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Re: New to the forum
Welcome to the forums!
Some tips: Heat lamps aren't very great, I'd suggest an Under Tank Heater (UTH) controlled with a thermostat and monitored with a thermometer. Hot side should be 89-92, and cold side should be 75-85.
Second, get rid of the half log hide. Replace with two very snug (touching all sides of the bp preferably) cave-like hides, one of the cold side, one on the warm.
Cypress will do great for humidity.
Good looking little baby, hope you enjoy the forums!
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Re: New to the forum
For some reason I can't find how I edit my post again, but I wanted to ask what you all thought of his coloration, is it a regular bp, or could it be a different morph?
Thanks again for all your help
John
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Re: New to the forum
Well, I do have an under the tank heater on the right hand side of the tank...that's where it spends most of its time. And the heat lamps bring up the temp to 90 or so during the day, and then I shut one of them off at night leaving a red light that allows the tank to go to around 80 degrees at nighttime...
As far as the hides, I'll look into getting one or two different snug hide boxes.
Thanks for the advice,
John
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Re: New to the forum
Originally Posted by Jsprofera
For some reason I can't find how I edit my post again, but I wanted to ask what you all thought of his coloration, is it a regular bp, or could it be a different morph?
Thanks again for all your help
John
He's a nice very yellow/light normal
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Re: New to the forum
No, I just plugged in the UTH, do not have it regulated with a probe and/or thermometer. I had seen a video from ralph davis where he did a basic enclosure with a 10 gallon tank for a baby snake, and he had stated that you didn't need to regulate the uth at all, that it got as hot as needed. Is that not correct?
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Welcome and beautiful young addition! Now a few words of warning :-) Even low wattage UTHs can heat up to 100-110 degrees or so unchecked. I had mine on a rheostat and it still was way too hot. You will want to invest in a thermostat and keep it around 94-95 degrees or so to ensure adequate heat transfer through your substrate. Also, make sure that you also invest in two correctly proportioned closed-sided hides and a digital thermometer/hygrometer. The open logs often do not provide enough security, especially younglings, when you do not have the sides of the tank blacked out, and the dial thermometers/hygrometers are notoriously off in their readings. Good luck!!
--BPQ
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Re: New to the forum
Originally Posted by Jsprofera
Well, I do have an under the tank heater on the right hand side of the tank...that's where it spends most of its time. And the heat lamps bring up the temp to 90 or so during the day, and then I shut one of them off at night leaving a red light that allows the tank to go to around 80 degrees at nighttime...
As far as the hides, I'll look into getting one or two different snug hide boxes.
Thanks for the advice,
John
if you're relying on those dial meters, i would re-check all your temps AFTER getting a digital thermometer / hygrometer. also, you need to monitor belly heat. i bought mine from wal-mart - they read temps and humidity and they're about $8 each .
those heat lamps suck the humidity right out of aquariums.. trust me, i started with one too ..
also, to replace the dreaded half log, you can buy 2 hide boxes from reptile basics: http://www.reptilebasics.com/hide-boxes/
you don't have a morph, but you have a sweet awesome color and patterned normal. do you know if it's male or female? that would be an interesting dinker
welcome to the forum! this place rocks!
Originally Posted by reixox
BPs are like pokemon. you tell yourself you're not going to get sucked in. but some how you just gotta catch'em all.
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Re: New to the forum
Originally Posted by Jsprofera
No, I just plugged in the UTH, do not have it regulated with a probe and/or thermometer. I had seen a video from ralph davis where he did a basic enclosure with a 10 gallon tank for a baby snake, and he had stated that you didn't need to regulate the uth at all, that it got as hot as needed. Is that not correct?
ALL uth's need to be regulated.
The fastest way to burn your snake is not using a thermostat.
Jerry Robertson
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