I have her bedded down on aspen chips, a thin layer so as not to block too much heat from the thermal mat under one half of the terrarium. I also have a 40watt spot light for basking heat over that same side, and a ‘sunlight’ flourescent for general lighting. that light does show her colours off well. The heat mat is plugged into a thermostat and the temp seems to be holding well at a steady 30°C through the day, but I do knock it down a few degrees at night.


The terrarium is a Glass Exo Terra terrarium. These are great tanks (I have a couple of others ready for new additions to the collection). I wish I had had these available when I was collecting a few years ago! They are beatifully designed and highly practical. i particularly like the front opening doors with the lower fixed part to the front to help keep the animals in the viv when feeding or servicing them.

Silly me - I forgot to ask when she last fed or sloughed when I picked her up. I’ll have to find out.

Tags: Royal Python, Housing