how to keep snakes of various species - Reptilenesia

Can't Be Careless, It's How to Keep Snakes by Type!

Keeping snakes is not intended for you lay. Everyone has to follow the rules to be safe. Here's how to keep snakes by their species

Tired of keeping a dog or a cat? Want an anti-mainstream pet? Reptilenesia advise you to keep snakes!

Snakes are unique and interesting animals to keep. Moreover, most snake species are long to decades old.

Therefore, many people are interested in keeping reptiles on this one Only, keeping snakes can not be said to be easy. 

You have to do and pay attention to a few things before deciding to keep the snake. But relax, PetPi will tell you in full for those of you who want to keep snakes!

A Collection of Ways to Raise Snakes, From Choosing Snakes To Creating Habitats

When you decide to keep snakes, it means that you have to be prepared to spend a high enough budget for their treatment. 

1. Choosing the Right Type of Snake

In the world, there are approximately 2,500 species of snakes. There are many things that should be considered when choosing a snake, ranging in size when it is adult, toxic or not, to budget suitability.

Make sure you buy snakes that have been bred in captivity and are free from disease. Take a good look at whether the snake has foul mouth problems, lagging skin, or other problems.

Reptilenesia strongly recommends choosing a non-poisonous type of snake. As tame as snakes are, we don't know when their mood gets bad and acts aggressively.

2. Create the Snake Habitat

After you have dropped the choice of which type of snake you want to keep, the next is to create and prepare a cage that will be used as the habitat of the snake.

You can specify the amount of food, the size of the cage, to the level of lighting after choosing the type of snake to keep.

There are several points that you should pay attention to regarding this habitat, because the health of snakes depends very much from here.

A. Cage Size

The size of the cage depends on the type of snake you choose. For example, snakes that naturally live in trees will be comfortable in high vertical cages. 

For snakes that live more often on the ground will prefer a large cage. You need to change the size of the cage if your snake gets bigger and the cage is too narrow.

Frequently used cages are a type of terrarium, canopy, and substrate. For the bottom of the cage, you can coat it with shavings or mulch. For the cheap version, you can use the newspaper.

Make sure the cage is safe and tightly closed because snakes are an escape species.

B. Lighting And Heat Cage

As a cold-blooded animal, the snake needs a heat source to regulate its body temperature. Some snakes need sunlight and some will benefit from ultraviolet light.

We can use heating lamps or UV lamps to imitate their natural habitat. If you use the aquarium as its cage, heat it on only one side to create the microclimate that snakes love.

Each snake has different light and heat needs. Make sure you've done some special research on the snakes you'll keep.

C. Temperature And Humidity

As a cold-blooded reptile, snakes rely on environmental temperatures to control their body temperature. 

As much as possible, there are places in the cage that have different temperatures of one or two degrees. This is necessary so that your snake can move and adjust its own temperature when needed.

In addition to lighting and heat, you also need to pay attention to the humidity of the cage. If you have enough budget, buy a hygrometer to monitor humidity conditions at all times.

To increase the humidity level of the cage, you can spray the cage with a special liquid that can be obtained in the pet store.

D. Setting Up a Hiding Place

Since the cage uses artificial lighting and heat sources, you also have to prepare a certain space as a hiding place.

Make a kind of small cave that can be made of stone, bark, small boxes, or flower pots made of clay.

E. Make the Cage As Close as Possible To Its Natural Habitat

Snakes are among the actively moving animals. For the sake of his mental health, you have to make the cage as close as possible to his natural habitat.

Therefore, give rocks, tree branches, and vines to climb and hide. You can look it up in your neighborhood or collect it from the park.

3. Caring for Snakes In the Long Term

As PetPi has mentioned before, snakes are long-lived animals. Choosing a snake means you're ready for a long-term commitment.

Once your snake has obtained a proper cage as its habitat, the next thing that is not less important is to do regular maintenance.

A. Food

All snakes are carnivores. This means that you have to prepare a lot of quality food stock for them to consume.

If you have trouble finding rats or large insects, you can buy frozen meat. In fact, some pet stores provide frozen rat meat that can be purchased.

When buying frozen meat, be sure to cut it according to the circumference of the middle part of the snake as these animals swallow the round food they swallow.

Just like other pets, snakes also need clean water. Clean and refill the bowl at least twice a week.

Make sure the snake strikes a good balance between vitamins, minerals and nutrients. Supplement supplements are only provided when needed.

B. Pay attention to Snake Health

When keeping an animal, you need to be able to understand their behavior. So are snakes.

You also need to know when your snake is in poor health because they can't tell you they're sick. Trauma or physical injury is also able to make the snake stop eating which the ends make it sick.

Stress can also make snakes susceptible to disease. That is why making the snake cage as comfortable and precise as possible for snakes is important so that the snake does not stress. 

If the pain persists, you can take it to the nearest vet for further treatment.