• Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

    =====================
    Posted 08/15/2025
    =====================


    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

    =====================
    Addendum: 01/10/2026
    =====================


    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Anyone successfully bred GTP's? Need cage advice

Big Borg Reptiles

Big Borg Reptiles

New member
Joined
Jul 4, 2014
Messages
1,099
Reaction score
130
Points
0
Location
Spokane, WA
I have a couple green tree pythons, one being a 4 year old female, and was looking for some caging advice. I currently have them in makeshift enclosures that work fine as far as heat and humidity go but I want to invest in something nicer.

I looked into 4 or 5 different companies, and the Boaphile arboreal cages to me seemed like they would work the best. The biggest sales point to me is that you can connect a tube between two different cages so that a snake can travel between them. From what I've read they travel over to a neighboring tree to breed and then go back to their own in the wild, so it sounds about as close to a "natural" breeding environment as possible. To me this seems like it would be great rather than trying to move them around myself, but was looking for thoughts from people with more experience.
 
that sounds like a great plan and idea..
I make my own cages out of PVC when the price of meterials is good, otherwise i buy them from pros who build them..
i was actually going to make a trap door between my double cages for that purpose..

but keep in mind that they may not go back to their cage as you wish :)
when i breed my emerald tree boas, i get better success by transfering the male in the females cage, leave him there for a few days , then transfer back.. give him a few days off and then back again. doing this gets locks everytime, versus him staying there like many do..they lose interest.. so the idea is great but still be prepared to move them yourself if need be :)
if you notice that he stays in the other cage and no more action is going on, remove him for a few days and then open the access door again.. it will be like meeting a new girlfriend over and over again :-D tta and the female may switch sides too.. be fun to watch..
 
Thanks for the response, you bring up a good point that I didn't really consider though...with ball pythons I always do 3 days in, 4 days out; like you said, it's like introducing them to a new girl every time to stimulate breeding. After posting this I started contemplating building a custom cage using sterilite tubs, flexwatt tape, and removable pvc pipes. Then I could build a "breeding" tub with space for two pvc pipes, and just transfer the male over without having to try removing him from his perch.
 
for sure , when possible, if you can just take the perch out and put it back in the other cage
that would be perfect, less handling of the sankes in breeding mode..
I haven't had time to breed GTPs yet, concentrating on ETBs but if they are/act the same.
as we both mentionned, it's best to do the in and out.
I've noticed that they will lock the first night and then show no interest in breeding. by day 3-4 i remove him, try feeding if it's his week and the back he goes.. that slways gives me another lock.
the female swings her tail with interest all over the cage versus just coiled up and have no interest in the male. many leave the males in for months at the time during the breeding season, i've tried leaving him for longer and seems like the magic is gone after that first lock :)
I have a few PB males that i alternate with the females.. but not with all of them, because i keep certain males for specific females to make following the bloodline easier.
with hold backs, it's best if you know who the parents are :)

your caging sounds like a good plan and saves $$ at the same time..
 
Back
Top