I recently bought my 10 yr old son a BP. We have a 33 gallon tank???
It had no lid so I made one out of plywood and drilled tons of holes in the top for ventalation. The holes are about the size of my finger??
We have an under tank stick on heat pad, covers 1\4 the tank, aspen bedding,
2 hides, water bowl, a big stick and some fake leaves.
The overall temp wasn't getting above 70ish, so we then bought a 100 watt basking light(The person at the store said we needed this). The temp still didn't rise abouve 75 ish. So then we put semi thick foam around the 3 sides. now temp is teatering at 79-80. Then the humididy wasn't much more than 50, and he is about to shed. Tryed spraying, didn't help much. Then we bought some moss and soaked it in water, then put it in a big round ceramic baking dish, The snake went in it and played for about 10 mins, so I guess he liked it. Anyways, it still didn't create much more humidity. Then I cut a peice of carboard, covered it in tinfoil and layed it over some of the holes on the lid. Still, not much more humidity! Sooo, I read some of the posts on here and people say to cover 95% of the lid and they say that works for them. My question is, is that enough ventalation? And, should I be taping it down? The pet store said they need tons of ventalation? Also, if they sleep in wet moss, isn't that bad for there skin?
I need some advice, everyone says something different.