A few quick questions

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Where have you read that it's good to house an adult in a 10 gallon tank???? That is what you said above.

Dude,BPs,just don't wake up and slither around.. If you are looking for a display piece, your prob better off with some sort of lizard. BPs hide just about all the time. Mine just a bout never come out of there hide. Only when I throw live prey in or feeding.. I have caught them out at night like 3-4am and on occasion around 11pm. When I clean the tank,then they will be put for hours on end exploring,but I set it up exactly the same every time,so they are use to it.

my advise is DO NOT listen to the whole body weight percentage crap. it is just a hassle and a way for people to make things more complicated. the easiest way feed you snake is to judge the prey based on the girthiest/fattest part of your snakes body. It's that simple. You can even feed a a hair bigger than it's girthiest part of the body. That's what I do,I never have any feeding problems. Never

both my snakes are babies and are my first ones.One is 5 months ( housed in a 29 gallon high,same length as a 20 gallon long in length)the other 2 months old and housed in a 20 gallon long..it took me a bit to get my 29 gallon perfect in temps and humidity,didn't take long but I got it right.

i also have only 1 hide in each enclosure. They never use the cool one,so it's pointless . The only time they use the cool side is when they come out to explore. They like to be warm and if they need to switch hides,IMO,then your hot side is to hot. They live in Africa and don't have a cool hide and a hot hide,they have one where they live or reside. Africa don't have cool sides and hot sides..."......... This is my opinion. But you can have two,everyone's opinion Aries and no one is right.

My 20gallon I use coco husky,sphagnum moss mixture and a large water bowl center of tank and a double dome heat fixture on the hot side. One bulb for night and one for day. I keep a wet rag covering most of the top of th screen.


My 29 gallon use a double dome fixture( make sure it's ceramic),with one bulb for day and one for night. I cover most of the tank with a damp wett towel along top the screen And some of the tank with aluminum foil on the screen top,while leaving still some open screen for ventilation.i also use a 30-40 gallon UTH for the hot side and that's set and regulated and monitored at 89-91. This keep my tank set at a86-88 hot side and humidity averaging round 50. Although the UTH won't heat the tanks enclosure it heats a spot.

i have my hygrometer placed same spot in both tanks. Appx 4 inches from bottom up and placed center of the tanks. Common sense is that the cool side sing wold be more humid than the bit side and the hot side will be less humid than the cool side,so that's why I place the hygrometter where I do.works for me.i also keep a thermometer strip on only the hot ends of the tank,same thing abut 4 inches from the bottom up and in the center of the hot spot. I miso ne time a day,maybe 2 and wett the rag on top every morning and every nights before bed. It takes a little messing around with to get everything right,if you are new to this like I was.
But honestly,keeping a healthy enviroment for your snake is common sense and requires some effort and having $$ to be able to afford the utilites ( heating,bulbs,domes,UTHs,bedding etc) ,as well as the possibility of any vet bills. One thing I always say is ,If you are not financially stable,you shouldn't have a pet. They can be pricey. That is my opinion. Good luck