Info on a thermostat and thermometer

[SpottedBOA]

Anyone have a good suggestion for a thermostat for a UTH and a good thermometer and humidity reader for a 75 gallon gallon tank for my snakes?

[yeroc1982]

herpstat. 75 gallon?? what kinda snakes u got in there? thats a huuge tank for a snake!

[SpottedBOA]

It is going to house 2 Ball Pythons. Do you think the tank will be too big?

[Johan]

It is going to house 2 Ball Pythons. Do you think the tank will be too big?

putting ball pythons together is generally not a good idea. Balls can easily stress each other out.

[SpottedBOA]

putting ball pythons together is generally not a good idea. Balls can easily stress each other out.

Should I put a divider in the middle and seperate them?

[Johan]

Should I put a divider in the middle and seperate them?

This is a possibility, but humidity will be very tough to maintain in such a large tank. It is much better to set up a shelf with tubs or get two smaller tanks. In all honesty, I always recommend starting with one animal to make sure that they are right for you. Its nice to start with one, and then you can aquire a different morph in the future once you find balls are the pet for you.

Look at it this way, if you start a new sport like tennis, you buy yourself one racket. If you really like the sport, you may want to invest in a newer more pricer racket. It doesnt make much sense to start out buying yourself two rackets before understanding the sport. A horrible analogy, but I think you get my point

[SpottedBOA]

Also if you have a smaller aquarium like a 20 gallon long is baking light necessary if you have a UTH?

[Adam Chandler]

Also if you have a smaller aquarium like a 20 gallon long is baking light necessary if you have a UTH?

No, ask long as you have a controlled UTH a basking light is not necessary as Ball Pythons do not bask, they just need belly heat.

Anyone have a good suggestion for a thermostat for a UTH and a good thermometer and humidity reader for a 75 gallon gallon tank for my snakes?

This is a thermostat I would reccomend for your UTH:
http://www.reptilebasics.com/product...cat=250&page=1

And here is a very good temp gun I would reccomend for reading the surface temps in your BP's enclosure:
http://tempgun.com/

For humidity I don't think you need anything more than of of those cheap stick on ones to measure the ambient humidity of the enclosure. As long as its 50% or more you're good to go.

I also would not recommend a 75 gallon tank for any BP. the shear size of it would intimidate your BP and most likely stress it out.

Also I am personally against housing Ball Pythons together in a single enclosure because usually at least one of them will try to establish dominance and stress out the others.

BP's are solitary snakes and I strongly believe they have a better quality of life housed alone.