I got this 2 year old ball python yesterday from this guy who loved his snake a lot, but had (at best) questionable husbandry. Had the little guy for 9 months and, from the sound of it, he never changed out the bedding (he wasn't sure what it was. It came with the snake which he got from a friend) but did scoop out the poop and all. He also smoked pot I'm pretty sure (in addition to the smell of snake(?) the odor of marijuana was definitely present. Granted I live in a state where it's legal, I'm fairly certain that the smoke is no good for snakes.)

The tank was in fairly nasty condition when I got it, but I was reluctant to change out the cage bedding and everything since I was worried I'd stress the guy out even more than he probably already was from the move. Upon the recommendation of a vet tech at a local clinic, she suggested to just clean it out and get it over with it now rather than later. So I bleached out his cage with a 1:10 solution, disinfected his water dish, and washed out his hides (wasn't sure what to do with the log hides.... which I hear aren't great but snake seems to like it and I've got them backed up to the side of the cage so he's closed off on three sides. Should I change it to something else or wait till later?) Trying to figure out what to do with the lighting. I have a basking lamp (incandescent 75W; heats the warm side to 90--I have it set to turn on and off at 12 hour intervals) and a red heat lamp which gets the other side to about a temp of 70-80. This lamp stays on all the time. For the bedding, I used black and white newspaper. Plan on changing it on a weekly or whenever soiled. Maybe when he gets settled in, I'm going to get more fake plants for him and places for him to hide and not feel out in the open as much. I want to get him a bigger water dish that he can bathe in as well. Current one seems small.

Worried about a couple things. First one, the obvious--is my tank set up right? And when should I start changing/adding things to his cage? I'm planning on taking him to the vet in about two weeks time when he's not as stressed out about everything to make sure he's in good and proper health. He seems to be doing fine, but I just want to double check. Probably won't be touching him or handling him any time soon. Not for a week at least.

Anything else more I should be doing?