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| Laws |
Posted - 22/03/2011 : 22:50:45
hey all :) my names law :) i have 2 corn snakes already havent had them for a month yet , we are thinking of gettin a royal in the future ( after our hols later in the year) so im tryin to cram as much info as possible about them . lots of ppl are mentioning they can be hard to feed and RUB size is important . atm we have a spare exo terra faun , the flat , large one . would this be suitable? if so whats the best set up to do this? we could keep the faun inside a viv we have one of the corns fauns in as its lit by a red light heat bulb , and then move the corn to a heat mat ontop like our other corn . im kinda excited but also very nervous! thanks :) |
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| Laws |
Posted - 25/03/2011 : 13:13:13
thanks for the the replies :) im just umming and aarring about set ups now as knowing they have difficuty feeding we arent really sure . are heat mats enough to bring the room temp up ? are viv's too big etc , do we get an older or a younger . we arent planning on gettin one till after september as we are away for 3 weeks , but im just trying to cram as much info as possible :) |
| n/a |
Posted - 23/03/2011 : 14:13:20
Hi, and welcome to the forum. Snakes transform your life and you will never regret it lol.
Faunariums have too much ventilation (don't retain heat) and not enough privacy for a shy royal that likes to skulk underground in a burrow (hey up then, what's Shahi doing, performing gymnastics on his bulb guard, and Saada up on her climbing branch?)
Many people start their young royals off in rubs and then transfer to a vivarium. Whatever your choice, lots of hides and cover are important for your royal, who will then come out and zoom round like a corn. I think it's a case of, the more cover you give them, the more you see them. Personally I think rubs are too light, and would drape a towel over for extra dimness.
A heat mat is fine beneath a rub (statted of course) because of the airgap between rub and mat, but in a viv where the snake comes into direct contact with a mat, a heatmat shouldn't be used for a royal as it is a heavy-bodied snake, and its girth can cause even a statted mat to overheat. The royal will not sense heat as a mammal does and may be badly burned. Infra-red light or ceramic lightless heat bulbs, statted and guarded, are safer. (Yes, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, if modern technology can produce a safe electric blanket for a human to bask on all night, why then can't it produce one for a snake? Grr!)
This is a brilliant forum and there's loads of info, from people much more experienced than me, and an ideal place to do your homework.
Hope you get your royal! |
| Tawfik47 |
Posted - 23/03/2011 : 12:30:04
Welcome to the forum :) |
| hiper2009 |
Posted - 23/03/2011 : 10:53:25
Hi and welcome to the forum . |
| BlueDragon |
Posted - 23/03/2011 : 10:27:06
My Royal was being kept in a faunarium as a little baby when I first got him, and he managed to get an R.I. I can't say for certain, but after reading how unsuitable they actually are I now beleive that he got ill from being kept in a faun...
In future I won't be using them as I'm still trying to fix his R.I., and I would also say to use a RUB instead. |
| louise32 |
Posted - 23/03/2011 : 07:23:04
Hi, welcome over.
As you know from my posts on TCS, my new royal Bella is in a small rub, only 4L and I use a heat mat.
I personally wouldn't put a royal in a faunairum. |
| rick1894 |
Posted - 23/03/2011 : 04:00:29
Welcome and newbie myself so can't really help except I wouldn't trust a faun as lids far too flimsy, sure someone more knowledgeable will be along and sure you'll love a royal, there stunning and so many morphs to choose.
I have mine in a 9l rub with hide at both ends but she has been balling up next to her hide so on show so although some might be shy or bad feeders or nippy etc it's wrong IMO to label them all, I think the most important thing is temp's.
Good luck. |
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