Tank Layout

[Dragon76]

I think everything looks pretty good with your setup there, the one thing i would suggest would be Locks for your tank. Ball Pythons are especially good escape artists. Otherwise Grats and Good luck!!!

[dryates]

Can u put a pic of ur setup I am having trouble keeping my ambient temp and my humidity it's either one unless I jack up the heat in my house! I have a 20 gallon long basically exactly the same as urs idk how to get temps up without killing humidity temps are ambient of 75 humidity is 60

[njdad61]

I think everything looks pretty good with your setup there, the one thing i would suggest would be Locks for your tank. Ball Pythons are especially good escape artists. Otherwise Grats and Good luck!!!

I forgot to include them in my masterpiece work-of-art, but I have some heavy duty clips on each side of the mesh top. My 9 year old daughter can't unclip any of them using all her strength. lol. I don't forsee little Sasha going anywhere!

[njdad61]

Can u put a pic of ur setup I am having trouble keeping my ambient temp and my humidity it's either one unless I jack up the heat in my house! I have a 20 gallon long basically exactly the same as urs idk how to get temps up without killing humidity temps are ambient of 75 humidity is 60

Sure! I'll take some pics when I get home this evening. I have my lamp on a stand, so with the beam farther away I think it's eating up less humidity while allowing a less intense, wider beam of heat to enter the tank. Even still, I think I might switch to a 60W bulb to get my humidity up a little higher without sacrificing too much heat...

[Jeo123]

I forgot to include them in my masterpiece work-of-art, but I have some heavy duty clips on each side of the mesh top. My 9 year old daughter can't unclip any of them using all her strength. lol. I don't forsee little Sasha going anywhere!

Just be careful. I've heard stories of people using tubs where there's a slight gap in the middle of the edge and the snake skins itself trying to squeeze out the gap. Snakes don't seem to have much of a grasp on how much thinker their body is than their head and if you have a gap, they may squeeze their head in and regret it afterwards.

[anatess]

Sure! I'll take some pics when I get home this evening. I have my lamp on a stand, so with the beam farther away I think it's eating up less humidity while allowing a less intense, wider beam of heat to enter the tank. Even still, I think I might switch to a 60W bulb to get my humidity up a little higher without sacrificing too much heat...

They sell those lamps with a dimmer switch, if you can exchange your lamp for that, you can have a lot more freedom with how much heat you produce out of the lamp from the same bulb wattage.

[starfire]

Congratulations on a well-researched start to snake keeping. You’re saving yourself (and your snake) a lot of grief by practicing safe and healthy keeping practices from the start. It’s amazing how many common husbandry problems you’ll avoid by planning your set-up and reading the forums and caresheets before acquiring your new snake.

The temp gun is a great, versatile tool. Just FYI, the $12 Accurite thermometer/ hygrometer with a wired probe that you position on your warm side is really not as big a pain as it looks. There are great suggestions in the forums for how to position/secure the wire and probe in tank set-ups if you ever decide you’d like to experiment. I use wired Accurites in my tubs with aspen, binding the excess wire with a cable tie and running the wire down the side of the tub under aspen to the warm spot.

Other members have had good suggestions about regulating lamps, etc., however, if cooler ambient temperatures continue to be problem, you might want to check out an oil-filled heater for the room. Lots of recommendations on the forums about oil-filled heaters. I’ve used mine for more than three years, and it’s quiet (no blowing fans), odor-free, economical, and keeps the room temps warm without sucking out the humidity.

Again, welcome to the forums. Looking forward to your future photos and comments. Responsible, enthusiastic, and curious keepers always welcome at BP.net!

P.S.: You'll love that Herpstat

[Erfic Tick]

i dont use a basking light but a day light and put on a rock so if he nees it he has the extra heat this might sound crazy but mine loves to climb his cage has 6 branches lol

[kitedemon]

If you are seriously thinking of a second herpstat I not bother running it to a CHE or bulb but to a second UTH and set it to 80 to keep the cool side bang on as well. The rest looks great I use a Dark blue LED night viewing lights and a CFL for day lighting just on a dual timer. Remember that the labial heat pits respond directly to the optic nerve in their brain so the quite literally see heat.

ref, Kobayashi, S Neuroscience Research Supplement, 0(16): 124pp

[willieshotg3]

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i would put the CHE on he same side as your UTH for a cool hot heat gradent...water dish more to the cool side for humidity...and you should be golden