space for your snake wouldn't be a problem and they are cheap, £5.99 for one that's roughly a foot x foot x just a bit less than a foot (lol
) They don't usually come with measurments but I just choose ones that look about half a length longer than the snake being housed in it so it can stretch out. You can also buy fake plants from Pound stretcher for about £1.99, and small ceramic bowls (water bowls, or you could buy dog water bowls) for about £2.
Apart from that, I had to buy a heat mat (£15, maybe more or less depending on the size you get). I also got some bark with my first snake but don't have any for the others, I just use kitchen roll tubes and branches and stones from the beach as hides (make sure they are cleaned WELL!).
My mum's snake is on paper towels, my two are on hemp bedding.
Overall, the most expensive thing is buying them mice! Hope this has helped....
oh ps, a 30 gal aquarium type viv would cost about £25-30 depending on where you get it from.
