Hi,

Do you use natural plants in your Milk/Kingsnakes vivariums ?

If so, which ones do well with the typical humidity (relatively low - 40-60% if I´m not mistaken) and heat (high) conditions necessary for the snakes ?

Tks in advance
João

I don't know of many people who use life plants with snakes, it seems they tend to climb on and destroy them. I think it might be a better idea to get a sturdy silk plant for him!

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Tks Lacey,
I know they may break them, but I really don´t like artificial items... Perhaps some kind of a creeping (climbing) plant ?

You could try some type of ivy, it will last while its a baby, but most likely destroyed as it gets bigger as Lacey said.

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Very few people use live plants in snake enclosures with he exception of larger zoo type enclosures. As noted the snake is going to be destructive of them. If it isn't crawling over and breaking it, it is uprooting it. You will also have to supply proper lighting for the plants. For a natural looking enclosure I would recommend a rock and wood decorative scheme.
If you are determined to try live plants you might look into desert type sturdy succulents and non spiny cacti

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Thank you all
I´ve already picked some nice rocks and branches but it seems I´ll have to pass on the plants...

Dont give up on the plants just yet you must take to mind what merlin said about cacti there sturdy many dont have spines and they would look nice (depending on your flooring) take a look at a few thornless cacti.

We use live plants in our green tree python terrariums. (We keep them in pots so that they are easier to care for / replace and less likely to get uprooted by the snakes. You could put the plants in pots and hide the pots in the soil and cover the edges with stones if you don't like to see them.
The plants we use are:
Philodendron scandens
Scindapsus pictus
Chamaedorea elegans
You need a good full-spectrum light bulb in the terrarium, but that's nice for looking at the snakes too.
Here's a picture of all four:


I say check out the needs of the plants at a nursery and find some you like and try them out. If they die, try a different plant!

Andrea, I normally hate the horizontal branch idea used with Chondros and Emmies, but your set ups are pretty snazzy.

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For clarity: "chondro" = Chondropython also called Green Tree Python or "Green Tree Python"

Thank you Zane: (I can't stand the baren cubes with one or two perches that many people use for GTPs!)
We tried to design our cages so that the chondros could have a wide choice of branch thickness as well as height as well as temperature gradient. So there are thick and thinner branches all over the warm and cool sides at different heights.
Lantash usually ignores all of that, though, and hangs on the side of the planter or on the cable loops! (Go figure)

Many chondro keepers argue that Green Tree Pythons don't move around much and don't need space or choices. Ours, however, make full use of every corner of their large enclosures. It's fun to play "find the chondro" in the mornings in each of the terrariums... you never know where you'll find them after their nightly wanderings!

Not to completely hijack this thread: Our GTPs LOVE the plants and use them (VERY EFFICIENTLY) to hide under or behind!!! The plants also help with the humidity in the terrarium and (I think) look nicer than fake plants.