REVISED Enclosure Checklist

[AmericanTacos]

I made a different forum yesterday about this, but thought I should repost my revised checklist. This does not include the enclosure - I decided to go with an Exo Terra, as I live in a state with relatively similar humidity so I can handle the maintenance of it. I also think I'm going to make paintings or something to fit the uncovered glass and put them on the outside of the tank so 3/4 sides are covered.

Lighting/Heat:
Thermometer/Hygrometer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...Y6EVINJ4&psc=1
Heat Dome: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
Heat Bulb: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...7XNH4UOJ&psc=1
UTH: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...FAGG1QXE&psc=1
Temp Gun: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...3HDKA8KA&psc=1
Thermostat: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
Since so many people have said the day/night lights and all that aren't really necessary as long as there's a suitable light cycle, I've decided to just plug one of my nearby lamps into a timer set to 12 hours off/12 hours on, and try to keep my blinds open for natural light as consistently as I can. My one question is the gradient - the basking side is the side with the heat pad and heat emitter, and the cool side is the side without it. But how do you achieve the medium gradient? Will it happen naturally from heat radiating from the UTH a bit?

ALSO: Is a heat emitter required WITH a UTH, or do you only need the UTH? As much as we all love spending money we don't have to, I don't think I want to spend money I don't have to.

Interior:
Substrate: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
Water Bowl: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...FAGG1QXE&psc=1
Climbing Branch: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...m?pcatid=25075
Hides (x2): http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...m?pcatid=36189
Hanging Plants (x2): http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...fm?pcatid=9754

Additional:
Water Conditioner: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...JX4FAVYN&psc=1



I'm sorry for being super annoying with quantity of questions and posts about this, but I honestly don't want to have a snake if I can't give it the best conditions I can. I also don't want to do my wallet a disjustice by buying stuff I don't need and then not buying stuff I do. Thanks in advance to all answers!

[SDA]

No

Thermometer/Hygrometer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...Y6EVINJ4&psc=1

Yes
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Absolutely not!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1

Those have been proven to get stuck on open and overheat AVOID!!!

For example

https://www.reddit.com/r/snakes/comments/7l5ny0/came_home_to_this_time_to_throw_away_my_zilla/
https://www.reddit.com/r/snakes/comments/7klgfx/ive_been_seeing_this_going_around_on_fb/


Get this

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NZZG3S

There are similar designs but I find this exact brand holds closer to the programmed temp.


You really only need a 100 watt CHE but so long as you get the CHE regulated down in temp you can use the 150 watt. You are either going to need a thermostat for that as well or a rheostat which isn't the best but works in a pinch.

Rheostat example https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FKF7JY

[AmericanTacos]

You really only need a 100 watt CHE but so long as you get the CHE regulated down in temp you can use the 150 watt. You are either going to need a thermostat for that as well or a rheostat which isn't the best but works in a pinch.

How many thermostats do you need for the enclosure? Just 2 for the CHE and UTH or another for anything else?

[SDA]

Just the heat sources is all. So with having a UTH and a CHE you would need the two (one for each).

[AmericanTacos]

And you do need BOTH a uth and che?

[SDA]

DEpends on how warm you keep the house or room the snake is in. If the ambient temperature of the snake enclosure can stay at least in the upper 70s without a CHE then a CHE is not really needed. Most people need one because either they run AC in the summer or it gets cold in the winter and can't keep the tank ambient temps up.

[Sunnieskys]

And you do need BOTH a uth and che?

in a glass tank bigger than 10g , yes.

[Zincubus]

Get one of these ideally - digital temperature gun - 12 dollars off eBay / Amazon.


Plus a couple of cheap digital thermometers with wired probes for as little as 3 or 4 dollars each .

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