Newbie :)

hey guys whatsup? im totally new here just registered! i tried to post this wolla go but i think i did it wrong and if it shows up twice thats why....im dumb. anyways...i just got my first baby bp about two weeks ago! he is my love. his name is Hardwin ( it means brave friend ) i have read a ton about pythons but that doesnt make up for experience that i dont have. any advice that anyone could throw my way no matter how off topic or wierd would be greatly appreciated! i love my hardwin and i worry so much about everything that he does!!! please let me in on anything!!! :) P.S he just ate today for the first time since i have had hiim!! im so flippin proud of him!!!

Welcome...glad you stopped in.:D

If you could post a little more about his new setup (type, temps, humidity, furnishings, etc.) then we could critique and offer up any suggestions that might make him/you more comfortable.

Also, is that you with him in your avatar? If so he isn't a baby.

k. 20 gallon terrarium. aspen beeding. rock water bowl. half log hide thingy. red heating bulb, with heating pad stuck to the side of the glass ( not underneath.) um....im sorry i dont know real names for everything. im so new. but i love my snake and want to know the best ways to take care of hiim. you know those :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty little stick on thermometers? i have one on the back glass. so its about 90 hot end 82 cool end. he just ate for the first time today. im excited. i dont know a lot about snakes but im not ignorant either. i know enough to know that im doing ok takiing care of him but i want to be better than ok. that is not good enough for him. i wnat better. ya know?

im not sure what to do about humidity. it scares me. he doesnt look ready to shed yet...i hope that isnt my fault. i got my yearning for a snake cause my uncle has a six foot ball. ( the one in the pic with me) and his name is feet. feet is in a 20 gallon tank. way to small...with a heating rock. those two things are bad. so im looking for outside sources for help. i just didnt wanna even ask him about humidity ya know? not to much to rely on. oh and i have a towel sitting on the top of one side of the terrarium to keep in heat.

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Originally Posted by i_love_my_hardwin

k. 20 gallon terrarium. aspen beeding. rock water bowl. half log hide thingy. red heating bulb, with heating pad stuck to the side of the glass ( not underneath.) um....im sorry i dont know real names for everything. im so new. but i love my snake and want to know the best ways to take care of hiim. you know those :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty little stick on thermometers? i have one on the back glass. so its about 90 hot end 82 cool end. he just ate for the first time today. im excited. i dont know a lot about snakes but im not ignorant either. i know enough to know that im doing ok takiing care of him but i want to be better than ok. that is not good enough for him. i wnat better. ya know?

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Wow...where to start. I would suggest you read this thread

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=56846

It talks about setting up a proper tank...you have a lot of "errors" that should be corrected and this thread will explain them all.

Once you do then ask specific questions about what you don't understand...and we can help.

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Originally Posted by i_love_my_hardwin

k. 20 gallon terrarium. aspen beeding. rock water bowl. half log hide thingy. red heating bulb, with heating pad stuck to the side of the glass ( not underneath.) um....im sorry i dont know real names for everything. im so new. but i love my snake and want to know the best ways to take care of hiim. you know those :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty little stick on thermometers? i have one on the back glass. so its about 90 hot end 82 cool end. he just ate for the first time today. im excited. i dont know a lot about snakes but im not ignorant either. i know enough to know that im doing ok takiing care of him but i want to be better than ok. that is not good enough for him. i wnat better. ya know?

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Welcome! Couple things stick out....

1. Get a better thermometer Acurite makes a good one that has a probe so you can monitor the hot side with the probe and the unit itself will monitor the other side for ambient. It will also show you your humidity which you should know and keep around 55% (everyone will say differently but that seems to be the census).

2. How are you regulating your hot side? You should have the UTH (Under Tank Heater) on at the least a rheostat but a thermostat would be better.

3. Not really an issue (personally) but most people recommend two identical hides on either side of the tank and not those half log things (doesn't make them feel secure enough i guess).

I'm sure you will get a bunch more posts adding stuff hopefully you will be able to piece them all together and make sense of it all :D

Also, rule #1 of these boards is PICS PICS and more PICS!

wow your right. i do have errors.....bad ones. geese. i know he is comfortable in his home......but i am so freakin out about temps. i feel that ill never get it right :( and humidity omg! how should i place everything in the tank to accomodate for now? does it matter what is where ? like wether his hide should be under the lamp or not? i put his water as far from the heat lamp as possible.... im gonna put a pic of him up. just so you can see....if i can figure out how.

holy geez how do i put a pic up?

Posting Pics ;)

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