I need a few people to bounce ideas off of. I'll be picking up my first snake sometime late July to early August. I'm in touch with an awesome breeder who's been a lot of help and super informative. Looking to buy a yearling from him.

Okay, so.. enclosures. I'm wanting to use a tank, a 20 gal (I have a 10 gal, 15, 20, 29, and 30 laying about). Natural looking enclosures are the bomb! I've had fish for years in planted tanks and all that fun stuff, so I'd love the same for my snake. Spotted pythons come are relatively dry places and our humidity is sky high durring the summer months (80%+), not as bad indoors but it can still get sticky. I've been tossing around ideas for substrates and keep coming back to eco-earth since I love the look of it and it looks more 'natural' to me, but I don't want it getting to wet and harming my snek. Ideas? I do not like the look of aspen. Tile? Lots of stone out cropping-type deals? I have so much stone and hard wood from my fish. Are there any safe soil mixtures that stay dry or have good drainage? I saw a REALLY cool set up of large flat rocks with eco-earth in between.

Plants. Where to buy? How to get rid of fertilizers/pesticides? I know already I'll be re-potting (and keeping them in planters/pots for easy cleaning and removal).. but I'm unsure of how to treat/deal with the leaves if they've been exposed to pesticides.

Anny ideas would be great. Enclousure pictures would be the best! What humidity do you guys use for your childrens/spotted/etc species? What heat? I want to make sure I have everything down before I start setting up the enclousure. I will be letting it run in advance to getting my snake and can change/fiddle with it as needed. I want it to be pretty, but also in the snakes best interest.




If this doesn't belong here, can a mod move it?