best and cheap setups for ball pythons i need help.

[Jessica Loesch]

Accurite thermometer x2 - $12 each at Walmart

Why 2? It has a probe. At least the ones at home depot do, for $10. Unit on the cool side probe on the hot side.

Also, someone suggested flexwatt heat tape at 11" size. Not a good idea, it will be fine with the 3" size.

[RetiredJedi]

Why 2? It has a probe. At least the ones at home depot do, for $10. Unit on the cool side probe on the hot side.

Also, someone suggested flexwatt heat tape at 11" size. Not a good idea, it will be fine with the 3" size.

Yea, I had one of the older ones from Walmart that only had one readout. I just recently got the newer type that has the ability to read both at the same time.

[RetiredJedi]

Yea, I had one of the older ones from Walmart that only had one readout. I just recently got the newer type that has the ability to read both at the same time.

I guess not really older ones but they are the cheaper ones I had at the house that we bought when our AC unit was going bad and that was he first thing that came to my head. I forgot about the double readout ones.

[Jessica Loesch]

Oh okay, yeah they are $10 at lowes

[snakesRkewl]

You want cheap let me show you cheap...

Pick up a melamine book shelf and some extra shelving, garage sale, goodwill, walmart etc.
Instead of using the pre-existing holes for the shelves place the tubs up against the top shelf and nail the shelf under the tub so then the tub slides nicely onto the shelf and the shelf above keeps the lid from being opened and the snake from escaping.

Tape down flexwatt onto the shelves and wire them inline so there is one plug-in to plug into your t-stat.

Nine 40qt tubs can fit into one 5 shelf book shelf in this fashion just by adding shelves.

I bred 11 females in these 40qt sterilites and every single female is gravid or has laid eggs


It also works well for hatchling racks.

I took an old china hutch and laid down flexwatt on each shelf after making each shelf the perfect height so each tub barely slides under the shelf.
It will hold 35 tubs and cost under $75 in materials since I already had the old china hutch.
I've seen old china hutches at goodwill for $20.