First-Time Snake Owner, Considering A Ball Python

[spellbound04]

Thanks for the welcome! I've already got one of those really nice thermometers with the probe and humidity guage (I've been buying all my snake stuff slowly as the budget comes in, saving the big stuff for until I've actually decided between a BP and a King snake), so monitoring the things won't be an issue, just figuring out what I need it to be. I'll also have to get a thermostat to actually control the UTH I get (They can supposedly reach temperatures significantly higher than what's required to crack glass).

I've also been warned about heat rocks. Apparently snakes don't have a very complex nervous system like us, and don't feel heat as a burn like we do when we touch hot things, only warmth.

The tinfoil thing would be a nice addition anyway, because I also have a cat. It would probably deter him from sitting on top/around the cage, and potentially crashing through and breaking the cage/killing the snake/getting killed by the snake.

That's a really good way to do it, buy a bit at a time so its all prepped beforehand. I have two cats and they rarely even go near the tank, but yeah the tinfoil can be a helpful addition 👍