Help Please!!!

Thank you!!!

Here are some pictures of my baby... I took them today, he actually came out of his hide box. Hope the pictures look alright.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/sabty/Zues1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/sabty/Zues2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/sabty/Zues3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/sabty/Zues4.jpg

Nice snake! Sounds like some good advice everyone's been giving you. It's the same stuff that I've been hearing as well. It does sound like it's about to shed since it's skin is dull. Try raising the humidity to 70% by slightly misting it with a spray bottle. I usually just mist the glass and it will evaporate into the air (especially with the infrared lamp as your heat source... this makes water evaporate much quicker than say, an under tank heater). This way, it won't dampen the surface of any cage furniture or the substrate potentially creating a breeding ground for bacteria. Misting the walls of the tank I would assume would be less of a breeding ground because all there would be is water, and glass (nothing for bacteria to multiply on). Also, I would provide a humid hide box for it. What I did for that was got an old margerine tub, and cut a semi-circle out of the lip... put some damp paper towels in it (NOT WET!), put the lid back on and placed that in the tank with lid down. My BP is smaller so that size worked for her, but you could try one of those gallon ice cream tubs that you can buy in the freezer section (but you'd have to eat the ice cream first... oh the pangs of owning a snake :P ) that might fit your snake better. Umm... I think that's it for now. :D

Just curious if you were able to get the temps up?

Thanks for the advice, I will try that. I have had him for about month maybe a month and a half and he has been dull (expeacially on the top of his head) since I have got him.


I am going to Walmart tomorrow to get one of them combo thermometers that everyone has been telling me about and a reptile bulb. I need to get a higher wattage bulb to bring the temps up where they are suppose to be.

My husband whats to build me a cage for my BP out of plywood, how would I go about heating that and what would I use for something that big?

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Just curious if you were able to get the temps up?

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I got the UTH to work finally and it has brought the heat up a little bit but I have to get a higher wattage bulb. Zues shocked me today, he came out of his hide spot for an hour or better. I have never seen him do that before. Weird Huh!!! :)

Amazing what a change in temp can do. :P

Do you have the UTH on a dimmer or thermostat? Just make sure that it isn't getting too hot. That may have been why he came out. Just a thought.

No, I dont have it on a dimmer or anything. I thought thats why he may have come out also. I wasn't sure.

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Originally Posted by Draculasgirl

No, I dont have it on a dimmer or anything. I thought thats why he may have come out also. I wasn't sure.

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Yeah... someone made a good point on here (I think it might have been Adam). If you put your hand on the furniture or the substrate in the hot end of the tank, and it feels a bit warm, it could be hotter than you think. Keep in mind our internal body temp is 98.6... anything above that will feel warm. Granted the temp in extremities such as our fingers will be cooler than our core temp... say maybe 90'ish... Rule of thumb I go by, is if it feels like it could be too hot, it probably is... and the snake isn't going to know that it's internals are being cooked. This is one reason why it's so important to have accurate readings on temps... and this is where a temp gun comes in reallllllllll handy. www.tempgun.com

I made the mistake of buying fake plants from the petstore, and found them for MUCH cheaper at Wal-Mart. I got one of those Jungle Vines from the pet store and wrapped it in this 6' leaved garland type stuff, looks awesome and Olie loves to climb around on it. Take your time acquiring the decorative stuff, you'll find soooo much you want to make your setup look better, but it can get really expensive! It's best to tackle it in chunks, pick up one thing with every paycheck or whatever. :)