Being fair about PetSmart (and buying your ball python from them)

[m3gz]

Just found the perfect thing. its an old reusable beverage pitcher, itll fit her water and her sock and still leave her some room to move around. and it has a screw top with holes already in it from housing rescued mice =D

[m3gz]

Er....the mice smell wont bother her will it?

[Craiga 01453]

Just found the perfect thing. its an old reusable beverage pitcher, itll fit her water and her sock and still leave her some room to move around. and it has a screw top with holes already in it from housing rescued mice =D

Sounds good!! I would keep it somewhere warm and put a towel over it, just so she feels extra secure.

[m3gz]

Great =D Can't get anywhere till about noon but after that imma go fuss at that one chick if shes still working >~>

[Craiga 01453]

thing is, i had a heat lamp, she just said it wasn't good enough :/ "you need a DAYLIGHT bulb as well as a NIGHTTIME bulb, or you could seriously hurt your snake"

I would return the other Heat lamp and daylight bulb too. They may give you a hard time about the bulb, but show the purchase was made yesterday and let them know you were sold the wrong stuff by an unqualified sales agent. Keep your original lamp with the night bulb (depending on wattage). I have Django in a 20 gallon right now with the UTH and a 75 watt night bulb. If your bulb isn't the right wattage they should let you swap it out no problem since you were sold the wrong crap.

[Craiga 01453]

Great =D Can't get anywhere till about noon but after that imma go fuss at that one chick if shes still working >~>

Hahahaha, I hear ya. Probably not really her fault though. She shouldn't be selling reptiles if she has no knowledge of them, let alone a fear of them. She was probably just doing her job. I would probably say management is to blame, unless of course, she just BS'd you all on her own. They have key codes to the enclosures though, so somebody in management is giving her access to animals she knows nothing about.

[m3gz]

i have a small one that i used to use to keep the ratties warm in winter. Given what you guys have told me, and how well it worked for them, im 98% sure it will be sufficient until i can order that heatpad and then it will be more than enough =D not only that but with her heat lamp off atm its still 84F over by her tank x.x

[m3gz]

I did feel kinda bad for her when she was so scared she had to hand me Hecate on a branch though....kinda like me and spiders.

[Craiga 01453]

Ok, then you might as well keep the lamp you originally had. It should be sufficient considering the room temp. You may not even need it once the UTH is all set. Just be sure it can handle the wattage of the bulb, which probably a 50 watt (not too sure on this, have no experience there) would do with your ambient room temps.

[m3gz]

i think its max is 60watt, and i was skeptical about the whole need a powerful heatlamp thing cuz my house runs warm all the time :/ she wouldnt listen...i hate rethinking that cuz the more i think about it the more it feels pushy rather than helpful.