Quote Originally Posted by Skiploder View Post
...and your post is coming off as needlessly defensive and completely out of line. You really took my post as some sort of bizarre attack on your research or your knowledge of the species you keep? Seriously?

My intent is to allow the OP to understand the benefits of keeping his animal in a naturalistic enclosure if need be. Anything you perceive beyond my alternative viewpoint of husbandry was presumptive and frankly, uncalled for.

There is a wonderful Facebook Group called the Herpetoculture Revival Group. While the enclosures vary from amphibians to lizards to snakes, the amount of care, the husbandry tips and the creativity is truly inspiring. Some people have even made naturalistic ball python enclosures complete with the central focus being a giant burrow.

Be forewarned, there is a constant undertone there with regards to keeping animals in bins, but the knowledge and ideas that can be gleaned from that site is well worth the visit.
curious about the "naturalistic enclosure" since i'm new what is the best way to achieve this.. glass tank or a custom built, can it be done with a tub, mine is one of the bigger tubs height wise, i could maybe look for one that's a little longer in length.. as for glass tanks i have a super hard time heating them, i know you can cover the top half and most do around the sides and back but i like to handle my pets so i don't want a lid i have to fight with to get him out.. my beardy tank has no lid and is a 110 gal glass tank and i had to change up my lighting/heating situation like 3-4 times to get it near right, the cost got pretty pricey figuring it out.. i don't wanna seem cheap but i figured if you buy the right stuff which was suprisly not much the tub would be the cheaper option to go and the snake would still be fine.. i also don't wanna look like the guy who can't afford his pet cuz i've had my beardy 7 yrs now and he's big, healthy and still going strong.. i would rather have natural set up however but i'm not super handy and don't have a ton of free money to throw into the set up plus i live in Canada so we don't have a lot of the less pricey options for DIY..

as an update after my noob mistake with the UTH my tubs ambient temps have went up to 76-77.5 from 73-74.5 but strangely after putting in the bigger water dish my humidity has dropped from 50% to 30% which makes no sense to me but it could be that lid was off for a bit today while i had him out, not really sure? will have to check again tomorrow

keep the feedback rolling, i need input input and information like Johnny 5 haha sorry