New Class Pet?

[Chrisplosion]

Silverton High School. They built a new school a few years ago and the old High School is now vacant. Basically, anything left behind is free to be taken by any of the schools in our district. The other day my principal forwarded me an e-mail that they want to get rid of the snake cage, so I jumped on it!

Lucky. Our Wildlife class had a tank with baby salmon in it.

 

[A. gigas]

Geckos would be cool. I'm not really that worried about the kids, the cage is glass-fronted with a lock. Not to mention the fact that we have a 20 pound Common Snapping Turtle in the lobby of the school.



I will look up the Leaf Tail Geckos. I have seen them at the LFS, but don't know much about them.

go with the giant leaf tail if you're gonna go with a leaf tail.

 

[Haveyourtea]

I love ball pythons.. Just have to watch the young ones, make sure they aren't having bad sheds... I lost my baby to a bad shed...

 

[Masa06]

Both bearded dragons and frilled dragons can climb. d: just put branches and cliffs on top for them

 

[latshki]

Id go with a frilled dragon, beardie or blue tongue

leaf tailed gecko is going to be hard to get very soon, they are endangered and exportation out of madagascar will likely stop next year so any that are brought in this year will be expensive

and they require specific care, cant go above 75f so even room temperature is too much most of the time and you wont see much of them

if you want a gecko go with like a 1.2 group of giant day geckos

but Id go with the first three, cool, active can handle and would do good in that cage

 

[Etunes]

Honestly, i agree with the frilled dragon, bearded dragon, blue tounge skink, OR uromastyx (my specialty). All are active all day and interesting and stay out all day so they are a good observation pet. They are not rpicy and fit in your cage requirements. And are not everyday seen pets making them interesting. GO with them and keep us updated.

 

[BlackShark11k]

Yeah, sorry - I meant Emerald Tree Boas.

$250 is probably about the limit of what I would like to spend, but not out of the question.

I realize, of course, that any herp will take a fair bit of maintenance. I just don't want something that will need to be fed/cleaned up after on a daily basis. Weekly and monthly maintenance I can handle, lights, misters, et cetera will all be automated.

Emeralds would be a great choice, that is if your willing to put down the cash and make the commitment- CB emeralds probably going to be around $400, I've seen $300 on kingsnake but I think those are all WC. They won't be too hard to care for, your just need to make sure all your temps, levels etc are perfect before introducing the animal. Plus, they have a very slow metabolism so feeding is only required every other week.

If you do decide you want to try an emerald, check out this book-
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Tree-Py...6406/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288829780&sr=8-1

 

[Miguel]

Dan, You should not go with Emeralds or Green Tree Pythons as starter snakes. Also, they are nocturnal, so the kids would see nothing beyond them coiled on their perches.

Have you looked at water snakes? You could do something with water and a couple of guppies and a couple of Natrix snakes, for instance...

 

[silvertip0]

I think a frilled dragon or a BTS would be nice

 

[A. gigas]

Dan, You should not go with Emeralds or Green Tree Pythons as starter snakes. Also, they are nocturnal, so the kids would see nothing beyond them coiled on their perches.

Have you looked at water snakes? You could do something with water and a couple of guppies and a couple of Natrix snakes, for instance...

this^

water snakes are very active and interesting to watch, and also easy to care for. i know from personal experience.