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SaltyTurtle
Yearling
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 Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:28:43
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As requested by 'Boomer' my old mucker...
Some pictures of the long awaited Percy Palace.
(Amazing what a few hundred quid can do to an old fish tank!)
For the eagle eyed, temps are down a few degrees on the thermometer due to me having the glass doors off for 5 minutes, doh. 
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boomslang
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:36:19
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| Nice i like the lighting,looks well tidy.and you changed the bark for coco terrarium substrate? |
1.0.0 pinstripe Royal Python
1.0.0 Bumblebee Royal Python
1.0.0 Normal corn
1.0.0 Extreme red Hognose
0.1.0 Extreme red tiger Hognose
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
1.0.0 Piebald yemen
1.0.0 Tamatave panther
1.0.0 Quadricornis
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Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:36:37
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Ooo - Percy's Palace is proper posh!!  |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:40:21
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| Nicely done, you might need to pack it out even more but only the sanke will be able to tell you if its needed. Weird but my eyes went straight to the thermometer readings, just like when I walk in my living room, its a quick scan down the bank of screens (all 12 of them) before anything. |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:41:32
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| Haha, Sanke! I did it again. Sanke wont tell you, she's sleeping with a big belly of rat right now but your snake will let you know. |
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SaltyTurtle
Yearling
155 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:42:42
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Originally posted by boomslang
Nice i like the lighting,looks well tidy.and you changed the bark for coco terrarium substrate?
Thanks Boomer!
Yes I threw all the old subby on the compost heap & got this new improved look. Glad you approve.
P.s. The specks on the edge of the water bowl are dust from the substrate, NOT mites (I'd just put the bowl in, and kicked up a load of coco-dust being cack-handed  ) |
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SaltyTurtle
Yearling
155 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:44:52
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Originally posted by BurnedAtTheStake
Ooo - Percy's Palace is proper posh!!
Thanks! I hope he likes it as much as me, or I'll turf him out & I'll bloody well curl up in there!  |
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SaltyTurtle
Yearling
155 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:48:47
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Originally posted by Lotabob
Nicely done, you might need to pack it out even more but only the sanke will be able to tell you if its needed. Weird but my eyes went straight to the thermometer readings, just like when I walk in my living room, its a quick scan down the bank of screens (all 12 of them) before anything.
I agree, it looks a bit sparse on the 'hot end'. He's favouring the old roof tile on the cold side at the moment, which has an old Twynings Green Tea box modified to a sphagnum moss box underneath.
I will get some more 'cover' for him on that side, but I'm wary of putting too much 'silky planties' on the hot side in case I start a meltdown.
I'll update when I've got more kit, for now I can bung back all the kitchen and toilet roll holders that I took out for the photos
And yes, I know what you mean about the thermometers! I even text my finance to ask what the temperatures are at, and how she and the dog are of course 
I think with 12 I'd be suffering from OCD! |
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SaltyTurtle
Yearling
155 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:52:06
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Originally posted by Lotabob
Haha, Sanke! I did it again. Sanke wont tell you, she's sleeping with a big belly of rat right now but your snake will let you know.
And I thought you were just typing too fast, until I saw your 'signature'. Hope the rat-eu-vin went down well Sanke! |
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boomslang
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2025 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 23:02:07
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but I'm wary of putting too much 'silky planties' on the hot side in case I start a meltdown.
Be fine,aslong as they can't fall down into the heater :P
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1.0.0 pinstripe Royal Python
1.0.0 Bumblebee Royal Python
1.0.0 Normal corn
1.0.0 Extreme red Hognose
0.1.0 Extreme red tiger Hognose
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
1.0.0 Piebald yemen
1.0.0 Tamatave panther
1.0.0 Quadricornis
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SaltyTurtle
Yearling
155 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 23:04:22
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Ok thanks, I'll refer Axa Home insurance to your post when my house is reduced to charcoal
P.s. How full should his new big old dog bowl be with water?
Can snakes drown? |
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boomslang
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2025 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 23:13:39
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Originally posted by SaltyTurtle
Ok thanks, I'll refer Axa Home insurance to your post when my house is reduced to charcoal
P.s. How full should his new big old dog bowl be with water?
Can snakes drown?
fill it up :P and yeah. |
1.0.0 pinstripe Royal Python
1.0.0 Bumblebee Royal Python
1.0.0 Normal corn
1.0.0 Extreme red Hognose
0.1.0 Extreme red tiger Hognose
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
1.0.0 Piebald yemen
1.0.0 Tamatave panther
1.0.0 Quadricornis
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Posted - 06/08/2011 : 23:30:15
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Originally posted by SaltyTurtle
Ok thanks, I'll refer Axa Home insurance to your post when my house is reduced to charcoal
P.s. How full should his new big old dog bowl be with water?
Can snakes drown?
No - in fact they can swim underwater for long periods as my Ziska regularly demonstrates. Just use a biiig bowl and fill it about a third full, so that if he gets in, the water can't get out! |
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boomslang
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2025 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2011 : 23:48:26
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No - in fact they can swim underwater for long periods I have never heard of a snake drowning before but it may occur rarely as they breath air still.. |
1.0.0 pinstripe Royal Python
1.0.0 Bumblebee Royal Python
1.0.0 Normal corn
1.0.0 Extreme red Hognose
0.1.0 Extreme red tiger Hognose
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
1.0.0 Piebald yemen
1.0.0 Tamatave panther
1.0.0 Quadricornis
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Tawfik47
Fully Grown Royal
Czech Republic
1584 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2011 : 08:51:29
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| Very nice set up, but I can't see a hole for the air flow, where it is ?! |
1.0.0 Common Boa - Revo CB13
I had a royal python (Blitz) for two years for those who are wondering what I'm doing here with my boa :D |
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acd1984
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
687 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2011 : 09:08:56
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Just a quick question/note: i notice its a vivexotic, i have a 3' one,
Is the vent sealed? if not it might be worth taking it out and pushing it in from the inside, cause they are easy to push open and snakey might do a penn and teller on ya and dissappear lol |
1.0.0 Lesser - Helios
2.0.0 Normal - George & Kairo
1.0.0 Mojave - Bolt
0.1.0 Mojave - Roxi
1.0.0 Leopard Gecko - Leo
0.0.1 Crocodile gecko - Pheonix
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boomslang
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2025 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2011 : 15:17:36
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Very nice set up, but I can't see a hole for the air flow, where it is ?!
Its the little grey slots on the back. |
1.0.0 pinstripe Royal Python
1.0.0 Bumblebee Royal Python
1.0.0 Normal corn
1.0.0 Extreme red Hognose
0.1.0 Extreme red tiger Hognose
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
1.0.0 Piebald yemen
1.0.0 Tamatave panther
1.0.0 Quadricornis
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Jayde
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/08/2011 : 21:27:56
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| Nice little place he's got there :) What are the LED's you're running? Definitely liking those! Been after some decent ones for the corn's |
Edited by - Jayde on 08/08/2011 21:28:27 |
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SaltyTurtle
Yearling
155 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2011 : 23:04:15
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Originally posted by Jayde
Nice little place he's got there :) What are the LED's you're running? Definitely liking those! Been after some decent ones for the corn's
Hi Jayde,
I found these at Maplins in Hereford, where I sort of work.
It was in the reduced section down from £15 to £6.
Runs on an AA battery and can be angled to your preferred dangle.
Only downside is, it goes through 3 settings via the button on the end. 1st is 100% power (about 18 matches lit), 2nd is 50% power (9 matches lit?) then there's the 3rd and final which is Dexies Midnight Runners flashing disco mode, which totally ruins the David Attenborough moment. Trick is, when on mode 2, just do a quick double tap on the button and it's lights out, Goodnight Irene, not Come on Eileen! |
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SaltyTurtle
Yearling
155 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2011 : 23:07:04
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Originally posted by bigdon23
Just a quick question/note: i notice its a vivexotic, i have a 3' one,
Is the vent sealed? if not it might be worth taking it out and pushing it in from the inside, cause they are easy to push open and snakey might do a penn and teller on ya and dissappear lol
Thanks for the tip skipper,
Will be onto that when I'm next on leave!
To be honest I doubt he's be strong enough yet, but worth noting. Has anyone ever told VivExotic about this design flaw? |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2011 : 23:12:26
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| I think rather than a design flaw the back is on the wrong way round, those metal twisty tighty things (its official that what they are called) are supposed to be at the back on the outside so snake noses dont get scratched, that way the vents are in the right way round. |
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Percy's Palace - at last
