My girl is slowly outgrowing her current set up and I think I'm gonna upgrade soon. She's currently in a 20 gal long and I was told that would be sufficient for her life, but since I'm not breeding and have no reason to save space I figured I'd bump up a bit. I'm looking at the 40 gal breeders (36" x 18" x 12") and I'm also planning on switching from Repti-Bark to astroturf and getting different hides.

So what I'm really wondering is if I should treat the move to a larger cage with different substrate and hides as a "new snake" i.e. leave her alone for a week or if that isn't really an issue with an adult snake?

Also has anyone on here used astroturf and how hard is it to maintain a steady hot spot?