Hello everyone, I just recently registered and even though i do not own a bp yet i plan to by the end of this week. Sorry if you have answered these questions before, i know you guys probably do it all the time. So i apologize in advance for being a newbie.

I've done my homework on bp's and i just have these final questions:

1. What would you recommend to be the best time of day to feed?
1a. What should the conditions of the room be when feeding?

2. In a bp's waterbowl, what should the temp of the water be? (i spoke to a vet and he told me it should be cold)

3. Would you recommend me to buy a mister?

4. Do i need to by a device to measure humidity? (the vet said no on this one)

5. Where would you recommend the placement of accessories (i.e. hold/cold side) such as waterbowl, hide box, etc. ?

6. The vet i spoke to recommended using Aspen shavings, would you agree?
(yes i have read the care sheet on this website for bp's and know that newspapers are cheap and easy. i would like to get something more attractive looking and natural though)

7. As I am back home from college for the summer (where the snake i want to get is), and the bp's i have seen here are much different. The bp's i have seen are in PETCO stores. The majority of the snakes are extremely aggressive and stressed, striking at anyone that tries to pick them up. The ones at the local pet shop back at college are the opposite, being docile and sometimes shy....and how i've read they should be. Why is that? I can think of some things off the top of my head (their mis-treatment) but i'm curious to know what you all think.

8. Are their any suggestions/precautions/knowledge you could pass on to someone who is buying a pet snake for the first time? Anything, that you wish you knew before buying your bp or pet snake?

Again, i apologize if my questions have been answered before. I have not owned a snake before, but i am looking to give one a new home soon. I was thinking about purchasing it from a local pet shop, close to where i live. It's a baby ball python, born about over a month ago (still eating fuzzies).

I appreciate all the help/tips/knowledge you can give me and any questions you answer for me. Thank you so much.