2,5 years later, finally seeing if I'm doing ok. Setup and shedding questions.

[Annarose15]

Feeding her small/medium F/T rats, try to do it every weekend. I need to get more on schedule with it.

That's about right, so maybe I'm just off on how she looks to me (that's why a scale is useful, too, so you don't have to "eyeball" her weight), or she might be a slower grower. She certainly doesn't look unhealthy, by any means. As for the cage, try meeting the recommendations on the care sheet for temps and humidity. If you can, great; if you can't, set her up in a single level terrarium or tub and get something new for the fancy cage!

[pigfat]

You could always put a lizzard or something in that setup? Just a thought if you cant get the correct husbandry for you bp.

[Slim]

BPs ARE terrestrial, they are not arboreal.

Yes they are. I was in the middle of typing that BPs are not aboreal, but couldn't figure out how to spell aboreal so I switched it the negative but forgot to reverse the sentence...I hate it when work gets in the way of BP.net.

Thank you for correcting that mistake.

[Annarose15]

I hate it when work gets in the way of BP.net.

Ditto!

[Rmorse]

Ok guys, check this out....I just ran home during my lunch break and snapped a couple more pictures of the enclosure using my phone.

The tank DOES have two heat sources - an undertank heater and a heat lamp, both are on 24/7. Here is a pic of the UTH:



And here is a pic of how hot it gets under the bulb, with the crappy dial thermometer:




Ok. So. Here is what I'm thinking of, to try and make this work. Let me know if this will work or if it's feasible.

The sides of the enclosure are glass, with one spot of plastic w/ holes for ventilation. EACH piece of glass CAN BE REMOVED:





So, what I'm thinking is - Leave the big front doors glass. Remove the glass on the sides of the enclosure and replaced them with Melamine. Extend both the middle and the top shelf almost all the way across, with a small access hole for Cleo to get between the two levels. Have undertank heaters on the left side of both upper levels, small/medium water dishes on both upper levels, and the GIANT corner water dish (You know the one - the massive one) on the bottom right corner.

I attached a sketch I drew up in paint. Please, no reproduction without my expressed consent. I know, I know, you're probably thinking "Damn those pictures would look good on my fridge", but please....ask first.



The grey parts is where Melamine will go:



The red is where the shelves will go, with the break in the line being the access holes. The blue is water, and the black is under tank heaters:





Whatcha think? Will that be able to:
A) retain humidity
B) less climbing, more zoomin'
C) better temperature grades

[Kinra]

Yes they are. I was in the middle of typing that BPs are not aboreal, but couldn't figure out how to spell aboreal so I switched it the negative but forgot to reverse the sentence...I hate it when work gets in the way of BP.net.

Thank you for correcting that mistake.

Lol, you had me second guessing myself for a minute. I had to use google.

[Mike41793]

I would take off the bottom doors on that cabinet, and put in 3 shelves w/ flexwatt. Get 3 tubs and put ur pastel in one of them. Get 2 more bps and put them in the other 2 tubs . Then get a hogg island boa or some species of snake that actually likes to climb and put it in the top enclosure.

[Rmorse]

I would take off the bottom doors on that cabinet, and put in 3 shelves w/ flexwatt. Get 3 tubs and put ur pastel in one of them. Get 2 more bps and put them in the other 2 tubs . Then get a hogg island boa or some species of snake that actually likes to climb and put it in the top enclosure.

I was actually also thinking of making the top part a solid three shelves, and throw in two more BPs....And the best part? My girlfriend is suprisingly OK with this.

[HerpIsAhobby]

Looks like your getting some good help on changing over to something more workable for the animal but one thing you said was that the 2 heat sources are left on 24/7. Does that mean you dont have a timer shutting them off at night or are they unregulated by a thermostat? If not regulated by a thermostat it could lead to problems for the snake.

[Rmorse]

Looks like your getting some good help on changing over to something more workable for the animal but one thing you said was that the 2 heat sources are left on 24/7. Does that mean you dont have a timer shutting them off at night or are they unregulated by a thermostat? If not regulated by a thermostat it could lead to problems for the snake.

Correct, they are left on and unregulated. I'll look into picking up a thermostat as well; that one on Amazon that was posted earlier looks promising.