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clintham
Hatchling

United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/08/2010 :  10:43:33  Show Profile  Visit clintham's Homepage  Reply with Quote
is this big as an adult is likely to need? i dont want to have to upgrade to a larger viv. it measures 915x405x375mm (w.h.d)

i know the vx36 is a little deeper and taller but i dont really want to go furter than 40cm high.



Cornsnakes 1.0.0 Cassius, Carolina, CB-22/07/10
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sullysteve
Yearling

United Kingdom
507 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  13:19:21  Show Profile  Visit sullysteve's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I use the LX36 and it seems perfect. Unless the snakies grow longer than 4ft, im sure you will be happy with it!



1.0 Corns Geoff (Ghost)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa - Heidi
1.1 Kings - Pete (Florida) + Mamba (Cali Stripe)
1.2 Ball Pythons (Pastel + Bumblebee + Normal)

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sullysteve
Yearling

United Kingdom
507 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  13:22:17  Show Profile  Visit sullysteve's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Take a look here...

http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10692&SearchTerms=viv


1.0 Corns Geoff (Ghost)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa - Heidi
1.1 Kings - Pete (Florida) + Mamba (Cali Stripe)
1.2 Ball Pythons (Pastel + Bumblebee + Normal)

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clintham
Hatchling

United Kingdom
219 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  14:42:54  Show Profile  Visit clintham's Homepage  Reply with Quote
isnt that viv a bit big for your snake steve? i was planning to partition it.



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sullysteve
Yearling

United Kingdom
507 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  15:12:47  Show Profile  Visit sullysteve's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Naa! he loves it. as long as thier is plenty of hides and places to crawl under, its fine!

Remember, like someone once said on here, in the wild, they dont have a viv they have the world!


1.0 Corns Geoff (Ghost)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa - Heidi
1.1 Kings - Pete (Florida) + Mamba (Cali Stripe)
1.2 Ball Pythons (Pastel + Bumblebee + Normal)

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clintham
Hatchling

United Kingdom
219 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  15:50:57  Show Profile  Visit clintham's Homepage  Reply with Quote
how old and long is your snake? if i dont need to partition my viv then i wont! just make sure there's lots of hides and plants etc



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sullysteve
Yearling

United Kingdom
507 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  16:07:55  Show Profile  Visit sullysteve's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Its about 20 inch long and he's been in there since being 17 inch long. :-)


1.0 Corns Geoff (Ghost)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa - Heidi
1.1 Kings - Pete (Florida) + Mamba (Cali Stripe)
1.2 Ball Pythons (Pastel + Bumblebee + Normal)

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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!

United Kingdom
2901 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  17:56:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by sullysteve

Naa! he loves it. as long as thier is plenty of hides and places to crawl under, its fine!

Remember, like someone once said on here, in the wild, they dont have a viv they have the world!



It probably was said, and whoever said it is wrong. It bears absolutely no comparison to Viv size.
Check out a Corns natural habits, you will find that it does not do much in the way of exploring in the wild, they look for food, and look for shelter, safety.
snakes to not regularly frequent areas that are very open, for the exact reason that they dont like large open vivs, insecurity.
Having plenty of hides is fine, but it doesnt always solve the problem.

As a rule, a 3ft viv is too big for anything below about 3ft, for an adult its fine, even a 5ft adult, even a 6ft adult would be fine.

Size isnt as important as people think. (so i am told anyway)

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Posted - 25/08/2010 :  18:58:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
So a 3ft viv will do a corn for the rest of their lives once big enough to go in.?

I thought it was length + width = length of snakie??? or is it a flexible rule (i like them)

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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
3070 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  19:03:23  Show Profile  Click to see DannyBrown91's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by sullysteve

Naa! he loves it. as long as thier is plenty of hides and places to crawl under, its fine!

Remember, like someone once said on here, in the wild, they dont have a viv they have the world!



I've heard that said but don't think it was on this site, and if it was i imagine it was a pretty well discussed topic because i don't think anybody on here would agree that a 3ft viv is great for a hatchling.

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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!

United Kingdom
2901 Posts

Posted - 25/08/2010 :  20:41:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Whitedog

So a 3ft viv will do a corn for the rest of their lives once big enough to go in.?

I thought it was length + width = length of snakie??? or is it a flexible rule (i like them)



It is a flexible rule, some people will stick to it like glue, others, like myself wont, put a 4ft snake in a 3x2x2 which is what i have, and you will see the snake is more or less lost in there!

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clintham
Hatchling

United Kingdom
219 Posts

Posted - 26/08/2010 :  08:27:46  Show Profile  Visit clintham's Homepage  Reply with Quote
a partition it is then!



Cornsnakes 1.0.0 Cassius, Carolina, CB-22/07/10
Dogs 1.0.0 - Gorman, Black Labrador

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