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Tub Tips?
I'm switching my bp from a tank to a tub today. Humidity and heat have been really hard to control, even with modifications to the tank. He shed yesterday and I'm really glad it was in 1 piece cause the humidity was being zapped out by my CHE.
Anyway, is there anything I need to know about keeping/switching to a tub? Any setup tips? Also, do you give the snake time to adjust before feeding or handling when moving to a new enclosure?
Thank you!
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Re: Tub Tips?
Originally Posted by 55fingers
I'm switching my bp from a tank to a tub today. Humidity and heat have been really hard to control, even with modifications to the tank. He shed yesterday and I'm really glad it was in 1 piece cause the humidity was being zapped out by my CHE.
Anyway, is there anything I need to know about keeping/switching to a tub? Any setup tips? Also, do you give the snake time to adjust before feeding or handling when moving to a new enclosure?
Thank you!
You lose the fantastic clarity of the tank glass for one !
Give your car a good clean and polish and try looking at it through your frosted bathroom window
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There's two sides to every story
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Re: Tub Tips?
Originally Posted by Zincubus
You lose the fantastic clarity of the tank glass for one !
Give your car a good clean and polish and try looking at it through your frosted bathroom window
Just my view on things ..
There's two sides to every story
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I do enjoy seeing my BP cruising about at night and it's easy to keep him in a tank since I only have 1 snake and space isn't an issue. The thing is, I would work harder to modify my tank to meet the humidity and heat requirements, but the tank he's in is extremely scratched and hard to see through as it is. I've tried scrubbing it down multiple times but we got it cause someone was throwing it away, because of the bad condition it's in I would assume.
If I had a better condition tank I might not switch to a tub, but I'll be honest, right now the visibility through the tank isn't that much better than you can get with a tub :/
And I'm hoping the tank holds water so I can move my fish to it. I heard the water can make the scratches and foggy glass kind of disappear (or at least be less notable) when submerged. So in a way using the tank how it looks best seems right to me. That's assuming it holds water. Fingers crossed!
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when it comes to creating ventilation slits/holes, always start with a very minimal amount; you can always add more to adjust, but you can't take them back.
be sure the tub is 100% SECURE and ESCAPE-PROOF.
i always try to give the snake some peace for ~5-7 days after moving or something equally as stressful; it can't hurt.
how do you plan to get your ambient temps to the appropriate range? a UTH alone won't be enough.
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Re: Tub Tips?
Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
when it comes to creating ventilation slits/holes, always start with a very minimal amount; you can always add more to adjust, but you can't take them back.
be sure the tub is 100% SECURE and ESCAPE-PROOF.
i always try to give the snake some peace for ~5-7 days after moving or something equally as stressful; it can't hurt.
how do you plan to get your ambient temps to the appropriate range? a UTH alone won't be enough.
This is pretty similar to what I’m using for my quarantine tubs, though I don’t think mine are Ziplock brand. Target is the only place I’ve found these. There are a few different sizes and the sides are reasonably clear. The lids are very secure with all the clips latched. These are pretty airtight when sealed, so air holes are a must...as said above start with fewer. Ambient in my quarantine room is minimum 75-77F so I’m only using uth, but if your room isn’t at least 75F constantly, I would find a way to add supplemental heat.
https://www.target.com/p/ziploc-60qt...60#lnk=sametab
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Re: Tub Tips?
Here's a picture through the tub of my pastel mystic potion.
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Ball pythons:
Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
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Re: Tub Tips?
Cleaning tub now, brand is Sterlite. Don't worry, the dirty cage below is to clean next.
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Other Snakes:
Hudson 1988 1.0 Colombian rainbow; Yang 2002 1.0 Corn snake; Merlin 2000 1.0 Solomon Island ground boa; Kett 2015 1.0 Diamond Jungle Jaguar carpet python; Dakota 2014 0.0.1 Children’s python
Ball pythons:
Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
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Re: Tub Tips?
^^^^^^^^^
That's a gorgeous snake!
Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
how do you plan to get your ambient temps to the appropriate range? a UTH alone won't be enough.
I'm planning to have either the portable heater we keep in our room or a CHE pointing towards the tub in addition to the UTH.
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Re: Tub Tips?
Originally Posted by 55fingers
I'm planning to have either the portable heater we keep in our room or a CHE pointing towards the tub in addition to the UTH.
awesome, just checking!
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