Dear Angllady2, Interloc & Inarikins,

Thanks for your patience and giving a brief advise.


@ Interloc & Inarikins


I checked for mites thoroughly almost every time I handle him and every time I change water. I am pretty sure he doesn't have mites on him. Just to be double sure I will cross check again on coming Friday when I offer him food. I am pretty strict on cleanliness

Yeah, I am planning to buy a weigh machine, auto humidifier and a laser gun thermometer when I get my next paycheck. And planning to keep humidity 55 - 60 % ( as he already shed). I only feed him live and don't want to shift to frozen/thawed at least for next couple of months until I am confident that i know all his stuff.

Going forward I will make sure I offer him on his regular schedule of every Friday not frequently.

I am not even switching on my AC as it will lower the temperatures & I stay in Dallas

The main purpose of that IR lamp is to keep the temp high enough when I switch on the AC in my apartment.


My immediate next step is to get the aluminum tape and cover the under tank heat pad so the heat wont escape, and use the auto humidifier & IR lamp in conjunction to keep the temp and humidity balanced, while having my AC ON !

As I have a mesh top, I am using a white towel over it. I will check plexiglass too, but even the appearance of the cage is also important to me. I will shop around on internet & walmart the coming weekend.

I just checked him he is sitting/sleeping on top of his hides and chilling (lights off!)

I check the picture of both of your snakes... they are sweeeettttt




@ Gale


I am using the tank as I keep it in the living room and it also acts a decoration item in my apartment, as I stay alone and only friends visiting on weekends there isn't much traffic. And all his hides are facing towards the sides covered with opaque sheets and he wont be able to see anything

The temperature of room is around 75 now, but I cant stay like this all the time it might get down to 65-70 when I get the humidifier and use it along with the IR lamp to keep temp & humidity correctly in his tank.

I can manage 90 on hot side with UTH & IR lamp (will use it 24/7, along with a thermostat). I think I should be able to keep 80 on cool side too with that settings, provided my Ac is running too .For next one-two weeks I will keep a record of temperature and humidity every 8 hours and update you guys.

I only handle 15 - 30 minutes (MAX) and don't stress him much.

I am feeding in separate tank as I use forest floor cypress mulch in his enclosure and he was eating with kinda aggression and might hurt himself, hence the separate tank.
I am all prepared for the first bite and just waiting it to happen as I am waiting for the first dent on my new Camaro and this is definitely not the reason for feeding in separate tank.

I will again offer him in the separate tank this Friday and if he doesn't eat and then I will offer him in his own tank the next next Friday.


Reptisafe is something used in drinking water for reptiles as it get rid of chlorine and other stuff, and was suggested by the guy @ petco, this guy seemed little knowledgeable