We just received out new female pastel and are letting her acclimate. I have had a ton of great help from this forum on cage setup and it has made this whole process a lot easier. But I am totally new to snakes and this is our first. 3 days in...

Well I obviously realize BP's are nocturnal. She has been up from midnight and on exploring the whole cage top to bottom. She has been in both hides cool and hot during the day. Temps and humidity are great. Humidity is steady at 58 and haven't misted once yet.

My stupid questions are:
1) Do they every come out during the day? (My leo does here and there only for a few minutes)
2) I have a fluorescent tube in there and it is on a timer for a day and night cycle. I have it set from 9 am to 9:15 pm. Is that ok or should I change it? Our house is very dark during the day so I left that light in there for both looks because it is a display cage and for a solid day and night cycle for routine.
3) How will I know she is acclimated well?
4) Last but not least and more importantly how do I prepare F/T? The breeder fed live but I want to get her onto F/T asap because well I don't want to risk and injury to the snake and my wife and daughter are way more comfortable with it.

Here is a pic of the setup.

IMG_0049 by Whispersinmyhead, on Flickr


IMG_0052 by Whispersinmyhead, on Flickr


IMG_0050 by Whispersinmyhead, on Flickr

and the pic from breeder as I don't want to bug her for a couple weeks for pics.


IMG_5333 by Whispersinmyhead, on Flickr

Her colors are a ton brighter in person.

Thanks
Jim