Baby Ball Python Setup

Wow that is a nice setup for the price.

I don't know if this has been covered but with this setup you could go even cheaper and have it be just as effective such as instead of store bought hides , you can just go to home depot and go to the plant section and get the trays that you put pots in and cut out a section on the side , would probably cost you a dollar for each hide more or less, also news paper you can get for extremely cheap or even free. I'm not a fan of reptibark as it is dusty and could cause respritory problems and is also quite costly.

One thing I do with my newspaper is I cut them out in sections and run them through a paper shredder and make tons of it, its simple effective and next to free.

Also for people that don't have a whole lot of money like me , home made rheostats can be made for about 7-8 bucks each here is a link http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19168 from the corn snake forums on how to make one of these, DdotSpot also shows you how to make one with 2 sockets. I have had no problem with mine.


If this was already covered I apologize, I just don't feel like reading 12 pages of posts =P

Thanks

Brian

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I'm just a brand new snake owner so please forgive me if you think these questions are stupid....lol. I'm just setting up 2 new tanks and they are about the same as your pics on page 1. I have a question though, when you put the aluminum foil on the bottom of the tank did put the UTH under the foil ( I didn't see the UTH attached on the foil pic) and what direction did you place the shiny side of the foil on the bottom of the tank (up or down)?

thanks....

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nice tutorial,.. great ball python :)

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Originally Posted by aj.gladding

the two identical hides stuff is a myth. In the wild a python will never find two identical hides...lol. I have two completely different hides and Diablo uses them both!! But two hides are important. One on the hot side, and one on the cold side.

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I think that in a sense I have four hides... two are identical and then I have the hollowed out log and the bush that it hides under.... Normally avoids the identical hides.

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Originally Posted by Rapture

Purrrdy!

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I second that . Great little environment for your shining beauty. :snake:

that's nice thanks for the help