The numbers
Temperature
The cool side, 24–27°C. This sheet states the cool side only. It gives no warm side or basking figure, so the hot end is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet statescool 24-27 °C
Humidity
The sheet states20-80%
UVB
The sheet statesArcadia ShadeDweller MAX UVB kit; The closest distance between a Children's python and its UVB lamp (basking distance) should be approximately 6-8"
Identity
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet statesThe minimum enclosure size recommended for housing one Children's python is 36"L x 18"W x 18"H
What your climate adds
This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.
Diet
Feeding rhythm
Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. This sheet states a figure for each age, so each age has its row.
Why
The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56. A young animal's row is drawn only where the sheet gives one: working it out by dividing the adult interval would be inventing a ration.
The sheet statesAside from the usual mice and rats, you can add variety to your snake's diet with hamsters, gerbils, chicks, quail, anoles, house geckos, and Reptilinks; Juveniles should be fed once every 5-7 days; Adults should be fed once every 7-14 days
Common questions
Is it called that because it is good for children?
No, it is named after a scientist called Children. It does happen to be one of the best beginner pythons, though.
How big does it get?
Only about a metre, sometimes slightly more. A very manageable adult size for an apartment.
Does it bite?
Hatchlings can nip while they are nervous, but they settle quickly and adults are usually very tolerant of handling.
What does it cost to keep?
Very little. It eats a small mouse every week or two, so food is often under two hundred baht a month.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.
Sources
Others in this group
What this sheet states
This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.
UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.