help. new owner

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Originally Posted by kristy0720

light. what is uth?

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Theres the problem. UTH is an Under Tank Heater. Like a heating pad for reptiles. Heat lights and lights period suck out humdity and will dry stuff out quick..

Here look at this thread this is how you top should look like

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=32800

Minus the light Try that and see how it works

Also will a mod be so kind as to relocate this to the husbandry forum and not the pictures ??

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Also will a mod be so kind as to relocate this to the husbandry forum and not the pictures ??

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Done...thanks for catchin' that. :)

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Originally Posted by kristy0720

He is in an aquarium with a mess lid that i have covered mostly with Aluminum foil and duct tape. The warm side stays between 90 and 92 while the cool side stays between 80 and 84. I measure the temp with 2 small therms i bought at a local pet store.

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We use a couple of tanks for now. You said the mesh lid was "mostly" covered...I would duct tape whatever remainder is open. On both of our glass tanks our humidity stays right at 55-58 % with the entire lid covered with tape....even the one that still has a light in addition to the UTH. If you ontinue to use the light...make sure a portion of the water dish is under the light...helps a lot.

-BT :cool:

Your humidity also depends slightly on the ambiant air RH. If your like me and live in the south low humidity is not the issue. But if you live in Az then you might have lower Ambiant RH..

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Originally Posted by bjthomps

We use a couple of tanks for now. You said the mesh lid was "mostly" covered...I would duct tape whatever remainder is open. On both of our glass tanks our humidity stays right at 55-58 % with the entire lid covered with tape....even the one that still has a light in addition to the UTH. If you ontinue to use the light...make sure a portion of the water dish is under the light...helps a lot.

-BT :cool:

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You have to have SOME opening in the screen cover to allow for air flow. Stagnant air is worse than low humidity.

See this post for what your screen top should look like

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=32800

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Originally Posted by kristy0720

I measure the temp with 2 small therms i bought at a local pet store.

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Digital or the dials? Where in the tank are they located (midway up, down low, or up high?)

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

See this post for what your screen top should look like

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=32800

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Yep..that's what our tank that uses a light looks like.

Sorry, Judy...I should have been more clear...there is some opening....right around the light itself...lets in plenty of air....

-BT

mine had mite when i brought him home and i uesd Reptile Relief. works like a charm! but the only way i knew is he soaked and when he did there were black specks in the water.

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Originally Posted by JLC

There's two "stickied" threads in the Site Info forum that tell how...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=28289

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=18760

As well as other stickies you may find very informative. :)

And yes...snakes can carry mites that you won't see for awhile...usually eggs that will hatch sometime in the next week or two...IF she has any.

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