Picture of Elizabeth maybe shedding? I need the communities opinions please!

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I took Elizabeth to a snake breeder, he inspected her... checked her mouth/nostrils, cloiaca, and skin and said that in his opinion the snake is shedding and the orange tint are not burns but just a varyance in color and lack of pigment being shed... if showed me how her scales were already starting to shed off... by rubbing one and it just popped off... he also inspected my cage and said that it was fine, in his opinion, but that he would switch to newspaper and not aspen (due to its mold ability and getting caught under scales of snake)
I am going to keep an eye on her... to make sure its NOT scale rot or anything... and when I get paid this week I am going to buy a temp gun from tempgun.com, 30 bucks, seem good?
And I will use that to decide if I need a control for the heating pad and I will get a humidity digital display from walmart as well :D they are like.. 7.99 :D
Thank you to everyone for their input, and I will most definitely keep updates in case something goes wrong.

Truthfully, you won't need the tempgun, but they are nice.

Get yourself an Accurite Weather Station from Wal-Mart, they sell them next to the outdoor thermometers. You put the probe at the end of the wire against the glass on the hot side, put the unit itself on the cool side.

You can invest in a lamp dimmer to control the UTH for now, or invest in an inexpensive one from a pet store, mine was around $30 from Petco.

Gale

Yeah, a temp gun isn't needed. It's more of just a convenience item. I have a $200 infrared laser temp gun and all that expensive toy does is check my heat gradients :(

Although, if you really, really want one. Just get one.

Just remember your money's main priority is a temperature/humidity gauge, and a dimmer. Or what I used to start off with was a Repti-Therm UTH controller (with a analog dial) its only $20 and its a good starting point.

im going to go out on a limb here.. after reading the thread .i would def have to say that the most important thing to get asap is a thermostat . or reostat. these can be had pretty cheap. if money is a consern. a thermostat in imo the most important part to keeping the snake at proper temp. whats a temp gun gonna do for the health of the snake in question? pick up a news paper. and a hydro-farm thermostat 30$ ...
So tonight i was moving some snakes around ..getting ready for some new pick ups.. i have one shelf that isnt heated .SO i took the 41qt tub and slid it in ,,added a uth (zoo med) pad plugged it in. no thermostat .. @ 105 deg i unplugged it . so yeah they will get way too hot .id rather be alittle cool than to cook the snake..also it only took about 5mins to reach 105degs

An accurite is a good cheap purchase that will do the same thing basically as a temp gun. Spend the $30 on a thermostat because you will still need it even if you buy that temp gun to show you that you need it. If its hot on your hand its burning the snake.

Also if you put newspaper down as substrate there might be less between the snake and the UTH but if it is at a controlled temperature it doesn't matter it would be the same really.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...46#post1462746

a sort of thank you to everyone + update