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Peter Parrot Site Moderator
Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 5402 Location: Over the bridge
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject: An alternative to conticos |
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My girlfriend got me some of these today. They are really well built and securable. They come in a wide range of sizes, here is the site if anyone wants to check it out;
http://www.reallyusefulboxes.com _________________ YSBRYDOLI POBL, GWELLA LLEOEDD
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SteveL Captivebred Communist
Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1531 Location: Cov
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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would highly recommend these as well forget conticos ....pish .... _________________
jezz wrote: | I dont understand SteveL's sarcasm dohhh |
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Dan Captivebred Communist
Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 1306
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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How about VIVARIUMS
These used to be used by people who actually want/like to see and enjoy the beauty of there animals _________________ TFA
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Peter Parrot Site Moderator
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Dan wrote: | How about VIVARIUMS
These used to be used by people who actually want/like to see and enjoy the beauty of there animals |
Yes Dan, I understand your point put across in your usual style!
I totally agree and have both vivariums and tubs. If I had a viv for every snake however I would a) need to have won the lottery and b) have a good deal more room, say another 5 rooms perhaps?
My kings and milks being very secretive animals in my opinion would be a waste of time in a lavishly furnished viv as they seldom show themselves. They really suit the tubs and thrive in them. Plus, they are transparant and WAHAY! I can see the snakes through them.
It`s not just snakes I use them for. They are very useful for livefood rearing and various other jobs. Invaluable for rearing and metamorphosing frogs etc. This is a forum for keepers of all herps not just snakes and plenty of people will find these useful. They are also great for secure temporary housing of loads of other stuff including dart frogs and other amphibians, which I can also see through the transparent boxes too! _________________ YSBRYDOLI POBL, GWELLA LLEOEDD
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Ally Key Member
Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 319 Location: South Bucks
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:16 am Post subject: |
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I'd be lost without them!
I keep all my frogs in them as they keep a nice high humidity. I have vents put in the ones that the snakes live in, their dinner does very well living in tubs too! Oh, and the snails and millipedes... and the lizards... and the bird that is being hand reared... and all the various equipment I have hanging around....
They really are very useful! |
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Rickeezee Site Moderator
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 9249 Location: Kent
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:29 am Post subject: |
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I love me tubs in fact I have a fetish for anything that is receptacle like.
I use mine for roaches, baby frogs and toads, storing equipment, breeding mealies, housing pixies, millipedes, with lids of for my lep gex etc.
You can never have enough tubs, faunariums, tomy tanks, tuff crates and so forth IMO. All of my adult chams are in properly set up vivs, young chams in faunariums as they hold humidity better. I have loads of various size glass tanks also for frogs that need to be house don their own such as cranwellis and ornata, glass tanks also for the Salamanders.
Lovely tanks and receptacles deep joy.
http://www.plastics.medways.co.uk/whitefurze/p-7.htm Cheaper and no need to order so many. _________________ www.rickslivefood.co.uk
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Dan Captivebred Communist
Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 1306
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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This could get all deep and meaningfull so i'll keep it short.
IMO then Peter you have too many snakes. If you can't afford the housing or space then you don't get anymore, that simple. You're not a pro so in my eyes don't need racks.
Just my take on the general situation (using Peter as a well placed example), as such it doesn't need a response. _________________ TFA
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Peter Parrot Site Moderator
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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No problem Dan . You`re opinion is always of interest to me. If you read the post again however, it`s only the secretive kings and milks which are in the tubs which are also transparent so I CAN see them and enjoy them, so not all that different to a viv really, just a lot more practical. Having too many snakes is normally represented by the collection being a chore to look after . In contrast, mine are a pleasure to look after and I watched every individual animal (other than one king that was in shed) feed last saturday night from the Hoggies right through to the GTP and enjoyed every second of it.
No I do not have too many snakes, far from it. Additions in the future will be going in both vivs and tubs, depending on the species and their habits/behaviour (and also age).
What I also said was that snakes are only a part of my collection, (and in all honesty by far the simplest of my collection to maintain involving by far the lowest maintenance of all my animals, including those snakes in vivs) and that the tubs are of INVALUABLE use for feeder insect breeding (I have lots of them full of locust`s and crickets etc) as well as amphibian morphing/rearing and also a great safe temporary escape proof place to place my viv snakes in whilst doing a spring clean of the vivs. These are some of the reasons I posted the link. NOBODY HAS TO GO AND BUY THEM. A lot of people will find them of great use however, whether they keep snakes or not.
There is more to the tubs than just racking up hundreds of never seen snakes Dan.
That`s about as "deep and meaningful" as I can get so don`t panic! _________________ YSBRYDOLI POBL, GWELLA LLEOEDD
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Dan Captivebred Communist
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Really is my last post:
Quote: | If I had a viv for every snake however I would a) need to have won the lottery and b) have a good deal more room, say another 5 rooms perhaps? |
Quote: | If you read the post again however, it`s only the secretive kings and milks which are in the tubs which are also transparent so I CAN see them and enjoy them......... |
I read your posts just fine
End of my input _________________ TFA
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Peter Parrot Site Moderator
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Correctamondo Dan. A grammatical error on my part.
The words:
"If I had a viv for every snake " granted should have read "If I had a viv for every ANIMAL." I apologise for the shocking wording.
My mistake! My carpets are in 5ft vivs as you can see here:
http://www.captivebred.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4475&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Most of the other pythons are in 4x2x2 vivs. I suppose I WOULD need another five rooms if I kept ALL my animals in vivs this size.
The point is, tubs have a great many uses , whether one chooses to put snakes in them (either permanently or temporarily) or not.
Input away! _________________ YSBRYDOLI POBL, GWELLA LLEOEDD
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