My first setup

[Mstuppiello921]

Hey guys!

Just an update. I got my two thermometers from walmart that everyone has suggested. I kept them in the room that the cage is going to be in for a couple hours and they haven't moved an inch....I'm pretty happy with the humidity percent in the room and feel like keeping it in the balls range in a t8 will be pretty easy.



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[Lady mkrj58]

You are setup and ready to receive your Baby, you have done an awsome job on this set up congrats.

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[Mstuppiello921]

Thank you! I really appreciate that. I honestly could not have done it without everyones help. My t8 should be coming this friday!! All I have to do is build it, set it on the stand, hook everything up, place everything in, stabilize my temp, humidity, etc for 48 hours then picking up my girl. I know what Im going to be thankful for this year on thanksgiving!!!

OOO and since I am going to be picking her up about an hour and a half away, I am developing a plan to transport her home. I purchased a very small ster. tube and drilled holes in it. I plan on laying down kraft paper, putting a hide in it and transporting her home that way. Will she be alright if I crank the heat in the truck? Will she get to cold? Or should I put her in a snake bag first then the tub? Thanks

If it helps I have a power inverter installed in my truck and I can plug anything that would plug into a regular outlet. Maybe a heat mat for the ride??

-Stupp

[Mstuppiello921]

Herpstat is here! and I just got a fed ex tracking number for the cage!!! Arriving Saturday!! SOOO PUMPEDD!

[Mstuppiello921]

Cage came todayy!!! Built it and sealed it up, waiting for it to dry then ill add the glass and finish setting it up.




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[LittleTreeGuy]

Looks awesome man. Did you go with the fluorescent lights, or the LED's? I'm thinking about getting one of these for my first BP... and I want to do it right the first time, but I'm getting anxious. I will be getting the divider and only using half of the tank to start with. I'd love to hear how you setup your heat once you're all done.

[Mstuppiello921]

Looks awesome man. Did you go with the fluorescent lights, or the LED's? I'm thinking about getting one of these for my first BP... and I want to do it right the first time, but I'm getting anxious. I will be getting the divider and only using half of the tank to start with. I'd love to hear how you setup your heat once you're all done.

I went with the leds. Leds compared to fluorescents are more energy efficient. I love them, the light is perfect, not to bright either. As for heat, I went with a rhp from pro products. Had it shipped straight to AP and they installed it for me. Im running a herpstat to maintain a 90 degree hot side and a 80 degree cool side. The cage itself is amazing, superb quality! Its on sale right now for 150 too! Id go this route the first time out. I was going to go the glass aquarium root but after being on this sight and getting advice from everyone, I decided to go all in the first time. So worth it.

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[Ninjouzata]

I hope I can get a set up like yours at some point. Excited you can get your snake soon
Can I ask how that's done, having the RHP shipped to them and having them install it? Do you just let them know ahead of time and it is sent with your name on it? Sorry if that's a silly question, have never heard of places doing something like that.

[Mstuppiello921]

Don't be sorry at all! Animal Plastics recommended Pro Products as a heat source. I call Pro Products and they helped me pick out the right size panel. Once I picked it out, they shipped it to AP for me and AP installed it right into the top panel for me free of charge!!

[Lady mkrj58]

Yep, mine is a T8 with divider. LED lights are actually multicolor modular strips that you can find on Amazon and are glued onto the top. They came with an adhesive strip, but my little dude kept pulling them down, so I used loctite powergrab to really glue them in place..

I'm not sure on the reptile basic hides, but I have the Exo Terra Reptile Cave in mediums that are also on Amazon for $4 a piece and they work great. Cozy enough for the snakes to be happy, but with some room for them to grow into.

If you don't want to wait for your snake, just get a sterilite tub and a heat pad (an 11x6 strip of flexwatt from my local reptile shop costs like $5) and you can make a nice tub setup while you wait for your T8. That's what I did and it cost me under $20.



My makeshift setup while waiting to find a T8. I finally replaced the camera box with an Exo Terra hide.

Very nice

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