Help with my BP

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Originally Posted by RestlessRobie

Great Advice has been given so far I would sugest you look at the caresheet

Yes your Baby looks a litte dehydrated and your husbandry needs a little help but we were all there once and with out this forum my first python would prolly be dead by now. So I will pass on what worked wonders for our first snake. Cover 3 sides of you tank with some type of back ground. Baby snakes are food for other snakes and you little guy may be a little stressed about being so open all the time:P I would also get a second hide so he can thermal regulate better.
Here is a pic of my set ups cause both look pretty similar and it made a huge difference.

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think maybe my cats are freaking him out? I will put up a background for him. Maybe he doesn't like the White Sox ;-)

the tree is actually hollow and he likes to hide in there. so there are 2 hides for him to go into.

Can you move him into a room the cats aren't allowed into or they can be kept out of? Does each individual room have its own heater on its own thermostat?

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Originally Posted by momma_mia

think maybe my cats are freaking him out? I will put up a background for him. Maybe he doesn't like the White Sox ;-)

the tree is actually hollow and he likes to hide in there. so there are 2 hides for him to go into.

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Tape construction paper or something dark to 3 sides of your tank. This will make him more comfortable.

OK Ill paste what I do for tank temps from another post I keep my house at 68 give or take and this worked great for my set ups but you have to get a Thermostat for your UTH for it to work

So here is what I did and it works great.

First I covered 3 sides of the tank with aquarium background (the only good item I have found from Petsmart) just to make it look nicer for me to look at.

Second I took some cardboard and cut it to fit the 3 covered sides. Then I taped one side of the cardboard with foil tape to reflect heat back into the tank and taped the cardboard to the 3 coverd sides of the tank as seen below.

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As for the screen top I purchased a peice of plexi from HomeDepot and cut it to fit just inside the slider top for my tank. Drilled a few holes in it for ventilation and one large hole for the CHE. Taped a portion of it with foil tape and left the back untaped for the tank light. I do like to see my snake when she is out

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Heat is supplied from a 60W CHE and Flexwatt 11 taped to the bottom. The CHE is set at about 50% on a lamp dimmer from HomeDepot (plan to get a dual T-stat for it in the future) The Flexwatt is set on a Vivarium VE 300 T-stat set to 96F. This keep my hot spot at 91F and ambient at 78-81F as room temps fluctuate a little. My Snake seems to love it she just got a great checkup from the vet and is eating like a pig. Hasn't refused a meal yet. As you can see in the photo below room temp was about 68f and tank temps were exactly what I wanted them to be. Hope this helps out and feel free to ask me any questions you might have.


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Everyone else is doing a great job giving you advice ....

I just thought it was interesting your BP likes the tree hide! My BP is about the same size as yours (also from Petsmart) and I actually had to take that tree hide out of his tank because it wasn't small enough for him.

Even snakes are individuals. :)

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Originally Posted by WifeOfSlasher

Can you move him into a room the cats aren't allowed into or they can be kept out of? Does each individual room have its own heater on its own thermostat?

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I've been trying to keep my son's door closed and keep the cats out since starting the humidifier up. I can keep his door closed during the day, but at night it's harder, he cannot sleep with door closed (he's only 10), although it's closed to just a crack.

We only have 1 thermostat in our house, so rooms are not individually monitored.

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Originally Posted by momma_mia

We only have 1 thermostat in our house, so rooms are not individually monitored.

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That sucks. As long as you keep close tabs on the temps he should be okay. I totally understand wanting to keep the nasty electricity bills down.

If you wanted you could try a space heater just for the room the tank is in. That's how I keep my ambient temps up. Just make sure it's regulated as well.

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Originally Posted by Kamille Kirkendoll

I would suggest buying a BP manual.

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Can you recommend a good one? Thank you!

Thank you all for the advice. I really appreciate it. I'm glad I finally found a forum that's active!