Hello all! Just wanted to say hi since I've been lurking these posts a lot lately while preparing to receive my first baby BP. I am a first time snake owner, but have loved them since I was a kid ... of course my Mom never entertained the idea of ever letting me have a reptile. Luckily my husband was easier to convince after a while, ha

She is a female Black Pastel (her pic is my avatar), born mid Sept 2016, and I just received her today. She seems pretty sweet and wasn't jumpy at all when I handled her to put her in her home, although she has been very actively exploring her terrarium rather than relaxing... so I assume she is a little bit stressed

Her last feed date was last Thursday on the 2nd, so trying a feed tomorrow would be good, correct? And just keep it on a weekly rate?

the only other issue I seem to be having is keeping temperatures more consistent... they haven't gone WAY out of range or anything, but I'm using a combination of UTH and heat lamp, trying to find the happy medium between the two to have both ideal ground and ambient heat. I think I'm close to figuring it out... I purchased a light dimmer and also a stand so that it's not right up against the screen, hoping that keeps the light from heating up a little too much (my main issue -- it starts out a good temp, but left too long goes a bit too high for my comfort, so it makes me nervous to leave her alone)

Any tips or questions, I'm open! I've been doing A LOT of reading for a good week before this (including on this forum), so hopefully all will be good