New member from South Fla

I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Steven, and I've currently got 2 snakes.
The first one I got back in 2007 was a Snow Corn, named Pinky. He was a class pet, who I adopted after the school year was over. (about a year old) The class named him Pinky because he's white with red eyes and pink/orange/peach colored rings all the way down. He is a very well mannered snake, and a party centerpiece.Currently Pinky is about 5 1/2 ft long.
Picture of Pinky, shortly after I got him.
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...ets/Pinky7.jpg

The second snake I own is a Ball Python named Mr. Stubbs. I got him a few months after I got my corn. He's named for the really stubby tail. While I was trying to think of a name, I called him stubby, which I later changed to Mr. Stubbs (it just sounded better). He was a pretty mild mannered ball, and used to sleep on my lap every evening while I was watching tv. In the last year or so he has become a lot more anti social. He hisses more, and strikes at my hand more. I think a lot of this is due to my previous work schedule, that didnt allow me to handle him as often as I used to. Mr. Stubbs is about 4 1/2 ft long.
A picture of Mr Stubbs, back in Feb.
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...26-11_2113.jpg

I found this forum while I was looking for tank setups for my snakes. I'm a member of several car forums (under the same name), and thought I might learn just as much about my snakes as I have my vehicles. Right now my tanks have a piece of carpet for the base, along with a rock, water bowl and shelter. I think they look pretty plain, and am welcome to suggestions & input.

Hello and welcome to bp.net. Your corn is beautiful and looks like you have a nice ball there too. :)

Welcome to BP.net Steven :salute:

welcome

Welcome aboard fellow South Floridian.

droid!!!!

Welcome :)

What do you use for a heat source? ( referring to the bp...I have literally zero knowledge on corn snake husbandry unfortunately....)

My only suggestion for the ball python would be to buy $6 black Con-Tact paper from Home Depot and black out the sides and back of Mr. Stubbs (love the name...lol) tank. It will make him feel more secure especially with the half log hide.

Welcome! :)

Hello Steven, and :welcome: to BP.net. An easy way to change the look of the tank, is to go to a pet shop and get some aquarium scenery and put it on the back and two ends of the tank. They usually sell it by the foot and you can either apply it like window tint or just tape it on around the outside of the tank. Here is a photo of a tank that I used it on.

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/...t/HPIM0373.jpg

Nice to meet you!! hope to see you around. :D I agree with the above suggestions! I actually went to a dollar store and bought 2 sheets of black poster board, a utility knife, and some packing tape. Nice and cheap, and believe it or not, not bad at all to look at!

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Welcome aboard fellow South Floridian.
droid!!!!

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um ok? lol

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Welcome :)

What do you use for a heat source? ( referring to the bp...I have literally zero knowledge on corn snake husbandry unfortunately....)

My only suggestion for the ball python would be to buy $6 black Con-Tact paper from Home Depot and black out the sides and back of Mr. Stubbs (love the name...lol) tank. It will make him feel more secure especially with the half log hide.

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I currently have the two tanks next to each other, and have it setup with a single heat lamp covering one end of each tank. (I had a second that broke) Pinky doesn't seem to like the heat lamp much, and usually moves away from it when its on. He's always been like that. I've even been considering redoing his cage with some thing he can bury himself in.

I can definitely block out the sides of Mr. Stubbs tank to make him feel more secure. I'm also thinking he might need a bigger log, and more coverage to hid under as well.

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Hello Steven, and :welcome: to BP.net. An easy way to change the look of the tank, is to go to a pet shop and get some aquarium scenery and put it on the back and two ends of the tank. They usually sell it by the foot and you can either apply it like window tint or just tape it on around the outside of the tank. Here is a photo of a tank that I used it on.

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/...t/HPIM0373.jpg

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I definitely like the look of that tank. I will have to get some foliage to add to the tank with a background like that.

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Nice to meet you!! hope to see you around. :D I agree with the above suggestions! I actually went to a dollar store and bought 2 sheets of black poster board, a utility knife, and some packing tape. Nice and cheap, and believe it or not, not bad at all to look at!

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Thanks for the welcome. Thats a great idea also. On that note, I guess i could take and do some folliage art on the green paper that I use to tape off the windows of my car, while im working on it..

Welcome to the site! :D
What a cute corn and very beautiful, healthy looking BP you have there. :gj:

It is recommended for ball pythons to have belly heat (again, corns are not my thing). I suggest getting an under tank heater and a thermostat to regulate it. It helps with digesting, and is overall better for them since the lights don't do anything but stress them out and suck the humidity and give them bad sheds. :) If you want some suggestions for UTHs and thermostats I can link a whole bunch to you :)

Hi Steven, :welcome: to BP.net :)

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Originally Posted by LGray23

It is recommended for ball pythons to have belly heat (again, corns are not my thing). I suggest getting an under tank heater and a thermostat to regulate it. It helps with digesting, and is overall better for them since the lights don't do anything but stress them out and suck the humidity and give them bad sheds. :) If you want some suggestions for UTHs and thermostats I can link a whole bunch to you :)

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I'd definitely appreciate the suggestions on the uth and thermostats.

There's a reptile shop not to far away that will probably have some of the stuff as well. One of the reasons I left the rock in the tank was so that he could wrap around it and warm himself up some with that.

Generally the only time I've ever had problem with his sheds and humidity was during the winter, when it gets cool/dry here. Usually the summer months are plenty hot/humid for him. He just shed two days ago, and it was one gigantic skin...

Welcome to the site!

Just wanted to say thanks again for the warm welcome!

I took a few quick shots of him while I was cleaning out his tank as well.

This is one of him, with a small flashlight, trying to get his colors to show more
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...-11_1500-1.jpg

Here is another one, this time with a LED flashlight, showing how brilliant his colors are
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...27-11_1459.jpg

I made some modifications to Mr. Stubbs' tank just after I took these pics. I ended up taping off the 3 sides of the tank with the masking paper, and leaving the front open. It still looks weird to me, but that's because its new. The whole time I was working on it, Stubbs was looking at me like, what's the crazy idea!?