Setup
The numbers
Temperature
The cool side, 24–29°C, dropping to 18°C at night. This sheet states the cool side only. It gives no warm side or basking figure, so the hot end is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet statescool 24-29 °C / night 18 °C
Humidity
The sheet states60-70 %
UVB
The sheet statesTechnically they can survive without it, but we still recommend providing appropriate UVB lighting for pine snakes; Zoo Med Reptisun T5 HO 5.0, 34" or Arcadia Forest 6%, 34"; about 9-11" above the basking area if over mesh, and 12-14" above the basking area if not
Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet statesThe minimum acceptable enclosure size for a pet pine snake is based on its length. For an average pine snake, that's 6'L x 3'W x 3'H
What your climate adds
This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.
Food
Diet
Feeding rhythm
Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. This sheet states a figure for each age, so each age has its row.
Why
The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56. A young animal's row is drawn only where the sheet gives one: working it out by dividing the adult interval would be inventing a ration.
The sheet statesmice and rats, quail, chicks, and eggs; Juveniles should be fed every 3-4 days; Adults should be fed once every 5-7 days
The species
Identity
National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.
Questions & sources
Common questions
Why does it hiss so loudly?
It has a special flap in the windpipe that amplifies the sound. It is pure theatre to scare predators off.
How big does it get?
Around 1.5 to 2 metres and powerfully built, so plan for a large adult enclosure.
Does it bite?
It bluffs far more than it bites, but it is a strong feeder, so use tongs and it is not venomous.
What does it need in the enclosure?
Deep substrate above all, because it is a serious burrower and gets stressed with nowhere to dig.
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Others in this group
What this sheet states
This sheet states 6 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.
UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 420 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.