Some of you may have seen the killer deal I got off of Craigslist last night. Now I need to make some decisions. Honestly, I am not set up for so many snakes at the moment. I just completed a snake rack which was designed to hold 6 bins (2 28q and 4 15q). It is very nice with flexwatt belly heat and all. While I was making the rack my original two bps lived in a divided 30g breeder with a heat pad. I have a herpstat ND which I was using for that heat pad. Last night I unexpectedly picked up a group of 7 snakes! I put the two large ones in the 28q bins and the two smallest in one 15q bin. I did not give them belly heat because I have only one thermostat and did not want to risk burns. My house stays around 80 F so I thought this would be no big deal. Here are my plans for today. I am going to rewire the flexwatt in the rack to accommodate 8 15q tubs instead of the 6 tubs. This will hold my 7 small snakes. Then the whole rack can be regulated with my herpstat so those 7 snakes are good. I plan to keep all 7 of those snakes as well. The two adults, however, I am unsure if I would like to keep them or trade them for a baby. I am not really set up to accommodate the large adults yet speaking in terms of both space and their food type and preference (they will only eat live adult rats I am told which scares me a little). Here is where I need your help. The female is +/-1400g and the male is +/-975g. I am thinking about taking this pair to a reptile show next month and trading them for a baby or two and need to house them until then (unless I change my mind before them and can not part with them. I was thinking about putting them in the divided 30g breeder which is tight but I think okay for a month. I could use the heat pad and hook a dimmer up to it or I could just leave the belly heat off all together. Like I said, the ambient in my house is 80 or more at all times. Would you use heat or not? Also, the previous owner said he fed them live medium rats weekly. Do they really need that much food? I hate the idea of live rats. They are so dangerous for the snake. The female has quite a few scares already and I do not want to add to them. Should I offer them F/T until they take it and not worry if they go a month without or should I stick to what was being done? What do you think of my plan?