My Snake shelf in Borneo

After many months of toiling and building....

it's finally done.... Please Hote note tha I'm relatively new to Venomous Keeping so.. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong or could do better...

My HOT-shefl


Starting from top left... Tank 1. - Viperville with 2.2.0 Tropidolaemus subannulatus


Bottom Left Tank 2. - Mangrove Pad for my Boiga dendrophila


Bottom Right Tank 3 - Arboreal Forest for my B. cynodon and my B. drapiezii, that seem to get along just fine...


and lastly Number 4 which I named the Flooded "Temple" with no occupant yet




And this is how the shelf is situated in my room from an earlier photo...

The 4th Tank was still on the way, there's two big terrariums at the other end with 2 species of Asian Rat Snakes, my drumkit with some amps and guitars lying around as my band rehearses here every week or so....

Cheersssss and bessssst regardssssssss

A band playing in the herp room ????????

Michiel Kooiman wrote:

'A band playing in the herp room ??...'

In my view, this is certainly something to consider. As I'm sure you know, snakes are very sensitive creatures, especially to vibrations. Also, adequate ventilation is another thing that comes to mind. Some great cages though, and some nice specimens. Thanks for posting this, Mr. Ang. By the way, do you have any updates on any of your Homalopsid projects? Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

That a very nice looking room, with great enclosures

I agree with Davidson about the music. It could be detrimental to the more sensitive species, such as the B. dentrophila. I remember the ones I've kept were very nervous, and stopped feeding if disturbed.

Hello Alexander,
Yes the cages look realy nice,like a part taken out of the Jungle.
For your Swamp Habitat,its very difficult to see,where the animal is.
If its a venomous Snake inside,its hard for you to worke inside the cage and find the animal.
And wrong is :
2.2.0 Tropidolaemus subannulatus
no you have 2,2 (two pairs) Tropidolaemus subannulatus
if you write 0,0,1, so the sex is unknown but you know the sex 2,2 = two pairs.
No so bad,you have to learn this also.
And yes I agree with the other guys,drumming ect. want be nice(for your Snakes) inside the Room.
Regards Hans

Hans-Jürgen Vogeley wrote:

Hello Alexander,
Yes the cages look realy nice,like a part taken out of the Jungle.
For your Swamp Habitat,its very difficult to see,where the animal is.
If its a venomous Snake inside,its hard for you to worke inside the cage and find the animal.
And wrong is :
2.2.0 Tropidolaemus subannulatus
no you have 2,2 (two pairs) Tropidolaemus subannulatus
if you write 0,0,1, so the sex is unknown but you know the sex 2,2 = two pairs.
No so bad,you have to learn this also.
And yes I agree with the other guys,drumming ect. want be nice(for your Snakes) inside the Room.
Regards Hans

You shouldn't tell people things you don't know yourself. 2.2.0 is ok and the same as 2.2 Not wrong at all..

Michi
you writing is very wrong !
Its not the same,if you know.

Wow, I'm getting lots of important feedback... Thank you so much... I was kinda concerned about the band + reptiles and in vertebrates being pummeled by the vibrations.

The good thing is we only rehearse at most once a week and for a duration of two hours at most. But here's a kinda 'funny' but honest to God, true story... The first time I housed the Tropidolaenmus with the two boys, her reaction was mostly rejective... the first time I saw them mating was when the band took a break in the middle of rehearsing. The AC was on which infers a sudden drop in temp. But I jokingly told my guitarist that if the reptiles were getting anything from our music playing it must be 'good vibrations.' But in all seriousness I'm very aware of their sensitivity to such things.

Mr Davidson (Sir) [bow emote] I have yet to revive my Homalopsinae project but currently I have no specimens. I do know a coastal place couple of miles north of Kuching where there's a seaside restaurant hanging over the mangroves which apparently is swarming with Cerberus rynchops... and hopefully other species of Homalopsinae. I will post something once I get any headway in that area.

Hans, you are very right... I know that cluttering an enclosure with too much decor can make working with venomous snakes a cumbersome and potentially dangerous task. But the trade off is that the snakes feel much better in their enclosures as they can easily find a comfortable nook to hide. the B. dendrophila is much more comfortable in its new home and always squeezes itself among the base of the fake ferns.

To work around, this that I've custom-fashioned some snake hooks and prods of various sizes to aid in managing the snakes during maintenance and check up transfers. Additionally, I'm not working with any fast-moving elapids at them moment, but I will work that into consideration when setting up an enclosure for one. But managing the vipers in their intricately twig-woven enclosure is not particularly difficult.

Guys thanks so much for you're feedback it's given a lot for me to think of and work on.

BTW Does anyone have any experience with breeding Tropidolaemus? I could really use some pointers on what a probably gravid viper needs for proper development of the embryos...

very nice cages and really like your Tropidolaemus best of luck with them and the breeding, keep updating regards

Very nice cages! And yes, 2.2.0 and 2.2 is the same.

Regards!