New Owners, New Snake, please help

[Craiga 01453]

1. YAY! Thats really good news.
2. I provided a photo in a reply. He was fed Sunday. We plan to feed Wednesdays. Looking at other comments I'm going to cut down some plastic containers and see if that works better. Bigger hids can come out when he grows.
3. I will pick up humidity stuff ASAP today. Both measurement and a dehumidifier for the room. Where we picked him up from didn't bring up much if anything on humidity control.
4. Thats what I've been doing! I love reading and I love animals. Mostly I'm just upset at how unprepared we are and how large the range of opinions on care are. Don't get me wrong, I knew there would be some as I grew up with dog breeders in AKC settings. Wow, reptiles have so much stuff with so many competing view points....

A. YES I would never get an animal in a tank without a thermostat. We have an infared one, is that ok? I'll post a photo on the bottom.
B. See photo below, and now we don't have others, should we?
C. I will pick up humidity control ASAP

I know that now. I feel really bad because I read about that right after I had taken him out for a little bit... My own fault for not reading more sooner.

Ok! I wlll work diligently to improve out setup.

Ok sounds like you're on the right track, however....What you're showing me in that picture and describing is a thermometer. You NEED to have your UTH (heat mat) and any heat sources (your bulbs) running through a thermostat. ThermoMETERS only measure temps. ThermoSTATS regulate the temps the UTH/bulbs can produce.
Running a UTH is very dangerous when not regulated by a thermostat. Those mats can spike to as high as 120 degrees, which, as you can imagine, can be VERY dangerous to your snake. They can be seriously burned or the heat spikes can even be fatal for the snake.
Google search burned snake and check out some pics, but be prepared some are fairly graphic.