Ridleyi Cave Dwelling Beauty Snake

As one of the common names suggest, Cave Dwelling Snakes live in caves in Thailand and Malaysia, although they can venture outside the caves too. Your baby snake can start out in enclosures as small as 10 gallons. At around a year old, you can increase the size of the enclosure. There are several kinds that work, e.g., glass aquariums, snake racks, or any of the commercially available, molded plastic-type reptile cages. For a yearling, you can step up to an enclosure that is at least 12 x 30 inches (like Zilla critter cage 20 Long) or go to the adult enclosure size. Adult Cave Dwellers can be in a  2’ x 3’ size, though something larger is even better.

If you use a glass tank, you'll want to provide a humid hide--that is a hide that has some damp moss in it for extra humidity. A snake will feel more secure if there is a hide for it on both the cool and warm sides of the enclosure (more about that in the heating section).

Cave Dwellers are good climbers on cave walls, so it's important to place a branch or driftwood piece inside your tank for them to crawl on. Leaf cover or other “protection” is also recommended.