Hello all,

On Tuesday I picked up my first ever snake from the reptile store, my Ball Python Samus.

I've read all I could find on the internet and have ordered a book on amazon, and now I want to ask the real experts to make sure I have everything right.

Samus seems to love the hide on the cool side (opaque tupperware container), she'll sit in there for most of the day. At night she seems to like to sit on top of the log underneath the lamp. Samus also wanders around, I guess to check out the cage, before returning to the hide. She has never used the warm hide (the log) so I guess she doesn't like it much.

I'm using an exo-terra brand UTH, but it didn't seem to be enough heat so I'm also using the lamp on top which has a 50 watt red bulb on 24/7.
The accu-rite reads 81 degrees cool side and 92 under the log, 57% humidity.

The substrate is cypress. I am planning on feeding for the first time next tuesday, 1 week for acclimation.

please yell at me if I have anything wrong, samus takes priority!
Thanks

here are pics:


going out exploring

in the hide

the tank

zoomed out

top view minus towel