Ok... I am not extremely new at this but i am paranoid
I have a tank... I believe it is 55 gal... it may be bigger i have been meaning to measure it to see... it was provided with the snakes
2 bp's... ones about 3.5ft and the other about 4ft
I use... during the day... a day bulb, a red light and a ceramic heat bulb and uth.... temps are about 91 on the hot side and about 86 on the cooler side... these are jus averages
at night it can range from 81 and 78 and the only difference is the day buld goes off
i use 2 temp probes which lie about an inch above the subtrate...
i have not found a hygrometer... u kno reads the humidity... that works for me.. because the one i had they rip off the wall every night with no failure... thye hoist their bodies on it an it pops right off the tank wall
i spray the tank about once or 2xs daily... and i am keeping saran wrap over screen on the cool side... i did see a post about diy foil coverage and will be doing that so i can effectively cover the hot and cold side without startin a fire or melting anything
one was shedding when i obtained them (april 29th and completely shed on May 1)... dont kno if it came off in one piece because when i woke up there were multiple pieces everywhere because they were laying on them... she currently still has a pink hue to her belly which kinda bothers me
current substrate: carefresh ultra premium pet bedding... they were using it before i obtained them... i liked it so i bought more
its easy to clean... not only cause its soft and fluff... but it comes in a range of colors... white is what i have and very easy to see any adverse conditions
my sister uses the pink for her gerbil lol
large ceramic water bowl and they came with a hide... which is about to be replaced because it is foul smelling and seems to be porous... only reason why i am still using it because i have not found a large enough hide for both snakes... it is the depth of the entire tank
it also spans about 2ft long so it is in the warm an cool sides at the same time... and it makes creaking sounds when the larger one hoists herself on top... has almost tilted it like a see-saw one night
they are active... both day and night.. mostly at night... they bask and appear to lay in the direction of the tv most nights
do not appear to be aggressive at all... lots of hissing and yawning at random moments... but none at me when i enter the tank... they allow me to handle them have not been struck at all
now the previous owner... stated she fed them 1 large rat every 3 weeks... doesn seem like enough to me
we are moving this saturday... and i don't know when i should feed them.. i do not want regurge because of the stress of the move... but i don want to wait too long as i have had them since 4.29 an havent fed them yet.
also... last thing... feeding live... she was feeding them live rats... i would pref and have fed f/t in the past... but i am willing to give live another chance... but only if i have to.
my plan is to remove them from their enclosure to separate plastic containers to feed an then return them to the enclosure once they have swallowed
thanks for listening and all the suggestions or comments... i would really appreciate good feedback as i'm a semi-new snake mommy... i have had bps and corns in the past but not really for a long time and never of this size