First ball python

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My recommendations to you are a animal plastics t8 with a divider if your getting a young snake. The t8 is a PVC enclosure made by animal plastics, PVC holds humidity great and is very light and will never rot. You can house a ball python in it for its entire life. Animal plastics has a divider option, this is something you would want for a young snake. You can move the divider little by little as the snake grows. I highly recommend this and it will save you a lot of stress. If you buy the ap t8 I recommend a 40w reptile basics radiant heat panel if your using a divider or if your not using a divider a 80w radiant heat panel the rhp will heat both the hot and cool side, a quality thermostat like the spyder robotics Herpstat 1 or the VE-200 from reptile basics, 2 identical hides size medium from reptile basics or if you buy a older snake the large size, digital hygrometer/thermometer acurite 00891 which will let you take your hot side cool side and humidity all with one unit, then a water bowl and some fake plants.

If your set on putting the snake in a glass tank then first thing I would think about your room temperature. If your room temp is under 75 then you will need a way to heat the hot and cool side and being that the 10 gallon is so small a rhp won't work. If your room temp is 75 or more year round you can use just a under tank heater and be fine but if it's cooler than 75 you could use a undertank heater for hot side with thermostat and cool side a ceramic heat emitter on a dimmer or you could use a ceramic heat emitter on the hot side with a thermostat and depending on how much cooler your room is under 75 the che may heat the cool side to proper temp like an rhp would. You will want to cover the screen completely to trap humidity in, if you want it to look nice I would get some plexiglass cut to size to sit on your screen. If you have to use a dome and che you will need to cut a hole in the plexiglass for the dome to fit through to sit on the screen, everything else should be covered except where the dome for che would sit. Then you would need a water bowl, and some fake plants, acurite 00891 thermometer/hygrometer, 2 identical hides from reptile basics size medium. I highly recommend the reptile basics hides, they are very dark and will give your snake a real sense of security.

Thermostat is something you should not skimp out on, it is what keeps your snake from getting burned so quality is a must imo. I'm going to list thermostats for you to look at in the order that I recommend, the first being the most recommended IMO. Spyder Robotics Herpstat 1, VE-200 from reptile basics, VE-100 from reptile basics, inkbird itc-308. First 2 should be the ones you try to get. If you need to use a uth and a che bc your room temp is to low I recommended you buy a spyder robotics Herpstat 2 or VE-300x2 but if you can't afford one of those 2 then use the Herpstat 1 or ve-200 for uth and lamp dimmer for che. If your going to use a che only I recommend you get one of the first two thermostats I listed, especially bc there's not a lot of room for error on the hot side. I highly recommend not getting a zoomed or zilla thermostat as I have used them and they are junk IMO. Ask about the quality of a thermostat on this fourm if your not considering one of my choices or you may end up with one that is not adequate enough for your snake.

There is more ways to set up a bp cage but the methods above are what I'm familiar with. I'm sure others will tell you other ways that you can setup.

As JodanOrNoDan said make sure you read the care sheet, it tells you proper temps, humidity and different ways you can heat your enclosure along with tons of other very important information.

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