Well here is the next update pertaining to the moisture in the glass enclosure which after the flooding is an issue.
SpiderFreddy the system does not use a drainage layer as the substrate I ordered is designed to allow the soil to breathe in a sense. I don't think it's intended to be flooded but I don't think I'll have much trouble. It is drying out nicely and I received what's called a Bioshot with my kit. It includes bacteria that should thrive and create a positive environment. I'm expecting that bacteria to excel in the moist conditions.

So here's where it gets interesting. Feel free to share opinions respectfully on this method I came up with. I'm sure I'm not the first person to try this but never heard it done before.

I purchased four adult mice from my local pet shop and decided to pull my snake out of his new home. I fattened them up on chicken and veggies then set em loose in the Casa Del Snako. Within 15 minutes they were digging and burrowing. Not like I would have hoped but they did start turning up the soil and I started placing food into the substrate for them to burrow towards. Got some cool tunnels from it.

Now my logic behind this was as follows:
First adult mice will burrow tunnels for my snake. My snake burrows but I also understand snakes to inhabit the burrows of rodents ect. After 14 or so years not burrowing I thought it might like the help. My snake will need to open these burrows up which will in turn allow for more instinct drive to develop more burrowing behavior once it realized the possibilities. In theory.

Second the water in the substrate is a bit much so the upturning of the soil will help the 6 inch deep substrate to breathe. It seems to be helping. While they have eaten a couple leaves and trampled everything they touched they are still digging and burrowing in new areas, not damaging the root systems that my plants are establishing. (I don't think)

Reasons I am trying this method is not only do I have rooted plants in the soil but I also have a layer of dry leaf and spagnum moss on the surface which helps to dry the upper area. Aside from pulling my plants I'd be removing the surface layer to upturn the soil bring the moist bottom to the top to air dry, disrupting the burrow that my snake already made. I'm hoping for good results using nature as opposed to going in like a bull dozer and mixing the substrate to aerate it

I am 3 days into this little experiment and it seems to have run it's course. I do think I'd like to try this again with a gopher.

Last note for the moment, I would like to see my snake act as natural as anyone would want their snake to act. I do things a little different than the rest of the world, at least in my own mind. I'm thinking of setting up a second terrarium. Just a thought but if I had two similar terrariums I could let a rat take up residence in one for a week, then transfer the snake into that one come feeding time, adding another rat into the other tank for a week. This would have my snake hunting rats in their burrows every time. Most likely a pipe dream as I barely have space for one 55 gallon tank let alone two.

Still, I wonder if the bioactive setups would support a rats bioload though?

Quick questions!

DJ Ozone, curious, how long have you had your bioactive established? How old is your snake and how long did it take to see it burrowing on its own?

SpiderFreddie thanks for the pic! I saw your writeup when I searched bioactive on here, last I saw it looked like you were in the process of setting it up again after a moisture issue? How is the set up looking? Also cool hide up top, took me a second to find your python bit it looks comfy up there!