Tub or Tank?

I own 1 male ball python. Pretty young. He's in a tank, but the humidity is bad. I've been told by multiple people on RTB forums to switch to tub, so I figured I'd ask my fellow BP owner's what their personal opinions is on tanks or tubs.

Whether a tub will work for you depends largely on your ambient temperatures. If the room he stays in gets below 76deg F in winter, then a tub will make it very difficult to add supplemental heating (lamp, CHE, etc.). Remember, a heat pad (UTH) should only be used to create a hot spot; it will NOT be sufficient to raise ambient temps more than a couple of degrees at best. Look into a PVC cage if you need better humidity and will need supplemental heating without a temperature-controlled room.

Either one can work.

Adding extra moss, covering the top of the screen lid, and keeping the substrate moist under the hiding spots makes it much, much easier to keep tropical species in glass tanks. Tubs can be useful and are easier to keep humidity up in, but as has been pointed out already, increasing ambient temps in there is really hard unless the whole room is warm.

Try adding some moss and more water to the substrate. In drier areas, I often suggest to customers to add a full glass of water or more to the substrate once or twice a week to ensure it has enough moisture in it to contribute to higher humidity.

-Jen