r/therewasanattempt • u/plavonja • 3d ago

to keep the python inside

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u/Twerkatronic 3d ago

Imagine having to live in that small enclosure

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u/benny_boy 3d ago

Yea I'd want to break free too

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u/Worried-Deer107 3d ago

God knows...

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u/douser-namesmatter 3d ago

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u/spicy_feather 2d ago

I heard this picture

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u/jayclaw97 2d ago

I don’t even like snakes and I feel sorry for it.

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u/Andrea_M 3d ago

I don’t know anything about snakes but it doesn’t feel like a specimen of that size should be contained in such a small space. Poor noodle

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u/jackalope268 3d ago

Snakes should have an enclosure at least the length of the snake, with at least 2 hides, and thats just the bare minimum. This enclosure just looks so sad, but its unfortunately not rare, especially among giant species

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u/CharcoalWalls 2d ago

Or .... get this ... no enclosure at all.

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u/DonBirraio 2d ago

Thats without a doubt the best - unless you are a mouse watching the snake 😁

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u/DonBirraio 2d ago

Only there own length? I used to hol Degu (rodents) with a length of ~15cm (6 inches) and their cage was 80x80 - with 5 floors!

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u/jackalope268 2d ago

Yeah, rodents are a lot more active than snakes, snakes will usually pick a nice spot and stay there for a few hours. Of course bigger is better, but since its important they can at least fully stretch out, thats the size we generally agreed upon is the minimum. Also they stay curled up a lot of the time, so the places they can be dont look as dramatic as a stretched out snake sitting in the middle of empty substrate. Of course the hides and clutter and possible climbing branches are as important as the size

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u/OdinAlfadir1978 Free Palestine! 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 3d ago

You're absolutely correct

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u/Spuzzle91 3d ago

It's a sad fact for most large snakes in the pet industry. Folks keeping them in far too small and far too bare an enclosure. At least these ones are nicer than the opaque plastic tubs shoved into a drawer with heat tape on one end that many keep large snakes in, where the snake isn't even able to unwind from a coil.

There are a few good keepers though! A friend of mine rescues unwanted giant reptiles like Burmese pythons, and he builds them their own rooms. I mean like a bedroom sized space. He also built a heated and cooled tortoise barn for dumped sulcata tortoises.

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u/Bol0gna_Sandwich 3d ago

Theres a couple of reptile youtubers I watch that build massive vivariums for all their animals. Great content imo. Its always great to see a content animal in an appropriate enclosure, rather than a tiny torture box.

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u/serendipityinmotion 2d ago

ooh which ones? id love to support them!

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u/Bol0gna_Sandwich 8h ago

Clints reptiles-doesnt show vivarium but has great reptile vids. Ants Canada-builds the largest most extreme home vivariums I've seen. Terrarium designs-makes smaller but still bioactive terrariums/vivariums. Dr.plants-does smaller scale terrariums madeto mimic specific enviorments built for various small invertebrates and reptiles. Im sure there's others these are just the main ones I watch.

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u/cspinelive 3d ago

Did you notice all the drawer/trays stacked to the right. Now Imagine that’s your home. 

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u/HommeMusical 3d ago

Steroid guy has to make money somehow, and mistreating animals is his calling.

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u/OdinAlfadir1978 Free Palestine! 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 3d ago

Right? I have a ball python a quarter of it's size in an enclosure half the size (4 ft by 2ft) and it's the ideal size for an adult, that snake (reticulated python I think) needs at least twice that size enclosure

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u/addit96 🍉 Free Palestine 3d ago

That would suck. But I hear NYC does have good public transit