Before and after tank pics... did I do okay?

First of all, I could have sworn there was a forum just for tank photos. Did I make that up? If this is the wrong forum, apologies.

Anyway, I "rescue/adopted" a young ball python who was being kept in a room with no heat or food or (apparently) water or a real lid. This is how the tank looked when I got him, after I desperately added a few things I had on hand.

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This is his tank after all my stuff arrived today, a little under a week later.

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There's an UTH on one side with a thermostat, a digital thermometer/hygrometer (not turned on when I took the photo), two identical hides on the cool and warm side, a day heat light and a night heat light (not sure how I feel about having a light stand though...) and I have some moss I could add if the humidity is too low because of the screen top. I do have a mister though. (As in a spray bottle, not a boyfriend, ha.) And there's the waterfall which should help. Oh, and I have lid clips.

Did I do okay? Please be gentle, he's my first snake ever and I just want to make sure I do it right. :)

Looks great! :D

Really?! Thank you!

Agreed, looks awesome!

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Very Nice

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Great transformation, well done! :)

That setup is great and aesthetically pleasing. You did a great job! That is one lucky snake.

Thank you all! :)

Looks great! I do have to say one thing though. The acurite you are using is not a probed one. You need a probed one like the acurite 00891 for the uth. You have to put the probe of the one I mentioned under the substrate on top of glass over the uth to get the correct temp. The one you have is just measuring ambient which isn't giving the correct temp of your uth. Unless you have an ir temp gun that you were able to check the temp under the substrate.

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Looks fabulous girl <3 Your snake is going to love it! That waterfall is so dope!

Looks good.

*If your having trouble with humidity, you can cover the top with aluminum foil. If that light is a heat lamp, you can either set it on the top of the tank and put foil around it, or just center it over one end of the tank and cover the other side with foil. If the light is just a while light so you can see your snake, you can also replace it with flat LED's and keep them under the foil (that's what I do - if the house humidity is super low like in the winter, I keep a wet rag under the foil and that keeps his tank between 50-60% all the time). You can also use cypress mulch from Forest Floor Brand, it really shoots up humidity and does not tend to mold.

*The only other suggestions would be to cover the two sides of the tank to help him/her feel more secure. And if it seems shy or does not feed well or starts to pace constantly day and night, then he/she might need a more secure hide. Some do fine with the 1/2 logs as hides, some don't. That will be up to your little one's personalty.

I really like tanks because you can see your snake when they choose to roam, and I really like changing it up ever now and then and having an interesting habitat to look at. I know that humidity can be an issue, but it just takes a little extra care. I love the waterfall too.

What did you use as bedding?

Everything looks great!! Agree that you'll want to switch to a probed temperature reader, but other than that it's a nice set up. :) Just wanted to put in my :2cent: about the waterfall: I had one and it was A PAIN to clean. I could never fully clean into all the cracks and crevices, and while yours looks to be a different model than mine was, mine was hollow and once my BP figured out that she could get in there by swimming under the water I couldn't keep her out of there (and that became a massive pain too of getting an angry snake out of a small area :rofl: ). Personally I found it just less of a hassle to get rid of it. A larger waterbowl under the heat lamp did the trick of keeping the humidity up.

Just some (hopefully helpful) tips. Waterfalls do look great though, don't they? :D

Thank you for the advice! THat's very good to know.

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And I used this stuff called Repti-Bark for bedding. Supposedly holds in humidity very well and it smells kind of nice. :) Much better than aspen, I hear.

YASSS!! Love it! And thank you for saving him, that last enclosure was positively dreadful...

Oh my gosh, I could not handle it! And thank you!