Hi All

Our BP is 22 weeks old, about 22 inch long (hard to measure properly LOL), eating well and has just had a beautiful shed (just waiting for head and tail tip now).

I was just reading the previous post called "Urgent" and noticed that many of you feel that the plastic vivs are better for keeping the BPs in - at first we were going to keep ours in the little (almost 2 ft) plastic one until a bit longer but have been experiencing problems with keeping the heat temps constant with the heat mat (we live in the UK and I think the weird weather we're having here doesn't help - first it's hot as hell then it's cold again). Therefore we went out yesterday and bought a 3 ft wooden viv with sliding glass doors - it's exactly the same as the one we have successfully keep our Beardie in for the last 4 years (except hers is 4 ft) - and we never have had any problems with heat temps (or anything else) in there.

Therefore - I'm wondering if others out there have wooden vivs and what (if anything) else they put in there apart from a ceramic heater and water and a humid hide. Are there any particular problems I should look out for with a wooden viv?

Also the people who sold us the viv tried to sell us a 2.0 UVB tube setup saying it would be good for the snake - but I don't think they need the UVB at all from what I've read do they? I like the idea of maybe having one of those red or green or blue bulbs to add a little color to have on during the evening - unless of course it would stress our BP out. She doesn't tend to stress easily though and is very calm.

Sue and Emily the BP