Re: New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.
Recommend a Specific type of what? Yes it all can be conflicting but It all depends on the room temperature your keeping your snake in. Ik its overwhelming. Like I said it all depends on room temps. But you need your temps the same 24/7 and the daytime being shut off at night does not keep your temps the same all the time. The dimmer or thermostat with uth will help with all this. 50w Bulb may or may not be enough depending on room temp. Is there anyway you can get the average temp your room is? Also I used dimmers for a year, the bad thing is if they fail they could run the uth full power and get way to hot. I never had a problem but upgrading to a good thermostat was the best thing I did.
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Re: New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.
Like a specific type of thermostat to hook up to my UTH so that if the temp in my room changes it automatically keeps the temp same to the UTH. I see people recommend using that more than a dimmer for it because with a Dimmer i'll hafta change it all the time. I ordered that thermometer you linked me last night and it'll be here in a couple days, so when that comes I can take temps of my room and the tank.
Btw I moved her daylight lamp over where her red night lamp was (which was over her little cardboard hide) should I keep it there or move it back to where it was?
Re: New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.
If your only using the daytime right now than yes put it over her hide. Then tonight when you turn it off out the night one in the same spot. Thermostat depends on your budget. The best for your money IMO is the spyder robotics Herpstat 1. Then a little cheaper is the vivarium electronics ve-200D. The first 2 are dimming proportional which is the best you can have. Than a little cheaper is an on/off style vivarium electronics ve-100. If none of those are within price range your looking for than I hear the hydrofarm on/off works good for what it is.
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Re: New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.
Oh my those are very expensive. I thought there would just be ones that are hooked up to cables that I can control with a dial or something. Should I just go with a dimmer then? I mean I dont wanna be super cheap but close to $100 is way too much. Aren't there ones you can hook up to the UTH and control?
Re: New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.
Yes they are expensive but you pay for quality. Look at the hydrofarm on amazon. Its not that expensive and I've heard good things about them.
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Another option is the sct-1000 on eBay. You would need one that is 110v and one that doesn't ship from China. Then you would need a heavy duty extension cord and someone with basic wiring knowledge to cut and splice the extension cord and hook it into the thermostat
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Re: New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.
Ok so I just got off the phone with my uncle (Im seeing him later today). Basically he's telling me I'm over thinking everything and all the stuff and things you guys have been telling me is unnecessary. This is him talking, not me.
He has a really simple set up for his BP. He has a large tank, her hide one on end with the daylight lamp over it, a basking rock on the other end with the red lamp over it, water dish in the middle and some plants and logs. He also has the heating tape underneath as well with a dimmer. His setup is very simple and has worked for him for ever since he moved her to that tank. He says that I dont need to regulate the temp as much, the bulbs do just fine and the snake naturally regulates her own heat, she's not dumb enough to not regulate her own heat. Humidity is something I'll never get full right, but he says if she ever looks a little dry while shedding, just mist her tank a bit and it'll be fine.
Other things he told me two hides is not manditory, as long as I have the daylight lamp over her hide and the UTH under it too, she'll be fine. He has his UTD on a dimmer switch and tells me to just set it to low so its warm to the touch. The UTH I have is smaller than I thought it would be, only 4" by 5". So when I place it under the tank half will be under her hide and the other half will be just outside it.
Upon asking him about what you guys told me about handling he tells me to handle her as much as possible. Yes when I move her into her tank to let her settle in for a couple days, but after that just handle her as much as you can. Her slithering around me isn't her trying to escape she's just doing what snakes do. She'll naturally tense up because thats what they do. The more I handle her the more she'll be used to it.
He did tell me to just send back the thermometer that I just bought but I'm actually gonna keep it, just so I can regulate the temp at least. If things get to hot i'll just turn off a lamp or something.
I'm just typing what he told me, but I thought it would be helpful to you guys to know what he's been telling me on his side. I extremely appricate the advice you guys have been giving me. It's just been very hard having two conflicting sides to listen to. Don't worry I'm not being all " you guys give bad advice so I'm not gonna listen." You guys are giving me great advice and its awesome to have such opinions :).
Re: New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.
Do what you think is best. Everyone's set up depends on the room conditions the tank is in. The digital thermometer is smart to keep. After you get the uth set up put the probe to the thermometer under the bedding right over the middle of the uth. Then dim it so it is around 93. Don't let it go over 95 bc burns can happen. But ball bp will take security in a hide that is 100 over a wide open cool spot or being to cold that is a fact and why people post pics of there bp with burns bc the tank is not set up properly and not regulating there hot spot, yes they are smart but like I said will chose security and to hot over cool and open. My advice as well as everyone elses is the experience we have had keeping bp and other reptiles. Yes a lamp dimmer will work. Like I said I used one for a little over a year before I dropped $439 on a Herpstat 6 to control 6 different set ups. Here is a link to the care sheet I would read it over.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...s%29-Caresheet
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Re: New Ball Python Owner, Need help and assurance.
Again thank you for your support and advice :) It really helped ease my distress. From what I take as long as I keep the temps ok, everything else will be fine. I'm gonna set up a schedule for her with her feeding times and handling times. Today she's moving to her tank so once shes in there I'll let her rest for a few days and then start from there.
