New baby ball python

As far as substrate goes, I personally feel that any loose substrate are unecessary and are more of a hassle than they're worth. If you use loose substrates, you can't feed in the same cage, so you have to move the animal before feeding, which can be a problem with ambush predators such as Ball Pythons.....I just use a few layers of newspaper and all of my snakes are thriving.

My hubby tried either bed a beast or eco earth don't remember which one but he had a had time drying it out therefore making it hard to maintain the humidty levels in the tank.

Yeah, I know what you mean with the bed a beast being too moist. What I have to do with my solid top tanks is after soaking the BAB to get it to expand is to let it sit in an empty tank or bucket and stir it twice a dat till it dries out (this is after wringing all the water out of it). Once it is dry, or slightly moist you can put it in the solid top tanks and leave it be and only need to lightly mist to keep humidity up. It's great with frogs and humid loving animals, but can be used in low humidity if it's only lightly misted.

Wayyy too much trouble if you ask me. I'll stick with newspaper, lol.

lol, but in the long run BAB is less trouble. Don't have to change it (I mean when you have frogs). I just put some plants in and then every week I stir the dirt a little to recycle the "fertilizers" and that's it. How about tiles? I have some 12x12 floor tiles on bottom of my gecko tank, that I just take a wet paper towel to every night to clean them. Would this be ok for a snake, they absorb heat evenly and make a nice cozy spot to bask.
I read the humidity should be above 50% no more than 75%, when I mist the tank to increase humidity, should I wipe up the water that puddles to the floor? Is it ok to leave this little bit of water on the bottom for them to move around in. I know some animals get irritations when they are kept too moist.

For frogs, maybe......but not for snakes, lol. There are some other ways to boost humidity other than misting, which I only do when my snakes are in shed, such as using a larger water bowl, or using a rubbermaid as a cage because they hold humudity ALOT better than glass tanks.

Ball pythons will get scale rot if kept on too moist a substrate, so I would definitely not suggest using the tiles and misting them.

Good point, Marla.

I am not planning on misting unless he is in a shed or unless the humidity gets below 50, which it usually doesn't. But since he is in a shed I thought maybe I should raise the humidity a little, this was before I put the bigger water bowl in there. I noticed that there was water on the bottom of the tank, and since all my other tanks except the gecko have BAB I don't have to worry about the water. So I went ahead and wiped the water up, this is what I do with my gecko. I have the tiels on the gecko tank and everytime I mist Eeyore's tank, I wipe up the tiles. This may seem like a lot of work, but as I am wiping the misting water off the tiles I am also cleaning the previous nights dirt :D I do have a large dog water bowl in there that is doing a good job of keeping humidity high without misting. So are the tiles ok, as long as I keep them dry? I like the way they look and they are easy to clean and I'd rather tank a moist paper towel to the bottom of a tank than take everything out and change the paper. Besides we don't get the newspaper and I have some for my bird, but I am forever forgetting to get it since I use so little of it. I have some pretty blue ones in the gecko tank that are kind of textured like the top of a cliff, but worn smooth with age. Also like I previously mentioned they absorb heat and distribute it evenly. They do not get hot or have hot spots etc. Can often find my gecko lying as flat as possible on the tiles.

it's a tough call - don't know if i've ever heard of tiles being used with a BP but I'm open to new ideas :) be sure to disinfect regularly of course and be absolutely sure there is no water on the tile because scale rot is not good... some bp's like to nestle themselves in a bit.. not to say that they are a burrowing snake per se but I know my bp likes to kind of twist his way into the ground a bit to feel more secure when he is inside his hide so you may have a bit of added stress in that dept. BP's like it close and secure. I've read of them living inside of trees and even underground tunnels in the wild - but I imagine if the repticarpet and newspaper work then tiles should work too as long as there isn't any extra heat and water. If the extra effort is worth it to you than give it a shot but others know a lot more than me :) good to see you around the forums! :)