My first setup

[Mstuppiello921]

Hey Guys,

So some of you may have seen my caramel glow girl I purchased yesterday. I want to pick everyones brain as this is my first ball and I want to make sure I give her the best home possible. I have done a ton of research, but I just want to make sure I am dotting all my I's and crossing my T's. I am having the breeder hold her until I get all of my husbandry in order before I take her home. I just wanted to outline everything I have bought so far and see if there was anything you all recommend or think I am missing.

-Animal Plastics t8 black with glass sliding doors, lock, leds, and divider.
I will be using the divider until she gets larger.
-Pro Products pro heater ( installed by animal plastics)
-Herpstat 1
-2 hides on each side of the cage
-1 water bowl
-unprinted newspaper as a substrate
-Fake leaves to drape over the hides and such
-A low climbing tree in the middle of the 2 hides
- 2 digital therm./humidity gauges for each side of the cage.

-I will be shooting for 55-60% humidity and 88 to 92 on the warm side and 80 to 84 on the cooler side.

Anything I am missing?!

[Ax01]

sounds like u got all the basics down.

u could also post a pix of your set-up, sometimes a visual is helpful for getting the right feedback.

i would also add a infrared temp gun, so that u could measure surface temps as needed.

[Mstuppiello921]

I will be able to get a pix of my setup by the end of the week. Animal Plastics assured me that my cage will be to my house by this week. Infrared temp gun is a great idea, never thought of that. Is there any particular brand/model you recommend?

[Ax01]

I will be able to get a pix of my setup by the end of the week. Animal Plastics assured me that my cage will be to my house by this week. Infrared temp gun is a great idea, never thought of that. Is there any particular brand/model you recommend?

ReptileBasics has a few from $25 to $50 but i got a Nubee from Amazon for like $15. i don't know the difference but they all work pretty much the same way.

[Mstuppiello921]

Ok awesome! Thanks for the help. I have to tell you coming from the aquarium world (formerly had a 90 gallon lionfish reef tank) I love how affordable everything is in comparison.

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[Lady mkrj58]

How exciting for you..........

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[Mstuppiello921]

How exciting for you..........

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Not sure if this was sarcastic or not but thank you non the less

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[Lady mkrj58]

Not sure if this was sarcastic or not but thank you non the less

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Not Sarcastic at all I was just thinking back on that first Snake we all bought and The joy and Happiness these Critters bring into our lives. I hope you will share all your pictures of your set up and your new Baby.

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[Mstuppiello921]

Not Sarcastic at all I was just thinking back on that first Snake we all bought and The joy and Happiness these Critters bring into our lives. I hope you will share all your pictures of your set up and your new Baby.

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Its honestly awesome....for the past 3 weeks as i buy things for the cage and get everything setup....I'm like a 5 year old on christmas morning. Its truly a amazing experience and I can't wait to finally get her home. Ill definitely be keeping you guys updated with pics of course!

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[treaux]

Sounds good. I have a similar setup for my two snakes. Only thing I might recommend is getting a HerpStat 2 in case you end up adding a UTH (like I did) or you get a second snake (also like I did ).

Here's mine for reference: