New tank please give input

I'll do a specific critique of your setup:

- The heat lamp/heat pad setup you have is ok, however, I doubt the heat pad is doing much for belly heat due to the amount of substrate you have. Second, the heat pad is not controlled by a thermostat, and they are known to develop hot spots that can burn your snake. Should your snake get close enough to the heat pad, it could be burned. You haven't mentioned what the temps are in the cage, so we don't really know where to start to help you.

-the screen lid does not appear to have any kind of security. If your snakes manages to squeeze his way up a corner, he can push his way out of the tank. I've seen this happen before.

-the screen lid is also instantly letting go of any humidity you put in the cage. Keep in mind, WET does not mean HUMID. Simply spraying the cage, snake, and its furnishings with water is not going to bring the relative humidity to a level that is desireable by your snake. Its just going to decrease as the hours go by. The heat lamp you are using further compounds that process by "drying out" the air in the cage.

I would highly recommend that you look into some of the rubbermaid setups or take a look at the thread about tweaking a glass tank to work. Both work, I'm biased towards the plastic housing because of how simple it is, but others like a display setup so thats fine as well, its just a lot more maintenance and equipment to buy.

By the looks of that snake, your margin of error here is pretty slim. A snake that small kept under sub-optimal conditions will not hold out for very long.

Ok so should I use the heating pad or not? cuz if I take out some substrate well then it runs the riskto get burnt. Oh and I just read the temps in the tank and well the heat is 91 and humidity at 53% and you know you are so right I have glass tops for all the other tanks I dont know why I put a screen one on this one. I really want to do everything I can for it I want everything to turn out ok with his eating as well but I cant try or shouldnot try again till this weekend dont you think? I know keeping a bp is not them same as keeping my Scops so all the help you guys are giving me I thank you very much. Im very worried about his eating but i dont think there is much I can do but wait? Till it gets use to its new home? Are they any nutrient supplements that I can give it in the meanwhile?

They can go for MONTHS!! without eating, so don't worry about eating.When did you get him? You should leave him alone for at least a week before feeding him or handling him after you get him.

I got him this past friday

Ok, leave him alone, don't touch him, don't feed him, until Friday, then feed him, and if he doesn't eat, don't worry.

It can be very annoying when they dont eat, but patience is the key with Ball pythons.

bpkid- did you look at the ball python in the picture? A snake that young and that small does not have the reserves to fast for months like an adult would.

^^^ OH, ok, I'm sorry, I wasn't looking at the pictures.

If your ball isn't eating now, it's probably just stress. Leave him alone, then feed him, and if he doesn't eat for a little while, (Maybe a month) then you take him to the vet and find out how to feed him,etc.

By the way I just got done setting up the top part of the tank just like JenHarrison has it with the tinfoil and over that the layers of duct tape. I left an opening just like she had left for the heat lamp and for ventilation.

I was thinking if he does not eat to take him in 2 weeks after I try again on friday or is that just to paranoid?

Sounds great.....keep him warm, keep the humidity up, and given he has not other issues (internal parasites, etc) he will eat for you.

Do you know if he is CH or CBB

CH = captive hatched(imported more or less), CBB = captive bred and born