Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
Okay now. I see you posting quite a bit of advice on this forum as of lately and I think you need a bit of a reality check. Some of your advice is very good, most of it is not though. PLEASE know what you are talking about before you give people advice on caring for these lovely creatures.


OP: I would say a 30g is way to big for a hatchling. All that space is pretty overwhelming for something so small that has to constantly be worried about getting eaten by something. If you can, get him in a 10g. A 30g is good for a huge adult female. A 20g is good for an adult male.

Sounds like you don't have the right kind of thermometers. A UTH will actually heat up to about 115*F. A digital thermometer with a probe is what you need. Then put the probe right on the glass on the inside of the tank where the UTH is. You still need a thermostat.

Def. Get two identical hides. They need to be able to thermo regulate between the hot and cool side.

A picture would help us out so we can tell you exactly what you need.

Also, WELCOME!!
Isnt it great how people can ride up on a horse and start bashing otheir peoples opinions? lol. I have a juvinial in a 50gal tank thats evenly cluttered with two identical hides, one on the warm side the otheir on the cool...a log hide in the middle , two water dishes one on each side and fake plants around the back and sides and he absolutley loves it.

It would help if we knew exactly how old/big the snake is. If its a hatchling ( just afew months old) a large open area would be wayyyyyyy too stressful, however thats not hard to fix, just clutter that place up .


One important factor I have learned from BP.net is that every Ball has a diffrent personnality....their are general facts on what they may or may not like but the best way to learn more about your snake and its needs is to watch it and get to know its body language. You know your snake more then anyone else here.