I have 2 young snakes (haven't weighed/measured but maybe length of my arm from palm to elbow), and after reading all the threads on here about 'to keep together or not to keep together' I decided seperating them was a good idea. One of them seemed to be definately dominant and it didn't help that he started shedding and we handle the other snake more often. Poor thing might not be liking that too much! I'm going to put a stop to him being taken-out for a week and see if that helps any. (DH force-fed him a couple days ago because he wouldn't eat)

I also moved my 55 gallon tank outside on my front porch after reading another thread by someone else in my lovely state of FL who had done it while cleaning the snake room, and noticed how much his snakes loved it. I had a ****ens of a time with the humidity and it never got above 41%! (not below 39%, but still) Guess my central a/c works good. I also got not-so-good temps the cage. I have some poster board on the back to keep reflection down, etc. but it's certainly not insulating.

I am in the process of getting my snakes the proper hides as right now they each have a log-thing with some holes in it I got at Michaels. I'll take a picture of the tank with my iPhone and see about uploading it soon as I can. They seem to like the log-thing, though!

Questions now -
My ambient temps still vary about 10 degrees, at most. The low-end is around 73 at night and gets in the 80's during the day. My humidity is much more stable and higher, now. Usually it's in the 80's. A couple times the first day I put them out there it registered as "hi" but it's been really rainy here the last few days. Is there such a thing as too much humidity? The top of the tank is actually 2 pieces of wood with holes drilled and since I have it outside I wrapped them in cheesecloth to try and keep out critters.

My biggest concern is I have a UTH on one side, but not the other, since this was originally supposed to be a one-tank-fits-both situation. I have a heating pad I can put under my second snake, but not sure if that can be a long-term solution. Also, how am I going to provide a 'cool side' hide to the snake with the UTH under his entire side?!

I was worried my one snake (the much-handled one) might be sick, but I think all the moving, changing, etc. has probably just worn him out. So I'm going to leave him alone, like I said. I'm also going to find a herp vet around here. I had a vet I used to use when I had my hedgehog, and I believe they dealt with snakes, too, though I never took my last one in. I also will be getting a scale so I can give more accurate weights.

Any suggestions would be appreciated! It might be easier soon as I get a picture up, so I'll try to do that as soon as possible. I know I will probably have to move them inside in the winter, so I will need to either make some changes to the cage (like insulating with foamboard) or put them in actual seperate enclosures. It is also likely we will be moving in possibly a few months, and that will possibly necessitate they stay inside.