What does this have to do with humidity? Well, basic physics has a lot to do with it.
Your snake’s immune system will be taxed from having to deal with the wild temperature swings, and the humidity in the environment will likely be very difficult to maintain as well. A gradient throughout the terrarium is great – but having a huge fluctuation from very hot under the heat source, to much too cold in the areas of the enclosure that are far away from the heat source, is basically a recipe for an upper respiratory infection. This will create an environment that is very unevenly heated. This means your heater might be cranking out at 90, 95, or 100 degrees just to keep the cage the right temperature in the mid 80s. Assuming your house is around 70 degrees, the heat source is going to need to be a lot hotter in order to maintain the proper environment. Your heat source, whatever it may be – a heat pad stuck to the bottom or side of the tank, a radiant heat panel, heat cable, ceramic heat emitter, or (god forbid) a heat lamp, will have to work a lot harder to keep temperatures stable inside that environment when the majority of the heat is escaping through the glass walls of your terrarium. Sorong Green Tree Pythonįirst, single pane glass is not a great insulator. If your room is heated and humidified, then all the cage is really doing is containing your snake at that point. So before I get too far into this anti-tank crusade of mine, most of this information will apply to probably 95% of casual reptile keepers who do not have a special climate controlled room specifically for their animals – if you do have a warm, humid, reptile room then this won’t necessarily apply (as much). This is why I absolutely hate glass tank type setups for them – they provide basically zero benefits in terms of insulating your animal from mishaps and the outside world, and they are not very good at establishing a separate, controlled habitat inside the normal living conditions in your home. Jayapura Green Tree PythonĪ proper Green Tree Python setup is stable and insulated/isolated from too many outside stimuli. If that same temperature fluctuation occurs in your Green Tree Python setup, it could very likely be the end of that snake’s run on this planet. Your Ball Python’s cage temperatures dropped into the 50s and 60s for a bit because you had the front door open for two hours while moving new furniture into the house in December? Not good, but your snake will probably be just fine provided the error is detected and corrected fairly quickly. In laymen’s terms- if you mess up something with their care, they are a lot more likely to react negatively than, say, a Ball python, which tend to be very resilient and tolerant of husbandry errors. The difference between Green Tree Pythons and other snakes, and the reason many people have trouble with them, is not that they require any crazy conditions in order to thrive – it’s that they are a lot more sensitive to deviation from their normal requirements than many other, hardier reptiles. In this little editorial I am going to assume you know the very basics of Green Tree Python care, but just aren’t quite sure why people recommend against those awesome looking Exo-Terra tall tank setups (that look so perfect!) For whatever reason though, many seem to be unable or unwilling to follow a few simple guidlines. Green Tree Pythons are not necessarily any harder to keep than most other tropical snakes – the environmental requirements are similar, feeding them is not usually very difficult, and proper caging isn’t super advanced to set up. Many may argue with me on this topic, but I always say- if you think keeping something alive is difficult, you aren’t doing it right or you haven’t had enough experience yet. Green Tree Pythons (Morelia viridis, sometimes referred to as Chondros) are not an especially difficult species to keep. What sort of tank should I get for my Green Tree Python? The short answer is NO! Here’s why I recommend against glass tank setups (Sorry Exo-Terra, ZooMed, etc – your tanks are great for geckos and frogs) and what I’d suggest instead.
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