Making sure everything is Legit

[Singularity28]

Here is Ghost, and her Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwV5...e_gdata_player

[Jessica Loesch]

I like it , but hope u have those nasty mean lights off most of the time and heat underneath instead. Not sure on your heating details and if that is how you do it, but those lights look bright and more like lighting lights.

[Singularity28]

As for heat I use
Zilla Night Black Heat 100w (on always)
Zilla Heat Pad Small 8w (on always)
and those white lights are 2w uvb bulbs for lightduring the day (12 hours on/ 12 off)

Should I do something differently?

[Jessica Loesch]

you don't need light. Ball pythons are nocturnal and remain in the dark during the day. natural lighting coming in from a window is plenty enough ... other than that I'm sure you're fine as long as your temps are in the right range

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

I have a feeling your temps are probably way off. A small under tank heater for such a large tank?

Nothing controlled by a thermostat? You also need a digital thermometer/hygrometer with probe to measure both hot and cool side temps at the same time as well as humidity.

The enclosure is beautiful but you need to be sure your stats are exact or you will end up with a sick snake. The water feature may be dangerous. BPs can be known to drown. They are not water snakes. Even when soaking it's advised to never put them in a tub with more then enough water to barely cover their body.

[QuiccStrike911]

how do you change out your water? and x2 on the thermostat and in-out therm. mentioned above^^^

[Jessica Loesch]

Yea Foschi, I don't like to assume, so I just put it out there, but I am a little worried.

I however did not know ball pythons were at risk for drowning. Good to know

[meowmeowkazoo]

Really beautiful enclosure. I would love looking at that thing all day. Just make sure your temps are well controlled, and monitor humidity.

[angllady2]

Word of warning hon, someone who had one of those fogger things in their tank had their baby ball get stuck inside it, and it almost died. They went through a lot of time and trouble to cut the snake free, and it was badly scarred up. I would never have one of those in a snake tank unless the snake was over 5 feet long.

I know you love the way the water and all looks, but really it's not an ideal ball habitat. I know from experience that too much humidity combined with a short period of low temps can easily cause an RI. Maybe I'm just a worry wart, but I'd be afraid that would happen to her in that tank.

Gale

[Singularity28]

I respect all of your concerns.
I can tell you the water changes is something I will keep up on a weekly basis.
As for the depth of the water I will drain an additional inch so its only an inch and a half deep
Heat and humidity I can tell you is on par. I have electronic thermo and hydro meters. The sensors are hidden behind the plant and I keep the digital part that tells me the stats I need to know on the table next to the tank.
Heat is currently at 92 degrees near basking with humidity of aprox. 55%
General temp I know is above 80 degrees.
I'm going to take the heat mat back into work and exchange it with a larger one with more watts for a higher heat.
The UVB lights are just for personal viewing preferences.
As for the fogger, that POS already broke. so I'm going to replace it with a fogger that is kept outside of the enclosure and lets out fog through the tube. will only turn on for extremely limited periods throughout the day