Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
I saw that you posted in the Childrens Python Thread as well. Look through the 15 pages to see the evolution of some of the cages http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ic-post/page15 . Like Skip said they warm up with age, not so much on the handling side. They are very active and love to climb, so I too would move away from the tub and try to produce a naturalistic environment for him. I have a water dish in my cage that is big enough for him to soak in. Everytime I put fresh water in it he is over drinking. My guy is a just shy of 3ft and he is in a 36inx18inx16in cage and he uses every inch of it so much that I feel like he needs bigger. My house ambients are around 75 as well and the only heating I have for his cage is a UTH. I actually have keep my hot spot warmer in the high 90s to 100F range.
i'll start checking more pages on that thread.. did you build a custom tank than??
i just gave my brother his 20gal tank and bragged up my tub setting so i didn't really wanna beg to use his tank again plus i've always had a hard time keeping proper heat temps in glass tanks with my beardies in the past.. not sure if it's our room set up let's a lot of air through or what..
i'm very short on funds as well as the wife has cut me off on spending since i secretly bought the snake and she wasn't a fan haha

as for climbing i've got the one stick but he doesn't seem very interested in it.. he usually just goes on or behind his hide when he's out.. the tub is fairly tall i could figure out something for climbing tho, any suggestions? ill check around google for some idea's as well