first snake

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Originally Posted by Ragnar

wow, sure am glad i joined this forum, the help i'm getting is tremendous. but yes, the footprint of the tank is 36"x18". so far from all the advice i have received i have put together this much

CHE on the hot side
UTH on the hot side
thermostat on the UTH
cover 25%-33% with UTH
probe between UTH and tank
cover most of screen with tinfoil or something to keep the humidity up
provide lots of stuff for the snake in the tank and two identical hides on each side
get a thermometer gun
artificial light is not necessary

am i on the right track so far?

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Yes, perfect. Remember to get a hygrometer(reads humidity)/thermometer for the cool side. You can just stand it up on the floor of the terrarium. Also make sure your lid is good and strong, these suckers are escape artists, check out my 6 week old baby pewter in her 16" high terrarium
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...ps54432189.jpg

Oh and get everything set up in advance of getting the snake, just to make sure things are where they should be. It's a lot easier to make changes to a terrarium when you don't have a resident.

P.S. I know my hides aren`t identical, I got her faster than I should have, but the other exo-terra hide is in the mail :)

still loving all the feedback. and as far as my thermometers and hygrometers go, two thermometers, one for each side and i should be good with just one hygrometer?

I hate to be "that guy" but as a person that is some what new to snakes myself I would recommend not using the tank. I started out like you only with a 30 gallon. I had a heck of a time keeping the humidity up. I was able to do ok in the end but I went threw a few bad sheds in the beginning. My last shed with my girl in the tank was perfect and I think that was just dumb luck because my humidity still wasn't as stable as I would have liked.

I have now moved on to a steralite tub with a locking lid. I'm at work now so I can't tell you its exact size. What I did was put 2 one foot sections of heat tape under it long ways on the hot side. Both of those hooked to the same thermostat. My 520g female is still small enough to get completely away from the tape if she wants.

I started with 8 ink pen sized holes in the lid and the water dish on the cool side. This made my humidity 90+%. So every day I would check and add more holes as needed to vent the humidity until one day I had it at 55%. Now I can regulate the humidity by moving the water dish a little at a time towards the heat tape. So when its low for some reason or when she is starting shed I can move the water a little and raise or lower as needed. if I put it right on the tape I can get it to about 85%. Thats to high but to be able to get anywhere I want between 55-85% is great.

My little girl seems to be very happy with this setup and she explores the tub more then she did the tank. Every day when I come home I find fresh tracks in the 2.5" of aspen.

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Originally Posted by bigt0006

Not sure about a che never used one but I use a regular heating pad like the ones you find at a drug store for around $15 on all 3 of my snake tanks and they keep the temp where it needs to be.

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Do these not get to hot? Do you use a tank or tubs? I have used them before under my tubs, but thought maybe they were getting to hot. I didnt have anything to regulate the temps at the time.