Ok so first of my little boy wants to get a ball python (getting it from all Ohio retile show)
Now I want to make sure this animal is taken care of the right way so here is my cage layout so far
The tank is a 29 gallon tank with a screen lid
Now as you see in the pic to the left side I have a little UTH, and above that I have a little rock hide. In the middle is a water bowl and to the right of that is like a little fake wood rough thing he can sort of hide in/rub against. This has all been given to me from a friend who no longer needed it. Now I also have a heat lamp that has a 150w infrared bulb in it. When the meter is under the bulb there is no humidity and the temp is around 100. Now tomorrow I will be hooking it up to a dimmer for the time being until I can get something a little better. Using dimmer to tone down the UTH/heat lamp. This is also with no substrate but the temp in the room is reading 75 deg with 28% humidity.
I figured once I added some substrate to the bottom it would raise the humidity. (Thinking Repti Bark or eco earth) I also read somewhere that a mix of both 50/50 is better than using 100% of just one.
Now as I said before I will hook the UTH and the lamp up to a dimmer to tone down how hot it’s getting until I can get something better. My question is what should I change/ do differently. Money is a bit of an object atm so if it could remain cheap for now. But down the road I’m going to invest in something a little bit better so please list the cheapest way to change what needs to be changed but also what is best.
Thanks for reading this just want to make sure the cage is going to be good enough for a ball python we will be picking one up this Saturday so I would like to try to get it all set up and at the right temp/humidity before Friday
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