Hello everyone- I like this site here so I thought I would introduce myself. Just became and owner of a little ball python 3 days ago. My dauther (who is 7) and I have been interested in pythons and have been doing some research decided to get a ball a couple of days ago (IE wife finally caved in!) Anyway I have done some research on this but I'm sure not nearly enough. So her is the set up I have so far if you'll bare with me, I want to be sure I am doing this right.
I am using a 44 gallon tall tank with dimensions approx 2'x2'x3.5'. For substrate I am using zoo med compressed coconut stuff. I have a 1/2 log for a hide, large rock looking water bowl, rock with fake plants and a platform I built out of pine with moss attached to shelf and legs in the corner. Since this pet and tank are for all of us it sits in a quiet corner of our living room so I wanted it to look nice and natural. for heat I a using a medium zoo med UTH on one side of the tank where her hide sits. above the tank I am using a basking light (150w) and so far able to keep the temps 90-93 degrees. Night time I am using a 75w night light with temps in mid 80's. I feel I will need to up the heat at night. Humidity has been easy to controll and sits right around 65%. Due to being new we havent tried to feed her yet and I am only handling her for short periods of time during once a day.
So from the sounds of it am I on the right track here? I am thinking about adding more UTH for night time but not sure quite what to do about this. Its kinda funny i read alot about this prior to getting her, but that all seems to have gone out the window once i got here home. So any suggestions would be very welocme, I want to make sure I have a very healthy happy pet for many years.
thanks