New to snakes/forum; Questions and Intro

a lot of breeders just don't advertise them but i think most of them have some. just email and ask! doesn't hurt!

[QUOTE=CanadianNinja]Wow. Thats a lot to chew through. Great! Thanks for that. Do most breeders supply snakes only, or do they offer starter kits as well? QUOTE]

Hey Ninja Man,

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Before you even buy your BP, you want to set everything up. (I know you work at a pet store so I'm sure you can get discounts too)
So have this all ready before the snake is even home... and you can even adjust your temps before it comes home so it's totally comfortable once it arrives.

You want your
1 - UTH (Under tank heat) - no hot rocks pls and thank you!!!!
2 - 2 seperate hides that will be a little bigger then your snake.
3 - Your water dish (big enought for the BP to get all wet and soak)
4 - A rock to help with getting the skin off during shed
5 - I use two heat lamps as well (one night, one day)
6 - Some fake leaves (something for your BP to hide in when it comes out, if that ever happens, I still don't know!)
7 - You want a DIGITAL thermometer. And I stress digital because I had bad problems with analog before. You can get them at Walmart and they have a probe to put on one side so you can read out and in. (one thermometer = two different temp readings)
8 - Spray bottle to help with humidity (humid hide is always nice to have during sheds as well. I use an ice cream container and put damp ppr tower in it)
9 - make sure you have a TIGHT lid on the tank or rubbermaid container/ mom wont like when she finds out that the snake is roaming the house. (My mom was in tears when my corn got out)

So thats all I can really think of. Perhaps someone else can add a few things or what not.

Also, if your new snake is a baby, you won't want a 40G tank for your 8 inch snake (it can cause stress). So you may spend some extra money on upgarding in size as it grows.

But between you and me and I guess everyone else that reads this... i didnt do that!
I put my baby in a 40G tank, and I think it wasn't the best idea because some sheds were not perfect and she even went off food for 4 months (but I think that had to do with the temps, why the temps you ask... because I was usuing an analog thermometer and it was off by like 10 degrees, they all were off (even humidity), so thats why we use digital)

SO... After all is setup... you can go and purchase your new buddy, and live happily ever after. *hopefully*

Most ppl say, Rubbermaid is better then a Glass Tank... and I agree, even though I've never tired it...

They hold the humidity better and probably also the heat as well...

so look into Rubbermaid... but the downfall is you can't really see your pet you just purchased.
Kinda blurry looking through plastic eh!