Yippie...Got my new baby BP today!!!!

Congrats on the new bp. :D

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Originally Posted by Marla

Alternatively, you could just stuff those with newspaper to make them much more snug.

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Good idea Marla! I would have never thought of that. Makes sense tho.

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Originally Posted by led4urhead

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Originally Posted by Marla

Alternatively, you could just stuff those with newspaper to make them much more snug.

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Good idea Marla! I would have never thought of that. Makes sense tho.

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If you want to do something cheaply, ask a broke person how to do it. ;)

Congrats on the new little guy! He's a real cutie!!!

Pure genious on the newpaper idea....definitely do that. And if you really wanted to get ghetto, you could get a dark colored towel and throw it in there. My friend's BP has what we call his "blankie," its a towel originally was just supposed to crowd the tank up a little and add some security to crawl through, but now the snake actually curls up in it, and moves it from the cool side of the tank to the warm side depending on how warm it wants to be. He stopped using his hides and my friend ended up just taking them out. I know ppl on here would flip if they heard about a towel being used for a hide...but this happy healthy 2 y/o loves his blankie! Just thought I'd share.

I took some suggestions and changed some things around in Junior's home. I went to Walmart and got some fake vines and put them in there. I also got the bottom of flower pots and cut out a section for him to go in and out. A couple of nights ago he came out and was going all over the place and climbing up the sides then would get off balance and fall over...it was funny. I stuffed some newspaper in the warm side hide and he loves it. He says in there all the time now. Anyway, I also got a climb branch for him so check out the new design. You can see my pic in the beginning of this topic. Thanks for all the suggestions to making him a better home.

Shawn

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Good deal man - looks mighty cozy now!

Looks good, but I'm a little worried about the temperature. Does it say 71.4 on the cool side? If so, that is almost 10 degrees too low, and it says 93 on the warm side, which is just a little too warm. What are you using for heating?

gen, that cool side temp is off the ground, so it's probably a couple of degrees warmer on the actual surface. 93 isn't idea for warm side, but it's not bad, either. Keep an eye on those temps, though, and see if you can improve them a little with tweaking or f they settle out by themselves after a few hours. It's looking good in there now!

Yeah, I've been trying to figure that out on the temps. I using human heat pad and a red heat lamp. Both on the warm side and on a thermostat. When I first got it set up then during the day the cool side would stay about 80. Now It's staying around 71-76 during the day. How can I bring that up without messing up my warm side. The warm side stays between 90-95. Constantly up and down. The first night I had him he stayed on the cool side, now he stays in the warm side all the time and comes out some at night then back in the warm side. Again, I'm open to all suggestions. Thanks.

Shawn