Hi! and a few questions?

The heat pad can easily get too hot and burn your snake, thats why it really needs to be regulated by a thermostat/rheostat. Make sure she has one side of her enclosure between 88 and 92 degrees F and the other side is between 78 and 82 degrees F. Humidity should be between 40% and 60%. You should pick up a digital thermometer/hydrometer. you can get one at Wall*Mart for about $12. Something like this will work great.

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...ant/photo3.jpg

It has a probe and also measures humidity.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...39601744_n.jpg

Not the best pic but there she is. I <3 her very much! I will pick up a hide and the other what nots for her as soon as I can hehe as soonas I get texes back I wont mind dropping as much as I need to on her.

Thanks again awesome info im very much a n00b in this world.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

The heat pad can easily get too hot and burn your snake, thats why it really needs to be regulated by a thermostat/rheostat. Make sure she has one side of her enclosure between 88 and 92 degrees F and the other side is between 78 and 82 degrees F. Humidity should be between 40% and 60%. You should pick up a digital thermometer/hydrometer. you can get one at Wall*Mart for about $12. Something like this will work great.

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...ant/photo3.jpg

It has a probe and also measures humidity.

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I had no idea this existed. I might order a few for back ups. Thanks :)

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http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...39601744_n.jpg

Not the best pic but there she is. I <3 her very much! I will pick up a hide and the other what nots for her as soon as I can hehe as soonas I get texes back I wont mind dropping as much as I need to on her.

Thanks again awesome info im very much a n00b in this world.

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she doesn't look to bad considering she was being underfed! she's pretty! I would start her on small rats next feeding. After 4 feeding you can move her up to mediums. She looks like she can handle mediums. No problem! i love helping with people's questions. if you have any more questions or your not sure about something feel free to PM me.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3904944_n.jpg

This was her in Sept when I fell in love with her she has grown a bunch being fed more. Whats the best cage? I have seen a ton of dif. kinds. I dont even know how big it needs to be.

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http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3904944_n.jpg

This was her in Sept when I fell in love with her she has grown a bunch being fed more. Whats the best cage? I have seen a ton of dif. kinds. I dont even know how big it needs to be.

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I love my "Animal Plastics" (Just google that) cages. "AP" cages are made from PVC so they hold heat and humidity much better than a glass tank. I have their T8 model that is 4 foot x 2 foot x 1 foot (length x width x height) they don't need a cage that big but I wouldn't go too much smaller.

Here is what one of my cages looks like. (this one is slightly bigger than the model I mentioned in my last post. This is a T12 which is 4 x 2 x 2.

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...t/photo5-1.jpg

Ball pythons don't need the extra height of the T12 cage I actually have this size cage for my carpet python once he gets big enough.

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http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3904944_n.jpg

This was her in Sept when I fell in love with her she has grown a bunch being fed more. Whats the best cage? I have seen a ton of dif. kinds. I dont even know how big it needs to be.

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the general rule is 3x2 feet of floor room for them. Are you ever planning on getting more, or will this be your only pet. Depending on your needs, and the conditions of your apartment/house there are many many different types of enclosures. I never recommend glass enclosures as they tend to have problems with ambient temps and humidity, although I personally have had one with success -

If your looking to house just the one BP, Vision makes a PVC enclosure (I have one and I like it) http://www.visionproducts.us/htm7/cages.html Model 332 would be good for a full grown BP for its entire life. If you don't like this, animal plastics makes a good one too http://www.animalplastics.com/ this is the T3 and is comparable to the vision cage. If you want more in the future, its economical to get a rack - but thats a whole other thing. LOL

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I love my "Animal Plastics" (Just google that) cages. "AP" cages are made from PVC so they hold heat and humidity much better than a glass tank. I have their T8 model that is 4 foot x 2 foot x 1 foot (length x width x height) they don't need a cage that big but I wouldn't go too much smaller.

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your too fast for me! lol

I'm actually a miserably slow typer lol