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Hey guy's I am finally 1 step away from getting my baby ball. The guy I'm getting it from said it just shed and now he is trying to get it to eat a couple meals before I purchase it.

my question is can i put this baby ball in a 20 gallon long? with a hide on the cool end and a hide on the hot end. I will be using a zoo med UTH for belly heat. a 10 to 20 gallon one. Also a infrared red bulb with a mini dome fixture on top. Aspen bedding, 2 thermometers with a zoomed rheostat on the uth. a accurite digital temp monitor for humidity and ambient temp.I will be using black construction paper to block off the sides and back of the tank. and a towel over part of the screen on top to hold in heat. Will this be sufficient for a baby ball python instead of using a tub. Please respond back asap

[bsash]

You could try, but you would really need to put a lot of trees, vines, maybe four hides instead of just two. If you want to use tanks there is nothing wrong with that at all, not everyone uses tubs. I am almost positive you could find a used 10 gallon tank for next to nothing, that would be best for a baby ball, but like I said, you could try to use the 20 long gallon tank you have if you clutter it up.

Here are some of my set up to give you some ideas:








Good luck with your set up, I'd like to see pictures when it's done!

[SnakesNStangss22]

I had my ball into a 20 gal long few months after I got my ball, he did great!! Just gave some hides and vines like mentioned above, and you will be fine. I would say you might run into them not wanting to eat, bit that's a ball python thing anyway. Lol post pics when you get him or her!

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[steveboos]

The smaller the enclosure, the better off you are. A 10 gallon would be better than a 20 gallon, but if you fill it up with a whole bunch of decorations (which means more to clean and disenfect), then you should be ok. If it's a baby hatchling, then you would definitley want to use a 10 gallon tank.

[SnakesNStangss22]

I should been more clear, I started off with a baby in a 10th gal for about 4 months then switched to a 20 will all the decorations in it...

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[yeroc1982]

I just switched to tubs and am loving it!! Humidity and temps are soo much more consistent!!!

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do i need a infrared red light and a light fixture for the top of the screen?

[Vypyrz]

do i need a infrared red light and a light fixture for the top of the screen?

That will depend on what the ambient temperature of the room is. If you can use a space heater or the house heating to keep the room temp above 75F then you won't need one. Heat lamps are good for keeping the ambient temp up in tanks when the room temp falls below 75F. The down side is that you will have to watch the humidity closely. It would also help to use a lamp dimmer, rheostat or timer on the lamp to control how much it heats the tank up. Another option that some people use is to use a second UTH under the cool side. You set the warm side UTH to about 92F and the cool side UTH to about 80F...