thanks for that . I had her in the front of the shop for a few days and my wife noticed she was acting a bit wierd so we moved her to the office in another room and over the last day she has been wondering around the cage curious as hell .

I did change the substrate and bought her a bigger hid . I have a 6 watt bulb in top of the tank not in it . and i keep the screen covered with a damp towel , she makes me real nervous when i hold her as i have never had a snake before. I dont want to scare her . but thanks I just dont want the machine to stress her out