Tub setup questions...

Ok, So the female snake I am rescuing I cant keep her at my boyfriends with the other snake we have. I am not allowed to have a snake at my current residence (I live with my dad... it sucks, his girlfriend wont even let me have my salamanders in the house.)

So if I put the snake in a tub could I keep it under my bed or in my closet?

What about the UTH, it would be on the carpet. Do I have to put it on something else? Should I cover it with the foil?

I want to have the right set up with being able to hide it well from my dad's girlfriend. My boyfriend and I have been looking at houses so this will only be a temporary thing.

I have everything else but the tub... bedding, hides, water dish, UTH, dimmers, ordered a Ranco thermostat, acurite thermometer/hydgrometer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am the queen of hiding snakes as you are "not supposed to have animals in the dorms". Just so no one jumps on me for this, I can guarantee no one cares. The people come in for inspections and before they look around they ask us to make sure we have hidden everything we need to. It is just school protocol so no one has any crazy allergic reactions to animals. Who is allergic to snakes anyway? lol

If I put a tub on carpet, I always put a peice of foam board down underneath it. It just makes it easier to move around and keeps it from radiating all of the heat into the ground. Right now I am keeping them in an armoir because it was getting too cold under the bed (by the window). They are fine in there. :3

She will be fine as long as it is a temporary thing. If she is under your bed, I assume some light will filter in so it won't be 100% blackness all the time.

Good luck!

What kind of foam board would be good? And where would be a good place to get it? I personally have never heard of it.

My dad's girlfriend doesnt go in my room very often but if she does happen to go in there I just want to make sure it looks like another bin under my bed. Yes I can put it near the window side, thats where the outlet is anyways.

What size tub for a snake that is about a foot and a half and weighs 118 grams? She is skinny so i expect her to gain some weight with me as well!

Foil on the bottom of the tub or no? Not sure how different setting up a tub is from a glass tank.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

I am the queen of hiding snakes as you are "not supposed to have animals in the dorms". Just so no one jumps on me for this, I can guarantee no one cares. The people come in for inspections and before they look around they ask us to make sure we have hidden everything we need to. It is just school protocol so no one has any crazy allergic reactions to animals. Who is allergic to snakes anyway? lol

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You are always so quick to give out advice and this time it's bad advice. Not about the tub, but about being a sneak and a cheat. How can you guarantee no one cares? You can only assume. Same for allergies. Other people have a right to know whether you think so or not.

Hope your school doesn't spray for bugs while you're in class.

i had that problem in my apartment but it is rare that my land lord comes in so i moved my snake to a tub near boxes of stuff so it blends in out in the open. i risk a $250 dollar fine but i don't think your dad will do that. you need to weigh the the benefit/consequences.

There wont be any consequences at all. I mean they know how I am, always bringing home stray dogs and such. If I can keep the snake from them thats what I would rather do. If they find it, no big deal. I mean the worse thing they can do is have me put it in the garage... and thats heated so no big deal there. I wont get kicked out or anything like that. I just need to find out how to set it up.

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Originally Posted by grammie

You are always so quick to give out advice and this time it's bad advice. Not about the tub, but about being a sneak and a cheat. How can you guarantee no one cares? You can only assume. Same for allergies. Other people have a right to know whether you think so or not.

Hope your school doesn't spray for bugs while you're in class.

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Thats really nice of you :/
The Residence advisor who lives across the hall from me has a cat. I think no one cares. If I get in trouble for it, that is my responsibility to deal with, not yours.
My school doesn't "spray for bugs". They don't enter the rooms except for inspection, which is once a year, and I am present for this inspection.

Please take your concern elsewhere.

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What kind of foam board would be good? And where would be a good place to get it? I personally have never heard of it.

My dad's girlfriend doesnt go in my room very often but if she does happen to go in there I just want to make sure it looks like another bin under my bed. Yes I can put it near the window side, thats where the outlet is anyways.

What size tub for a snake that is about a foot and a half and weighs 118 grams? She is skinny so i expect her to gain some weight with me as well!

Foil on the bottom of the tub or no? Not sure how different setting up a tub is from a glass tank.

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You can buy foam board at most drug stores. It is like two poster boards slapped onto a piece of foam. As for tubs, I use 16qt iris tubs for now. She should be fine in that temporarily.

The main issue with putting a tub under your bed, is the ground is normally much colder than the ambient temperature in the room, because heat rises.

just curious.... what species of snake?