Garters and their love of water.

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It would have to be huge and with good ventilation otherwise skin problems may develop.
Also bare in mind that five snakes will quickly turn the water it into a cesspit.

With the help of water plants,snails,frequent water changes and a good filter you could deal with the waist of one or two snakes.

This type of set-up may be better suited to Nerodia,Natrix, tropical water snakes (Liophis,Xenochrophis ect), semi aquatic 'phibs and Lizards.

Good luck with your project!

[Ruth]

It would have to be huge and with good ventilation otherwise skin problems may develop.
Also bare in mind that five snakes will quickly turn the water it into a cesspit.

With the help of water plants,snails,frequent water changes and a good filter you could deal with the waist of one or two snakes.

This type of set-up may be better suited to Nerodia,Natrix, tropical water snakes (Liophis,Xenochrophis ect), semi aquatic 'phibs and Lizards.

Good luck with your project!

It's not a project just a dream Though if I happen to have snakes that I think would thrive in that sort of environment I may be brave enough to try it one day.

[Ruth]

Thanks all. I don't have a problem with having a set up that is reasonably high maintenance if it works and does the snake good. Obviously as well as having a filter for the water you would need to be able to drain it frequently, I would think that could be reasonably easy to achieve with an external filter and a well placed drain hole. My main concern is still whether I would be able to keep plants alive in a naturalistic terrarium. I don't ever plan on having a huge number of snakes so I would have room for some good sized enclosures. Although this is just a dream at the moment I think after I've done a lot of research I'm not going to be able to resist trying it.

If a group of five snakes is too many how big an enclosure can be given to a pair ? Can you actually go as large as you want as long as there is plenty of cover and area's of basking ? I can't help but think you should be able to give them a lot of room as long as there isn't a wide open space for them to feel threatened.