Hello everyone, I am new here, and relativly new to snakes/reptiles. I currently own a corn snake and a ball python. Just got the ball last night. I do not know much about the ball, the corn snake I have had a little more experience with.

For the corn snake, I have a 20 gal long tank, reptile bark substrate, a climbing branch with hidey holes, a large water dish, a light above the warm side, and an under the tank heater. What would be suggested to add to this? Do I need to block some of the screen top to keep in more moisture? Should I mist the inside once a week to add humidity? Any other advice that you can give me? He is not full grown yet, only 2.5 feet long and about as big around as a thick crayon. His name is Omar.

For the Ball, she is full grown, almost 4 feet long. Serena, the ball, was given to us last night. The people we got her from had not handled her since May, but she is doing great. They gave us her enclosure, heat pad, climbing log, and water dish. Problem is her encloser is completely mesh. Do I need to enclose it with sides and along the bottom to help hold in heat and humidity? I have a light above her on the warm side of the enclosure for basking, and am using a human heating pad under the tank set on medium for a larger warm spot (was a small 10 gallon heating pad). The enclosure is the length of a 20 long, but twice as high. I made her a hidey box this morning using an old photo box that we had..it is black. her substrate is reptile bark as well. Any advice on what I should add, what type of greenery to add, where to get a longer climibing log? The log that came with her is not very high, and is wobbily, so I would like to get her something new. Also, is there a way to add "shelves" safely in an enclosure for them to climb on and have different heights? I have thought about getting the plastic locker shelves to add some dimension to her habitat and give it a better look.

Any help that can be given will be much appreciated by myself, and my loved reptiles.

Thank you
Chelsea