I feel like I can't do this

[Soord]

I recently rescued a 1 year old Lesser BP named Henry who's been cared for miserably, and he's my first snake ever. I've only had him 24 hours and I'm terrified that I will never know what I'm doing. He's in a kind of makeshift tank from his old owners right now so I know whatever I give him will be better, but it doesn't seem like I will ever do it right after reading the caresheet and setup guide on here. For starters, he's tiny and in a 29 gallon tank, which is way too big, right? But he came with it... he has a heat lamp and that's about it. Here's what else I got him:

under tank heater
double dome lamp fixture
daylight bulb 60 w
nighttime bulb 60 w
repti-bark bedding
a bit of moss bedding

ehh, and a bunch of other things, but those seem to be the big ones. I forgot a thermostat, though! So now I have to get that. And I didn't know to get the fancy thermometers/hygrometers so I got these. It's like, wow, if I did that, what else did I do wrong?! (And never mind the cost of replacing his thermometers and getting a thermostat on a student budget, ugh.)

What if I never figure it out? He's been abused, he deserves the best life possible, and his mom can't even remember that he needs a thermostat, let alone how to use one. And none of it's even been shipped yet. And, and, and. I have raised horses, I've had aquariums, and nothing's freaked me out more than setting up a ball python tank.

Is this normal, or am I just unfit to have a BP? It seems like you guys know how to do everything and I freeze just trying to pick out a water dish. OH, AND? Some people say NOT to get an under tank heater and some people say not to get a heat lamp and use an uth instead and some people say use both and WHO IS RIGHT? WHO DO I TRUST? AGHHHH.

I go through this all the time even now when I have had 3 snakes for over a year and am getting a 4th tomorrow. I don't think it means you are a bad parent just learning. Think of these mistakes as you getting prepared for the future. You will get more comfortable as time goes on and snakes are relatively low maintenance pets. Just ask questions on this forum and keep trying and you'll do fine. Just the fact that you read the caresheet is better than owners buying from a petstore or what you rescued him from

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