Finally.. PICTURES of my BP

[toddsbabygirl]

Okay, so today I woke up early and went straight to shopping for my bp.. fist off was wal mart .. believe it or not i found EXACTLY what i was looking for first thing.. i got the thermometer.. its an ACURITE it has a wire that runs into the cage and sticks to the glass.. * I STUCK IT UNDER THE LIGHT and ABOVE THE UTH ABOUT 1.5" DOWN THE TANK * (in the pics if you look above the driftwood it is sticking behind the trees there, im using trees to cover the wire)

I bought FOAM poster board to go around the cage to help insulate it (it dont look the best in the world but you cant see it unless your moving the cage to look ill add pic's of that too) then on top of the cage I took the remaining poster board and wrapped it in foil except where the light is at.... to help with humidity/heat.

then i got him fake trees from wal mart as well... then off to the pet store to find my last few items.. it was hard finding one open on Sunday.. and i had to go to one that id rather have not gone to because of the unsanitary conditions. but i did it anyways to get a light bulb and cave...

i couldn't find a red bulb there but i went back to wal mart and got a "reptile rays ge brand black light night time heat lite" it states that it is for night time use with snakes and reptiles. HOPE THIS IS OKAY SINCE I COULDN'T GET A RED ONE?

i actually bought 2 caves i know i was supposed to get 2 of the same but they didnt have 2 of anything there.. so i got 2 different kinds... i really nice wood/bark tree trunk cave and a plain wood cave thingy (not really for a snake) all i could get to fit in the tank was the small one.. sooooo i did the best with what i had.

i do plan to get a new 20-30 Long tank sometime next month. so this is really just his "FOR THE MOMENT" cage..

anyway. her are the pic's of everything i done and you can all give me your 2 cents worth.. the thermometer reads 81.3 now so its a wee bit warmer but my humidity is STILL JUST AT 30%.. so im worried about that ive already misted once too and it didnt help any at all.... the thermometer's been in there for an hour now.


SO C'MON LET'S HEAR OPINIONS AND WHAT I STILL NEED TO DO









BEHIND THE TREES IS MY THEMOMETER









MY SUCKY ATTEMPT AT FOAM BOARD INSULATION



RIGHT NOW IT IS READING 81.5 DEGREE AND ONLY 29% HUMIDITY

[Hock3ymonk3y]

The probe is only measuring one thing, the temperature of what it is stuck to. The ambient temp and humidity are measured by the device itself, so the whole device would need to be actually in the cage. That 30% humidity is outside of the cage.

Hope this helps,

[Chocolate Muffin's]

I think you have done a wonderful job. Your animal is cute as a little pumpkin. I think the only thing I would say is that he/she could prob be in that cage for a while. It looks pretty young, so until it gets 3-4 feet, I can't imagine you needing to move up, but others may have more exact opinions on this.

The two hides look really good. The heat/humidity issue is always something that you will be tweaking. I just got my cages a thermostat for the under tank heaters and I feel like I have just recently got my humidity stable.

For a beginner, I think you have listened well and done an impressive job for your new little baby ball - so cute.

Welcome Home

[toddsbabygirl]

okay i hit the button to read inside and outside and it NOW says inside is 74.1 and outside is 81.9 and humidity inside tank is 44% and 30 % in the house..

do i put the whole thing in the tank?? i was under the impression that i only put the wire in there and it would relay my "out" temp..

[Chocolate Muffin's]

Ok, wait a minute....I have the exact same device and was told just the opposite...er...that I could place mine on the outside of the cage too....can you explain that again?

Maybe Kaorte said it was ok for me because I have a separate thermometer for the cages? Just want my set up to right too.

I learn something new every minute around here

[Chocolate Muffin's]

okay i hit the button to read inside and outside and it NOW says inside is 74.1 and outside is 81.9 and humidity inside tank is 44% and 30 % in the house..

do i put the whole thing in the tank?? i was under the impression that i only put the wire in there and it would relay my "out" temp..

Me too???

[Hock3ymonk3y]

the ENTIRE unit goes in with the snake

[toddsbabygirl]

okay i see now..
i just thought since i read both in and out temps that i left the unit outside.. will it bother the snake putting it inside? and WHERE do i place it at

SO SORRY IF IM CONFUSING YOU ALL. im just dumfounded myself.. this is my first snake and im a dum one at that with it.. lol

[Chocolate Muffin's]

the ENTIRE unit goes in with the snake

Oh ok. Mine are mounted to the outside of the tank and it reads both the UTH and the inside of the enclosure. I have separate thermometers to 'double check' the probe and the ambient and ground temps. I was very happy to get all of those devices and wires out of the cages. My set up works just fine, but when I first got them, they were mounted on the inside and worked just fine.

[toddsbabygirl]

also with all the readings on it..
after putting it in the cage does it need to read IN or OUT
i really lost on how to work this thing

it always says out temp in the middle and an option of in temp or clock on top and humidity on bottom