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Ball python in tub set up?
I have kept my animals in tubs before and had good luck with my colubrids. I want to house my baby red tail boa and baby ball python in tubs eventually until they grow out. The reason for this is so that I can regulate their temps and humidity more easily. I have housed my baby red tail boa in a tub before and it didnt work out so well, as she developed a URI. This is completely my fault and I made many mistakes. I never hooked the heat mat up to a thermostat or had a hydrometer to monitor the temps and humidity. I am very regretful of this decision, I learned the hard way as some of us do. But now that my boa is completely healthy again I would like to try this housing method again. Its much easier to get your desired humidity levels this way instead of glass enclosure with a screen top. I would love some advice from people who house their snakes in tubs, and anyways I can get this to work. If not, some tips on how to keep the humidity high enough in a tank with a screen top would be lovely. Thanks!
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I housed my male BCA in a tub until he was large enough to move into a pvc cage. I use a large tub...probably 3' x 1.5' footprint x 18" tall. I used a soldering iron to add ventilation holes around the top of the tub and on the sides.
I used a UTH and thermostat for belly heat under one end of the tub. For ambient temps, I used a metal lamp stand, hanging dome fixture, and a CHE. I hooked up the dome fixture to a rheostat (lamp dimmer switch) so that I could adjust it.
This lamp fixture was placed over the center of the tub with the dome fixture hanging about 6" above the lid of the tub.
I used the readings from my thermometer to go by and adjusted the CHE as needed.
The inside of the tub had the standard setup.. 2 hides, a large water bowl, a branch for climbing, and aspen bedding.
For a boa, you don't need super high humidity. I kept mine around 55% and that was fine. The bowl was deep and large enough for him to soak if he felt like it, so I never had any shedding issues.
Currently keeping:
1.0 BCA 1.0 BCI
1.0 CA BCI 1.1 BCLs
0.1 BRB 1.2 KSBs
1.0 Carpet 0.5 BPs
0.2 cresteds 1.2 gargs
1.0 Leachie 0.0.1 BTS
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Re: Ball python in tub set up?
HI,
I house my baby ball python in a tub. The temps are bang on. Humidity very easy to control. I also keep the room at 80 which makes it much easier.
She is in a 15 gallon tub w/ two identical hides and a water dish. I have a UTH covering just under half the tub. Its controlled by a stat. I have a humidity gauge in the tub at all times. I spot check my temps everyday or two with a temp gun. I plan on upgrading to a PVC w/ RHP panel down the road. I had the tub set up and running perfect within a couple of days. With everything spot on it makes feeding much easier as well.
I have not experience with glass enclosures but have read on here how much of pain it is. This was my main reason with going with a tub.
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Re: Ball python in tub set up?
Thank you both so much! This was very helpful, I will gather the supplies I need soon and hopefully have success with the tubs
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