My king is so easy to care for. All you need is a heat lamp a UTH and a water bowl and your set. I use both and i have a nice thick layer of aspen for my little guy to burrow into. i also have 2 hides one cool and one hot hide. a coconut shell and a human skull replica. He burrows most of the time especially when he is shedding, as i found out last night. altho on a normal night he is pretty active and explores his tank. They are great snakes. ive only had a biting problem right after you feed him and try to pick him up to take him back to the tank. but he stopped doing that. He doesnt even musk when i go to take him out of his tank