New cage

Ok, I am getting ready to put the substrate in my tank (it's a glass one) and I had seen somewhere that it was a decent idea to put newspaper under the substrate. I'm useing the coconut husk stuff...Bed-a Beast? Something like that. Anyways since it is supposed to be a bit moist to help with the humidity, should I still put newspaper under it, or just leave it in there by itself?

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

Ok, I am getting ready to put the substrate in my tank (it's a glass one) and I had seen somewhere that it was a decent idea to put newspaper under the substrate. I'm useing the coconut husk stuff...Bed-a Beast? Something like that. Anyways since it is supposed to be a bit moist to help with the humidity, should I still put newspaper under it, or just leave it in there by itself?

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Placing newspaper underneath your substrate could be ground for bacterias to grow if not change regularly.

I use coconut husk with my ball pythons and do not put newspaper underneath, but that's my own personal decision

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

I use coconut husk with my ball pythons and do not put newspaper underneath, but that's my own personal decision

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Is it difficult to clean, or to keep clean?

Not difficult at all to me! Now don't get me wrong, before using coconut husk I was just using newspaper (blank when i could get my hands on it and printed when I couldnt) and it's not as easy as that, but it's still easy, and it looks a lot better in my opinion.

Ok, another question. :P I just want to get this right before I actually put a snake in the tank.... I got the warm side up to 91-93, but that is right on the glass....on top of the substrate it's said 87. =/ And my cool side is 75 or something. I have a UTH and a CHE, but the CHE is kinda small (65 watts) partly to keep it from killing my humidity, partly b/c that's all the pet store had :P If I switch the tank around and make what is the warm side now, the cool side, and get a bigger UTH or some of that Flex tape stuff, and put the CHE over that, would that help my temps? And where do you get the Flexwatt(?) tape, or something along those lines?

Oh, taking a UTH off the tank will ruin it, won't it?

I wouldnt measure the temps off the glass it should be measured off the substrate or under the substrate. Also i would get the cool side temp up to about 82, and the warm side up to about 92. Also how are you using to measure temps/humidity?

Here you go this might help you out...
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32800 :salute:

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Originally Posted by juddb

I wouldnt measure the temps off the glass it should be measured off the substrate or under the substrate. Also i would get the cool side temp up to about 82, and the warm side up to about 92. Also how are you using to measure temps/humidity?

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I have to disagree. Measure your temps from the glass. Most BP will dig up the substrate to get to the temp that they want. If the temp is too hot on the glass you could burn your snake...

I use a CHE to increase the ambient temp of the enclosure -- so putting it on the cool side and using it to bring the substrate up to 80f would be good.

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Originally Posted by AkivaSmith

I have to disagree. Measure your temps from the glass. Most BP will dig up the substrate to get to the temp that they want. If the temp is too hot on the glass you could burn your snake...

I use a CHE to increase the ambient temp of the enclosure -- so putting it on the cool side and using it to bring the substrate up to 80f would be good.

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I misunderstood, I was thinking the glass sides of the tank... sorry :)