I figured I would put together a tutorial of sorts for those who have questions regarding how to house thier BP's. This is just a little thing I came up with and by no means is it infallable or Holy Scripture. I do things simply and to the point. This is just a tool to help others......

Well, to start off with, you need an enclosure for your BP. My enclosure of choice is the Rubbermaid/Sterilite container, modified to have air holes by either a small drill or soldering iron. These hold humidity well and are inexpensive to obtain or get rid of when your BP gets bigger. Below is a 16 quart snap-top rubbermaid:


Then we need to figure out how to go about heating this enclosure. I find that human heating pads are the best way to go. They do not dry out the air in the cage and are inexpensive ($10-15). They are also safe to leave on 24/7 and do not put out light that may stress out your BP. I always keep it set on the lowest setting which should keep the warm side around 88-90F. Below is a pic of the box of the kind that I prefer to use:


Now that we have the cage and heat source, we need to get the stuff to put in the cage. I house my BPs with 2 hides.....one on each end of the cage to allow for proper thermoregulation. For the hides, I just use either the plastic plant bases you can find at any garden center or Wal-Mart or terra cotta pot bases of similar size with an entry hole. Then a water bowl. For the substrate I use either paper towels or newspaper because it is easy to clean, cheap, and I do not have to worry about my snake ingesting any loose bits. Here is a pic of what my BP cages look like:


Now that you have your cage ready, you need to monitor the envronment your snake is in. The bet way to measure temperature is with a good digital thermometer with a probe, or a temp-gun, seen below:


I know I probably left some stuff out, but hey I'm not perfect, lol. I hope this helps someone and feel free to ask questions and/or make comments, suggestions, etc. Thanks for reading!