Tubs for a pet?

[sunshinenorcas]

Most (not all, I know some very great and knowledgeable places) pet store employees should be listened to with a grain of salt. I had one PASSIONATELY try to talk me out of using a UTH because apparently they always burn the snake,` even with thermostats and if I do I should use 6" of substrate or something. Whatever.

I say go tub; it has way more benefits if you don't care about display. HOWEVER, the one issue there is with tubs is that you can't use lamps for supplemental heat, so she'd need to be in a warmer room or have her own space heater or something. That being said, there are ways to maintain tank humidity, but tubs are easier to maintain and clean in my opinion, plus way more room.

I was just bewildered because it was a really well known, local, not box store haha. If it had been something else, anything else, it would have been less awkward, but thats just such a common thing that it as like '...really?' lol. IDK.
I keep my windows closed in the winter, and I have a UTH and thermostat and I have a space heater I could use for her as well, so getting my room 75+ shouldn't be TOO hard hopefully (that's where I try to keep it anyways), just in the summer its harder because it's 60-70 degrees in the morning then 90 by mid day and back down to 70 by evening, so I don't want supplemental heat on in my room because it will be hot soon, but her tank just gets a little chilly.

If you have the money, get a xpvc enclosure.

http://www.animalplastics.com

A t8 can last a ball python a life time. And is essentially the same price as upgrading tanks.

With xpvc, you won't have to really worry about ambient temperatures OR humidity.

I suggest this instead of a tub just because not everyone can maintain proper temperatures for a tub set up.

Oh cool! I will definitely keep that in mind. That's way cheaper then what I had anticipated, and might be what she ends up in for the long term I will probably try tubs just to see how that option works out (ie, I get a snake and need to house it for a bit before I can get the caging), but I will definitely keep that option in mind for the future

x2, it sounds like a PVC cage will be the best option for you. PVC cages can stack so you can expand vertically if you decide that you want to.



Tubs are easy to maintain humidity in, but if the room they are in drops below 75 degrees F for any extended period of time the tub will be very difficult to maintain proper temperatures with. You really can't use heat lamps with tubs. They require under tank heaters, as well as a thermostat to regulate them. You have to heat the entire room with a space heater to 75 F + year round as well for them to really work.

I do have a UTH and thermostat in her tank right now, it's just the ambient temps I have a hard time with. My room can get SWELTERING so in the summer, my windows and fan are on, which is great for me, but her ambient temps get lower (70ish usually) then I'd like, so I turn on the fan in the mornings til I leave, or cold nights so it doesn't get too cold. Usually in the winter, I have my windows shut and a space heater going anyways, so it might work out I want to try it and at least see how realistic it is for me for in the future