I am a perfectionist who wants the perfect solution to my problem. I am looking to buy an enclosure for my new ball python that will be a good size for the rest of her life once she outgrows the 10 gallon aquarium she is in. My enclosure needs to be as attractive as possible for my girlfriend to allow it in the house. So with my concerns ordered from most to least important to me, what would everyone recommend. Brand recommendations are welcome dimension suggestions even more.

1. A healthy, happy, easy to maintain home for my new friend.
2. Must be as attractive as possible, look like it belongs in my home office.
3. Price, I would like to stay under $1000 dollars.

Racks are seriously off topic and stand alone tubs are right out. I have the tools, and skill to build but new projects cause my female human to get stressed and she becomes aggressive. I own a 37 gallon tall aquarium that has 2 Jack Demseys that may be moved to a 55 gallon aquarium I also own.

If I haven't bored you more details below.

Hi, I am new to the community. Quick bio, I have wanted a ball python since 6th grade. My mom didn't like snakes and we were pretty poor growing up. For the past 10 years I have been an "adult" and every time I see a ball python I get choked up and wish I could have one. Well guess what, I am an adult with a job that pays well I can do whatever I want.

So 1 week of research, easily 20 hours of reading, and I impulse bought a captive hatched ball at a local pet store. Should have waited, but I had the fever. So I have a very friendly 20" normal of undetermined sex. I have lived with her for 17 days now. She is living in a 10 gallon aquarium with an under the tank heater on a dimmer a large water bowl and a terra cotta pot base for a single hide. I have a lamp that's on during the day. My humidity is holding at around 60%. I have 2 analog dial thermometers and 1 hygrometer, looking for a good digital. In my fever, although I intended to get her small F/T mice I got fuzzies. I fed her 48 hours after she was home, too soon I know, and she took it within 5 seconds. She had been at the pet store for 6 weeks had refused to eat for the first month, eaten twice and was due to be fed when I got her. I intend to feed her every 7 days just after dark but due to the small size of the food items I have, I fed her 5 days later. This time she seamed disinterested. After a minute or two I heated up the body of the fuzzy and then further heated the head and after that she took it quickly, 10 to 15 seconds. 5 days following her second feeding I decided not to feed her as her eyes were pretty cloudy and I didn't want to stress her. She shed this past Sunday, good shed, and I fed her the following evening. She took it almost instantly. I hate to make too many changes as from what I can tell things are working but I really want to get another hide and 2 digital thermometers two measure the temp under both.

So far for a new enclosure I am looking at Showcase Cages, Reptile Basics and Vision Products. I am thinking of a 3x2. Assuming my snake is a female and she gets big for a ball could she outgrow that size. Does anyone see anything wrong with a Showcase Cage other than the price. How soon would people recommend upgrading to a 3x2 if that's what I go with. If I put some nice secure logs in there and some plastic plants and of course 2 hides could I move her sooner and take stuff out as she grows.