ball python newb and I have a couple questions about my tank

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Originally Posted by iceman25

Personally, I'd go "overkill" too if I had a glass tank. Have you considered doing a write up on your setup? Its really well done as far as heating/humidity on a glass enclosure goes, and I'm sure it would definitely help out the new owners who do not wish to keep their pets in a sterelite/rubbermaid home. :)

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Sure I can do that :) Probably sometime over the weekend.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

As far as them ingesting substrate...they are made to fully digest whole prey (bones, teeth, fur, etc) so a bit of substrate isn't likely to cause them issues. If you are concerned you can always put a pad of clean newspaper down temporarily on top of the loose substrate.

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Cleo had several bits of aspen during one feed - pooped just fine.

However, just to avoid problems (mostly ours worrying!), I cut a piece of clean cardboard to fit inside the one end of tank (for both Cleo and Carmen). We remove hides/plants from the cool end, place the cardboard down, I hold the live mousey with long tweezers at the base of the tail on the cardboard, snakey sniff, snakey slither close, snakey strike. Eats on the cardboard, which we remove after she slithers off to digest. =)

lol i like your avatar =D
thats not a bad idea.. i wanna see how he eats the first time, i might try that out though