Figured runner - ideal option for those who decided to get quite unpretentious snake. Many consider that figured runner - a great option for beginners.
The maintenance of a runner should be begun with selection of a convenient terrarium. As a figured runner pretty small snake, for creation of comfortable conditions it is necessary to get a terrarium of horizontal type with sizes: 70х40х40. For one snake of it will be enough. In the terrarium it will be necessary to establish to a ditch which has to be filled with water whose temperature has to be slightly lower than room. Except that ditch it is necessary at a molt, a skin at poloz rather rigid and firm, and water allows it to soak that in turn simplifies to a runner process of a molt.
In a terrarium usually it is impossible to do also without soil, but with a figured runner soil plays only a decorative role in a case. For creation of comfortable conditions it is not obligatory. As soil recommend to use the most usual sawdust, pieces of bark and small gravel. It is not recommended to use color soil. For creation of comfortable conditions in a terrarium it is also necessary to establish small shelters for a runner. As shelters special shelves, lodges and snags which without effort can be bought in pet-shop or online can approach.
You should not forget about heating and illumination of a terrarium also. Heating has to be carried out about 12-14 hours. It is recommended to support lighting also about 12 hours. It is recommended to feed a figured runner also within 12 hour periods of illumination of a terrarium. In house conditions of a runner it is worth feeding with the Japanese mice and quail eggs. These components of a house diet are brought most closer to what the runner in wild conditions eats. Time in 5 days is recommended to feed poloz. You should not forget as well about mineral additives. The pounded egg shell is ideal for poloz. It is also sometimes recommended to indulge poloz and mineral water, but without gases naturally.
At the correct contents the runner without problems can live about 10 years.