Give me your opinion on my setup/Is it normal for BP to come out during the day?

As in my PM to you, I think his prey is a bit small.. it should be about the same size as the widest point in your snakes body. I like to see a bit of a bulge after they eat

I think you need to up his prey size there. A pup would do well, trust me these guys stretch! I have my girl about the same size as yours in a 12 qt tub, she gets fed every 5 days a rat pup, and she is packing on the size. ;)

Dude, that fuzzy is too small. I'm feeding adult mice to my bp (the last 2 were 30 grams) and he is about the size as yours. Just make sure the mouse isn't bigger than thickest part of your bp's body. Should be slightly smaller.

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Originally Posted by AshleyB

your temps/humidity look good IMO, the warm side could be maybe a smidge higher but thats all in personal preferance. we keep ours about low of 88-high of 91 (warm side temp)

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Correct if Im wrong but in the picture does the warmer thermo not say 100F? This is higher than 91, so I would say it does NOT need to be higher...

Just FWIW, I (as well as quite a few other keepers) keep their snakes at higher temps on the warm side. Mine are kept at 94-94.5 on the hotside, and regularly use the hotspot. They are all still eating wonderfully(even an 02 proven breeder hypo male who normally goes off-feed now).

So! Up to 95 is fine, if you provide a cool area for them.

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Originally Posted by missi182

Correct if Im wrong but in the picture does the warmer thermo not say 100F? This is higher than 91, so I would say it does NOT need to be higher...

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It looks that way but its not that, just from the glare that the digital display gets all fuzzy

I keep mine at 80-84 cool side and 90-94 on the hot side... so strikes me that both your hot and cool sides are a bit jacked.

Same with that log hide, I would lose it and provide two identitcal hides. They are hard to clean and do not provide great security. He will use it as he needs to thermoregulate, but he shouldn't have to pick b/w security and heat.

Just my two cents.

Bruce

One last note... I would tak all those chemicals off the top of your tank...

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Originally Posted by Loft Lizard

One last note... I would tak all those chemicals off the top of your tank...

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you might want to what my thermometer says again, it's clearly perfect and if anything yours is higher than mine, what you mean jacked? lol if anything im under what i'm suppose to be at


chemicals lol i have a 3 pieces of fiberglass attached to the top nothing is going to get in

He's lookin pretty good dude. I would also suggest to bump up his prey size. If you are feeding him f/t from the store you work at he can handle the adult mice. They are small for adults, so it should be fine. Good job will all of the digital instruments too.