Greetings from Africa!

[Bundu Boy]

He He

Most likely - i really like the look of some of the morphs that are out there.

But I'll only really consider it if Samson is successful.... maybe a lady friend down the line

[missi182]

Nice tank there

My tank is a reptile tank with 4 glass sides. Sliding doors on the front and has a mesh entrance point in it's roof. It's a nice unit and very secure
I see that yours has just the front visible. Must be less stressful for your little one....

Good observation Covering three out of the four sides on your tank is a good idea, it really helps your bp settle in and feel less in the center of a big open space. You can cover the sides by taping black/green/any color construction paper around the outside of the tank or you can use those pretty backgrounds that are used on aquariums.

*tip - Never use tape INSIDE an enclosure, thats a good way to end up with a very angry bp with some missing scales.

[starmom]

Welcome to the forum!!! Congrats on the new snake (can't wait for pictures) and congrats on your brilliant girlfriend who made an absolutely brilliant choice of snakes!! Girls rule!!!
Oh, anyway, yes, congrats and welcome!

[MelissaFlipski]

Welcome! Having a pet snake is a pure joy! Have fun with it.

Not sure if anyone else said it, but tell your girlfriend that if perchance the snake and cats meet, she needs to worry more about the snake!

[kc261]

if need be I can get a smaller UTH for the cool side which would hopefully keep the temp up at around 80F.

Also what side of the tank should the water bowl be on? I'm thinking of putting it in the middle of the tank where it would get some heating from the UTH.

I ended up with 2 UTHs on my glass tank, exactly as you are suggesting. A large one that covers about 1/3 of the entire bottom of the tank and keeps the warm side warm and also did a reasonable job of keeping the ambient temps up. However, the warm air was not getting under the cool side hide very well. Plus I was having a bit of a trade-off of either the warm side being a bit higher than I wanted or the ambient temps being a bit lower than I wanted. Adding a small UTH under the cool side and keeping it dialed down way low with a rheostat seems to work well.

You will probably end up placing your water bowl where it needs to be based on keeping the humidity where you want it. Move it more towards the warm side to raise humidity, or towards the cool side to lower it.

[equis8]

Welcome! From another Noobie

[Bundu Boy]

Hey all

Thanks for the great welcome

Starmon - Yah, I like girls, except when they get all like heh heh.... you all know the old saying "Can't live with them, can't live without them"

Melissa - Right now baby Samson would not have a chance, we've got 3 cats so he'd be outnumbered.... my intention is to not let them get alone together EVER... when Samson gets older he may think kitty cat is a new prey item though.

Equis - thanks for howdy noobie

Another thing I'd like to run past the pro's here, this'll be my last query in this part of the forum. After this I'll be heading over to the relevant forum section.

Some of you may know that here is South Africa we are going through a power supply problem. Our infrastructure was all but ignored by the powers that be for the past 10 years and all of a sudden we've not got enough electricity for the country

Anyhoo, this means that every few days we get a 4 (or longer) hour power outage.

Case in point was this morning I woke up at 5am and noticed the power was off. Now I do not know how long it was off for, could have been 5 minutes or 5 hours. I immediately went to check on Samson and saw his hot area was at 65F. I immediately got some hot water from our gas stove and filled a hot water bottle, the bottle i then put on the outside of the tank pressed up against the glass where his hide is. The temps then gradually got up to 78F. The power is now back on and he should be toasty.

What is tolerable for these little guys, I know that if i was in a constantly fluctuating environment then I'd probably not feel to great about it

[Bundu Boy]

Hey all

Here is a pic of Samson, he's been hiding out in his coconut the last 2 days but seems to be relaxing a bit now.

Here's his home


He's only been at home now for 2 nights and I'll try his first feed this coming Sunday. Fingers crossed he chows down.

BTW - I got a battery backup pack with a 600W inverter and a deep cycle battery. It'll be used to keep my home office ticking over and to power Samson's heating when the electricity goes POOF!

[cassandra]

BTW - I got a battery backup pack with a 600W inverter and a deep cycle battery. It'll be used to keep my home office ticking over and to power Samson's heating when the electricity goes POOF!

Does the power go down often where you are?

[MelissaFlipski]

Nice looking naturalistic vivarium!