This care sheet provides information for keeping a Green Bush Rat Snake as a pet. It recommends housing the snake in a vivarium or plastic tub with plenty of greenery, a water bowl, two hides, and climbing branches. The temperature should be maintained between 22-27°C with a heat source and humidity provided by a moist hide. Green Bush Rat Snakes grow up to 120cm and can live 15-20 years. They are found in tropical forests in Southeast Asia and eat small rodents or lizards in captivity.
This care sheet provides information for keeping a Green Bush Rat Snake as a pet. It recommends housing the snake in a vivarium or plastic tub with plenty of greenery, a water bowl, two hides, and climbing branches. The temperature should be maintained between 22-27°C with a heat source and humidity provided by a moist hide. Green Bush Rat Snakes grow up to 120cm and can live 15-20 years. They are found in tropical forests in Southeast Asia and eat small rodents or lizards in captivity.
This care sheet provides information for keeping a Green Bush Rat Snake as a pet. It recommends housing the snake in a vivarium or plastic tub with plenty of greenery, a water bowl, two hides, and climbing branches. The temperature should be maintained between 22-27°C with a heat source and humidity provided by a moist hide. Green Bush Rat Snakes grow up to 120cm and can live 15-20 years. They are found in tropical forests in Southeast Asia and eat small rodents or lizards in captivity.
This care sheet provides information for keeping a Green Bush Rat Snake as a pet. It recommends housing the snake in a vivarium or plastic tub with plenty of greenery, a water bowl, two hides, and climbing branches. The temperature should be maintained between 22-27°C with a heat source and humidity provided by a moist hide. Green Bush Rat Snakes grow up to 120cm and can live 15-20 years. They are found in tropical forests in Southeast Asia and eat small rodents or lizards in captivity.
Scientific Name Rhadinophis prasinus Range Burma, China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam Size 90 to 120cm Life Expectancy Should be 15-20 years. Habitat Principally arboreal and found in Tropical Mountain rain forests and bamboo thickets Housing Vivarium or plastic tubs Plenty of greenery in the vivarium/tub helps them to feel more secure which appears to make them more confident. Dcor Suitably large water bowl for them to drink and bathe A minimum of 2 hides (1 in the cool end and 1 in the warm end) one of which should be moist Climbing branches are advantageous but not essential Substrate Use Aspen or Forest bark coconut husk and provide a moist hide of damp moss. Temperature/Humidity 22C (72F) to 27C (81F) Heating 1
Viv - Guarded Ceramic heater or heat mat
Tub - Heat mat The temperature should be controlled by a suitable thermostat and monitored using a digital thermometer Feeding In the wild Rodents, Lizards In captivity mice and rats of appropriate size Comments Is a small diurnal ratsnake who is considered by many to be semi arboreal although some specimens are practically terrestrial. In their natural habitat they have high humidity but in captivity they do better in a drier setup with a moist hide, which they do not appear to use very often. Since keeping them in a drier environment they have never experienced any shedding problems (which they did frequently previously) and their skin is in much better condition.