you dont need to worry about humidity, only heat, and they require lower temps then a BP. they are great snakes. My hoggy has had no problems eating. The day i brought him home from the expo he downed 2 pinkys and drank some water. just fed him again, 2 pinkies. no troubles eating what so ever! the only downside i see is that using aspen bedding is a little more pricey, and cleaning substrates suck, thats why i use paper towels for my python. not to mention hoggys are silly looking! Mine is a male BTW, so dont listen to pythonsbyparris ;P