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+30Albert Gracer Simon Ball James Shepherd Seb Capdevielle Mateusz Zieliński Patrick Vince Mats Jonsson Harold van der Ploeg Danny Breetveld Christian deVries Mike Dabs Rob Deans Scott Eipper Mark Truesdale ralf webbink David Nixon Jake Hawthorne Andrew Hacket Mike Spencer Bostjan Kraner Gustav Eloy Peter Zürcher Thierry Grey Neven Vrbanic Daniel Claesson Alexandru Strugariu Martti Niskanen Jon Davidson Stefan Anthonijsz Nigel Sowter 34 posters |
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Christian deVries
Newbie
Number of posts : 30
Age : 31
Location : Holland
Points : 5088
Registration date : 2011-02-05
| Subject: Re: My outdoor pits  Sun 24 Jul - 0:23 | |
| I'll follow this project  looks it going great there | |
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ralf webbink
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 44
Age : 39
Location : The Netherlands
Points : 5681
Registration date : 2009-07-06
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Mon 1 Aug - 14:36 | |
| Looks great Nigel!
Shame i'm not around,would have loved to help you out there!
Guess i can only wait for the result now! ;-)
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Danny Breetveld
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 71
Age : 40
Location : Rotterdam Netherlands
Points : 5230
Registration date : 2010-11-10
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Mon 1 Aug - 23:31 | |
| Great project! Cheers danny | |
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Harold van der Ploeg
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 282
Age : 48
Location : The Netherlands
Points : 6322
Registration date : 2008-04-27
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Tue 2 Aug - 0:12 | |
| Looking really good! Thank you for sharing  Cheers, Harold | |
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sat 27 Aug - 15:58 | |
| Tub 1 update. First up didn't want to go with the idea of real rocks in these tubs i'm doing at the moment & so tried my hand at making fake 1's out of polystyrene & cement. Seem to look o'kay just have to do away with the "squareness" but hope to hide with either fake plants or real plants, branches & some logs.  Next pics showing the amount of morning sun entering the tub (pic taken 10.30am & last week of winter) & substrate of aquarium gravel, sand & coco peat. I think I may use plants in pots & rotate them as required. I'm planning on having my Notechis out here all year round as they can still take advantage of what winter sun is available.    Just a progress pic of Tub 2  CHEERS. | |
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Gustav Eloy
Serpent Chief
Number of posts : 662
Age : 37
Location : Aguascalientes, Mexico
Points : 5918
Registration date : 2010-09-09
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sun 28 Aug - 11:07 | |
| Mr Nigel your projects are real stunnings, great ideas by the way, congrats and keep updating | |
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Mon 5 Sep - 22:17 | |
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Mats Jonsson
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 149
Age : 58
Location : sweden
Points : 5047
Registration date : 2011-08-04
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Tue 6 Sep - 0:30 | |
| This would be nice set up for central american speices, looks like some sort of Maya temple reg Mats | |
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sun 25 Sep - 21:04 | |
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sun 2 Oct - 18:47 | |
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Christian deVries
Newbie
Number of posts : 30
Age : 31
Location : Holland
Points : 5088
Registration date : 2011-02-05
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sat 8 Oct - 23:28 | |
| nicely done | |
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
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Patrick Vince
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 96
Age : 62
Location : france
Points : 5658
Registration date : 2009-09-22
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sun 9 Oct - 17:05 | |
| Very nice work ! congrats!!!
BTW hidding places are included in your falses rocks ?
R. | |
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Mateusz Zieliński
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 47
Age : 34
Location : Poland
Points : 4927
Registration date : 2011-08-21
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sun 9 Oct - 17:15 | |
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Seb Capdevielle
Newbie
Number of posts : 29
Age : 44
Location : Dreux - FRANCE
Points : 4833
Registration date : 2011-10-02
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Mon 10 Oct - 2:41 | |
| Awesome setup!!!! Great job... | |
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James Shepherd
Newbie
Number of posts : 28
Age : 38
Location : SOUTH CAROLINA
Points : 4876
Registration date : 2011-08-24
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Tue 11 Oct - 14:32 | |
| Wow very nice i've been thinking of doing the same here in the states with some Crotalus adamanteus this gives me great inspiration keep the pics coming. looks great | |
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James Shepherd
Newbie
Number of posts : 28
Age : 38
Location : SOUTH CAROLINA
Points : 4876
Registration date : 2011-08-24
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Tue 11 Oct - 14:34 | |
| Wow very nice i've been thinking of doing the same here in the states with some Crotalus adamanteus this gives me great inspiration keep the pics coming. looks great | |
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Tue 11 Oct - 21:00 | |
| Thanks guys, will put up some pics this weekend on the hides-Cheers | |
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Gustav Eloy
Serpent Chief
Number of posts : 662
Age : 37
Location : Aguascalientes, Mexico
Points : 5918
Registration date : 2010-09-09
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Mon 17 Oct - 6:00 | |
| great job Mr Nigel they are great cages, and talkin about the Notechis, it is just amazing.
regards | |
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
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Simon Ball
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 110
Age : 68
Location : Perth, Western Australia
Points : 5276
Registration date : 2010-11-17
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Tue 18 Oct - 16:23 | |
| Very nice, Nigel. Lots of work, but very rewarding I am sure.
I recall years ago when I first met him, Brian Bush kept tigers, dugites (Pseudonaja affinis) and gwardars (P. nuchalis, probably now mengdeni) in open-topped rainwater tanks, maybe 20ft diameter, sunk into the ground. He had several of these and housed them separately. He had a number of mallee roots piled up in the centre as their "hide".
These were old corrugated iron water tanks, with sides about 5ft high. It was escape-proof but I wondered about bird predators. He said he hadn't had any issues with them, though. Not sure if he kept any death adders that way, but there would be no reason not to I guess.
However, before you start wondering about neighbours' cats, etc, this was on a large sheep and wheat farm about 40km out of Esperance. Very isolated and the species were endemic to the region.
I think if you have the space and you're in a climate which is amenable to the species, this is a great way to keep your snakes - though I wouldn't try it with species like taipans mambas!
Great to see the progress. I envy you!
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 406
Age : 60
Location : Australia
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2010-11-29
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sun 4 Dec - 7:22 | |
| Just done a revamp of the lids to my outdoor pits, 2 down 2 to go. Finding it alot easier gaining access for jobs being required. The old lid set-up, large, chance of escape at rear by having 2.2 Notechis in here(1.5 front to rear), nuisance for quick jobs like water,cleaning,feeding etc.  My new set-up, alot easier to gain access into, welded mesh on top with the same bird netting underneath making it more sturdy, added a "canopy" for adverse weather, having said that they spend their time in the rain! Apart from their hide at least they have some dry area during those times to use if they want.   The back half of lid is also hinged for total access.  Maybe just a paint now & that's it-until I get another "vision" ha ha. | |
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Albert Gracer
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 239
Age : 46
Location : Slovenia
Points : 5136
Registration date : 2011-11-07
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sun 4 Dec - 7:44 | |
| That looks pretty natural. Well done  | |
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Nicholas Meador
Newbie
Number of posts : 21
Age : 37
Location : Indiana, USA
Points : 4493
Registration date : 2012-08-30
| | Subject: Re: My outdoor pits Sun 16 Sep - 15:44 | |
| Amazing. If I ever felt confident in my ability to keep majestic animals such as yours, I am certain I would do my utmost to emulate your excellence. The local Zoo & Botanical Garden has enclosures which do not even merit comparison. This is truly how keeping of venomous animals should be done, surely! | |
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