New site, need help!

Zoe · 02-05-03, 10:06 PM

Hi!
I recently bought moreliaspilota.com, and I have made a site for it (it isn't on moreliaspilota.com yet tho). Anyway, I was hoping that some of you experts

might be so gracious and kind as to read over some of the info and make sure it's all correct and that nothing is missing!
The temp url is:

http://www.indiepool.com/privateftp/...zoestevens/ms/

Thank you so much!!
Zoe

(BTW it's all about Irian Jayas for now)

Tim_Cranwill · 02-05-03, 10:33 PM

Very nice work! I don't have time to read it all right now, but it sure looks nice

TonyL · 02-05-03, 11:23 PM

Great job so far Zoe!

And all about my favourite snake

Let us know when it is finished.

Tony

JIMI · 02-05-03, 11:33 PM

found two lil spelling/typos in the care sheet.

in the scientific name - it's New Guinea
and in pattern and colour variation - i think you mean to say "some of the finer examples" and not "some of the finger examples"...

saves ya the trouble of findin them yourself

Zoe · 02-05-03, 11:38 PM

hehe thankies... I do that with a lot of words :]

Zoe

Terraweb · 02-06-03, 04:40 AM

Wow looks good i must say ! Only the pics are missing? I will place your link on my site,....will you do the same for me !>
Take a look on our site too....

http://terrapics.com.purple.wsgate.net/

Terraweb · 02-06-03, 04:41 AM

ooooops here it is

Clownfishie · 02-06-03, 01:25 PM

The site looks great Zoe

The only mistake that I noticed was the "finger" one too...

JKUROSKI · 02-06-03, 04:21 PM

1)Scientific Name:
'Harrisoni' not harissoni and is not a recognized subspecies by taxonomists so it's use may or may not be the best.

2)Distribution:
Irian Jayas are found in many other places in Irina Jaya and Papua New Guinea not only Merauke. "all Irian Jayas in American captivity are from the island." I would hardly call Irian Jaya an Island and there is Australian Variegata in North America.

3)Size:
They are semi to mostly arboreal....stated as fact based on what research.

4)Water:
distilled water (real distilled, not purified, Brita, etc. ) is not recommended. Distilled will cause small systematic problems...usually manifested in the G.I tract and the kidneys...Osmosis is the key factor. Remember back to high school bio or chemistry...when a cell is exposed to a hypo tonic solution such as distilled water, it will swell and usually burst, when it does all the nutrients and the water (contained within the cell) will be lost to the surrounding and eliminated...the use of distilled water does not "dehydrate" in the characteristic use of the word, but the effect is the same..water and minerals are lost to the outside..."

5)Cycling:/Introduction:
You should cool them for more than 15 days. Normally two months plus is what is used.

6)Ovulation:
8-24 hours

7)Gestation:
Gestation will last 3 to 4 months.<----where in the hell did you read this!!! WRONG WRONG WRONG

That's enough for now...

Zoe · 02-06-03, 05:09 PM

read that on a caresheet but it's obviously false. instead of saying that it's wrong, perhaps saying the right answer?

As for arboreal... all of mine except my gravid one spend all of their nights roaming the branches. that is also stated on several other caresheets.

JKUROSKI · 02-06-03, 08:21 PM

Gestation occurs within the python from the time of ovulation till the time of oviposition at which time it is called incubation. So 20 days from ovulation to prelay shed and 25 days from prelay shed till oviposition gives you about 2 months. Add that to the incubation time and total time equals around 3-4 months at least. Maybe that's what they ment.

Semi arborial, yes they do at times climb. Mostly arborial, tough to say...but from my experience it was about half and half at best.

snakemann87 · 02-08-03, 10:29 PM

cool site, couldnt find any they corrected

AnthonyC · 02-26-03, 01:44 PM

Zoe,

Not to pick on you, but I'm going with Jim (JKuroski).

About being arboreal, I'd say 50% arboreal is being generous. With some of my adults, I'd consider them to be about 30% arboreal. Even babies that I've kept in 3 foot tall cages with plenty of branches have spent a LOT of their time coiled up in a hide box on the ground.

JIMI · 02-26-03, 02:17 PM

Right now I have one 4.5 foot IJ who's in his hide.
Also a 4 foot female IJ who's on the ground but in plain view against the front of the glass (so obviously not hiding eh)..
and finally a 6 foot female JCP perched on a high branch in an 18 inch high tank. she's going through a shed right now.

the female JCP is probably 40% arboreal.
the female IJ is about the same, but she never hides. ever.
the male IJ is about 60-70% arboreal during the day. 100% at night.

the male IJ prefers to feed from above, on a perch. If he's hiding during feed time he'll come out from his hide, sometimes right past the prey and up into the branches then comes down and strikes from above. resulting in feeding while hanging from his perch. it's the way he likes it and probably does it only because he has the space. the ones in 18 inch tanks dont feed from above. but the male has a 36 high enclosure.

Zoe · 02-26-03, 03:52 PM

Anthony,

All of mine have hides and rarely use them. If they aren't in the branches, they are either on a shelf or the ground in plain view.

As far as I can tell, it depends on the individual. If I had no experience I'd agree with you, but I can't plainly see how much time my snakes spend in the branches.

Of course, if they aren't given much in the ways of branches, of course they won't use them. But mine are given a wide variety of thick branches, thin branches, shelves and floor space (with hides) and rarely use the latter.

Zoe