This is "Boo", as named by my little nephew when I first got her. I actually don't know the sex of the snake, but I default to "her".
This first picture is of her exploring a new hide that I placed in her tank. The hide has a few holes for her to crawl in and out of, but enough "coverage" that I sometimes can't see her in it at all. Since taking this picture, I turned it around so that the largest opening faces the corner and I covered more of it with fake foliage so that she can slip out the back unseen. She seems to enjoy using this hide and the different exits. Since I took this picture, I also covered the sides and back of the tank with foam core. I temporarily had the sketchbook there to limit how far she could see near that hide.
Here is what her tank currently looks like. That curly stuff is actually fake reindeer moss that I found at Michaels. I decided to add it because I read something about balling up newspaper so that the snake will feel like they're being touched by something while moving across the bottom of the tank. The fake reindeer moss provides that kind of "cover" while she moves from the hot side to the cooler side, and it is easy enough for her to move through. She has a few different hides and pieces of bark to slither under along the bottom of the tank, as well. The water dish is obscured by the fake reindeer moss -- one of her favorite places to hang out is actually *under* the sideways flower pot. I have it propped up on the log hide so that there's enough room. I recently added some pieces of bark to block the view to the underneath of the pot some more, so it feels even more secure (no worries, it came from the pet store, not just random bark from my yard). She's eating well and seems secure in the tank! For an extra sense of security, I have another piece of foam core that I put up over the front of the tank when I know I'm going to have the lights on in the room later at night.
She has some ZooMed digital thermometers on either side of the tank (white cords) and she *had* a cheapy humidity gauge. Unsurprisingly, it popped off the tank wall soon after I took this picture! Ugh. Will have to replace with something higher quality.
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